The Sisters

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12/07/2012 hey sister go sister! See more 11/24/2012 The Sisters has an interesting scenario and will keep you guessing. Although it's good entertainment for a slow night, it's slightly over dialoged, it has a tendency to feel like a play more than a movie, and the editing could be easily improved. The character of the "beautiful" sister can easily get on somebody's nerve, but it is well played as all the sister, and even the brother to some extent. The other characters are much weaker. Not bad, worth being seen if you feel like a family go through drama. See more 11/27/2011 Inspired by (I'm loathe to say "based on") Chekhov's play <I>Three Sisters</i>, a family struggles with drug addiction, sexual abuse, and infidelity. Oh, Maria Bello. I first saw you in <i>A History of Violence</i>, and since then I've never forgotten you. You are one of this generation's finest actors, and every time I see you, you surprise me. So, why do you keep doing such shitty movies? I liked the fact that this film's dialogue is intelligently written; these characters sound like intellectuals arguing, using polysyllabic words like razors. But the story, which in the source material is beautifully understated, got twisted into an oppressive melodrama, and when each new element of modern salacious psychological damage is added, the film becomes a parade of <i>Jerry Springer</I> family neuroses and loses its heart as a character drama that is essentially about people trying to figure out how to love each other in spite of each other. I agree with Roger Ebert who stated that the same cast would have been perfect in the Chekhov play, but what director Arthur Allen Seidelman did to the Russian master's work should be as criminal as what happened to Nathanial Hawthorne's <i>Scarlett Letter.</i> Overall, Maria Bello is always worth watching, but if you've never seen Chekhov, then don't think this is what he's about - all the more reason to go to the real theater. See more don s 07/16/2011 I'm not much for character studies, but this view of an extremely dysfunctional family of three sisters and a brother wasn't too bad. Lots of talking heads as you'd expect for this type of film, but interesting in an "Oh, crap, what are they going to reveal next?" kind of way. Excellent performances all around, even from Chris "Boy Wonder" O'Donnell and Erika Christensen, whom I've never been fond of. I'm a huge fan of both Maria Bello (yum-o!) and Mary Stuart Masterson (who just isn't in enough movies). This is worth a view. You wrote this on 2/14/09. See more 07/06/2011 I really do not know why this received such mediocre reviews. I thought it was great - well written. Maria Bello was outstanding. See more 06/06/2011 Good, but forgettable See more Read all reviews

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