Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader laugh out their issues in ‘The Skeleton Twins’ trailer

I haven't yet seen Craig Johnson's sibling-centered dramedy “The Skeleton Twins,” but have heard mostly warm and fuzzy reports since its January premiere at Sundance — where it won the screenwriting award for Johnson and co-writer Mark Heyman. This newly released trailer suggests why it went down so well, playing up to Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader's “Saturday Night Live”-trained comic pizzazz, while indicating some not-so-subtle heart-tugging. Greg Ellwood was a fan at the festival, describing it as Wiig's best work and citing Hader's “first chance to show his real dramatic range.” The film opens on September 19, presumably after a fall festival berth or two. Check out the trailer at the top and see what you think.

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