Sisters Film Review

Finished watching Sisters directed by Jason Moore and staring Amy Poehler, James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, Tina Fey, Madison Davenport and Ike Barinholtz. The film opens with nurse Maura Ellis (Amy Poehler) being video called by her parents (James Brolin) and (Dianne Wiest) asking her and her sister Katie (Tina Fey) to clear out their old bedroom in their childhood home. After returning home and finding a sold sign outside of their childhood home the sisters confront their parents who then give Maura and Katie an ultimatum to empty their old bedroom as the new owners of the house move in within a couple of days. After spending a night at their old home reading their old dairies Maura and Katie decide to have a house party with all their friends from school in an attempt for one last hurrah. Overall this was an decent film as the comedy is solid as it doesn't always hit its mark but when it does it comes through in some great moments of pure genius. The interactions between the actors and their characters is great as Amy Poehler and Tina Fey characters feel more like best friends than sisters for the most of the film which works extremely well and when the two end up having to deal with problems as sisters the strength of the relationship really shines through. While the interactions between Kate and her daughter Haley (Madison Davenport) feels very organic and just like a typical mother and daughter relationship is and the characters of Maura and James (Ike Barinholtz) click almost instantly which creates some really good moments. 6.5/10.