Film reviews in brief: Sister | 5 Broken Cameras | For A Good Time, Call | Fun Size

SIOBHAN Synnot reviews the latest films to hit the cinemas.

Sister (15)

Rating: * * * *

Twelve-year-old Simon 
(Kacey Mottet Klein) steals from rich skiers at a 
luxurious Swiss resort in order to support himself and his feckless big sister (Léa Seydoux). Writer-director Ursula Meier shapes a cool, savvy character study and 
the kids are terrific, as is Gillian Anderson as a motherly holidaymaker 
who briefly charms Simon, and Martin Compston as a Scots hotel worker who is working a hustle of his own.

Selected release: GFT from Friday; Filmhouse, Edinburgh from 9 November

5 Broken Cameras (15)

Rating: * * *

Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat recorded five years of his life in the West Bank, living beside Israeli soldiers and settlers. During this time, five of his cameras were destroyed, some by bullets during clashes between the two sides. There are resonant moments in this rough and ready diary of confrontations, arrests and death, but also frustrating omissions and elisions.

Selected release: Filmhouse from Friday; GFT from 12 November

For A Good Time, Call (18)

Rating: * *

Two women join forces 
to solve their financial problems by setting up a phone sex service in their
flat, unleashing a litany of sitcomish misunderstandings, unexpected visits from strait-laced parents, and a taboo date with one of the clients. Seth Rogen pops up briefly, but not entirely unexpectedly, given that he’s married to Lauren Miller, the film’s 
lead actor and its co-writer. 
If you’re looking for a mediocre time, you have 
their number.

On general release from Friday

Fun Size (12A)

Raitng: * *

A teenager is instructed to take her little brother out trick or treating on Halloween, then manages to lose him. The forced comedy set-ups as she tries to retrieve the kid generate little fun, just sighs. Like the ancient satsumas we used to palm 
off on unwelcome ­guisers, this is no treat.

On general release from tomorrow