Sisters
- Director: Jason Moore
- Writer: Paula Pell
- Producer: David Bausch; Brian Bell
CGiii Comment
The 'comedy' is spiteful, hateful and antiquated...and, downright racist
With a 120-minute run-time, it's nothing short of exhausting.
Has Tina Fey's ego overtaken her talent? Yes.
As for the double act, Fey and Poehler have no chemistry, no connection...no future...hopefully.
As for the direction...why Jason 'point-and-shoot' Moore?
Oh right, he did that pitchy sorority film...he's the man that knows everything about women and sisters...their foibles and fumbles...their bumps and grumps...no, no, no he doesn't.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Sisters Kate and Maura Ellis are summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family house, much to their dismay. Looking to recapture their glory days, they throw one final high-school-style party for their classmates, which turns into the cathartic rager that a bunch a ground-down adults really need.
The Tina Fey and Amy Poehler-starring comedy Sisters was written by out Saturday Night Live writer Paula Pell and loosely based on her relationship with her own sister, making it even more disappointing that the film’s lesbian side characters fell into outdated tropes. Kate McKinnon appears as Sam, a high school friend of the sisters, who attends the blowout bash with her wife, Craig, and their softball team friends. Though none of the scenes were outright defamatory, Sisters can be added to the list of comedies that include LGBT characters only in service of jokes rooted in shallow stereotypes. Had Sisters hewed more closely to Pell’s real story, the film could have also had a leading lesbian character, which remains incredibly rare, particularly in comedy.
GLAAD, you kind of missed the point entirely...Paula Pell could have - quite easily - said 'no' to the script changes...so, there really is only one person to blame...and, she's laughing and skipping all the way to the bank
Cast & Characters
Amy Poehler as Maura Ellis;
Tina Fey as Kate Ellis;
Maya Rudolph as Brinda;
Ike Barinholtz as James;
James Brolin as Bucky Ellis;
Dianne Wiest as Deana Ellis;
John Cena as Pazuzu;
John Leguizamo as Dave;
Bobby Moynihan as Alex;
Greta Lee as Hae-Won;
Madison Davenport as Haley;
Rachel Dratch as Kelly;
Santino Fontana as Mr. Geernt;
Britt Lower as Mrs. Geernt;
Samantha Bee as Liz