Amy Poehler Tina Fey Maya Rudolph Ike Barinholtz James Brolin Dianne Wiest
John Leguizamo John Cena Bobby Moynihan
Sisters
is a waste of good talent, the stars’ Poehler and Fey as well as a large
supporting cast (Rudolph, Barinholtz, Brolin, Wiest, Leguizamo, Cena) are
really fine actors who always hit the mark if they’re given good material. Moynihan’s role was so lame I couldn’t
appreciate his skill in acting. It
seems that Fey and Poehler are always much better when they write their own
material. The “comedy” in this
film mainly has mainly to do with human weakness, failing, sniping at one
another, hiding the truth, and drunkenness. That is, we’re supposed
to laugh, but I don’t find much of it very funny. I regret especially when filmmakers send the message that
unless there is overindulgence in alcohol and/or drugs a party is a dud.
The work of director Jason Moore and writer
Paula Pell has mostly been in television, and the film
plays much like a sitcom: brief
sketches chained together without much depth of meaning. There were a few good points made. In the beginning Maura (Poehler) sees a
man sitting on the sidewalk and immediately assumes he is homeless and begins
to “give” him items that will “help” him.
He ends up thinking she is nuts and walks to a pick-up that will take
him back to work. So, first
impressions are not always accurate—especially purely visual ones—and people
should be given a chance to accept or reject help being offered. There is another point made about
family members keeping important information under wraps for various
reasons—none of which are very good.
And finally, rigid family roles of “giver” and “taker” put undue
pressure on both parties.
The music of Christopher Beck and
cinematography by Barry Peterson lend high notes to the production. Beck includes soft, sentimental tunes
when a scene calls for it, and loud party dance tunes when it is going
strong. Peterson is especially skilled
in showing the gradual destruction of a house and the interactions among
various people that give a sharp picture of the character. The action can be slapstick at times,
though, which detracts from what could have been a uplifting family drama.
A family drama that goes too far over
the top and lasts too long.
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