You can unsubscribe at any time.īecka (Eve Hewson), the youngest, has a sunnier disposition than her siblings, with her freewheeling, playful spirit an antidote to Bibi's stormier temperament. It’s one that’s likely to be shared by audiences, but it’s hard not to wish that the talented stars would aim as highly in their big-screen work as they do in television.By entering your details, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and privacy policy.
The deadpan repartee between Fey and Poehler is frequently uproarious, and a simple scene - involving Maura painfully attempting to correctly pronounce the name of a young Korean manicurist, Hae-Won (Greta Lee, practically stealing the film) - is so sublimely silly that it’s not surprising to see the end-credit outtakes of Poehler helplessly cracking up.Īs evidenced by those outtakes, everyone involved in the making of Sisters was clearly having a good time. Besides Rudolph, they include Rachel Dratch, in a variation of her “Debbie Downer” character Bobby Moynihan, flying off the walls as a nerd who’s accidentally ingested way too much cocaine Kate McKinnon, as one-half of a lesbian couple who provides the party with thudding EDM music Samantha Bee and Matt Oberg, as a married couple whose libido is ignited by the partying and John Leguizamo, as a high school burnout who propositions the sisters by asking if they’ll make him the inside of an “Ellis sandwich.”Īlso on hand is John Cena as a tattooed drug-dealer, basically fulfilling the same male beefcake role as he did in Amy Schumer’s Trainwreck with similarly amusing results.Īlthough the film, directed by Jason Moore ( Pitch Perfect), mostly concentrates on over-the-top comic mayhem, it’s actually funniest in its quieter, subtler moments. The supporting cast is filled with expert comic players, many of them culled from the past and present SNL ranks. Poehler, only slightly harder-edged here than as the perpetually optimistic Leslie Knope, is equally good, and the relaxed chemistry and affection between the performers is palpable. Playing against type, she’s clearly enjoying flaunting her sexier side and is often very funny in the process. Reminiscent of such Judd Apatow-produced comedies as Bridesmaids, Sisters serves up relentless vulgarity, with Fey dropping more F-bombs in two hours than in her entire career to date. Read More Donna Langley: The Secret Weapon Behind Hollywood’s Biggest Box-Office Year Ever They also hatch the idea of throwing one last bash, sending out invitations to the “Ellis Island” party to all their former friends and schoolmates, with the exception of Kate’s old nemesis Brinda (Maya Rudolph).Ĭue the Risky Business-style chaos, as the event - for which the normally freewheeling Kate has agreed to stay sober and act as the “Party Mom” so that Maura can get drunk and try to seduce hunky, younger neighbor James (Ike Barinholtz) - quickly devolves into a raucously destructive affair that leaves the house in a shambles. Fox, the sisters read excerpts of their teenage diaries aloud to each other, with the entries signaling their vastly different past experiences. While nostalgically leafing through their old possessions surrounded by posters of Xanadu and Michael J.
They discover the house already has a “Sold” sign on the front door and is broom-clean empty except for their cluttered childhood bedroom which, they’re informed, must be cleared out.
Informed by their parents (Dianne Wiest and James Brolin, who, strangely enough, are similarly paired in the new sitcom Life in Pieces) that their family home in Orlando is being sold, Kate and Maura immediately fly to Florida to change their minds. Read More The Hollywood Reporter 2015 Women in Entertainment Power 100 The recently divorced Maura is the straight arrow, a nurse so do-gooding that she attempts to help homeless people on the street only to find out that they’re not actually homeless. Kate is a rebellious, profane firebrand, unable to hold down a job and estranged from her teenage daughter (Madison Davenport), who’s so fed up with her mother’s immaturity that she’s run away. The central characters are siblings Kate (Fey) and Maura ( Poehler) Ellis, whose disparate personalities don’t prevent them from being extremely close.
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