Sisters

"Big sisters don't always know best."

2015 1h 58m EN

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6.0

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60%

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★6.0TMDB · 1,506🍅60%Rotten Tomatoes●58Metacritic★6IMDB · 72,716

Comedy

Synopsis

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Two disconnected sisters are summoned to clean out their childhood bedrooms before their parents sell their family home.

“Big sisters don't always know best.”

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Cast

Amy Poehler
Maura Ellis
Tina Fey
Kate Ellis
Maya Rudolph
Brinda
Dianne Wiest
Deana Ellis
John Leguizamo
Dave
Ike Barinholtz
James
James Brolin
Bucky Ellis
John Cena
Pazuzu

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jason Moore
Writers: Paula Pell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jason Moore, shot by Barry Peterson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Lee Haxall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Amy Poehler and Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Big sisters don't always know best.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1850457 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jason Moore directs. Barry Peterson behind the camera. Christophe Beck scores. Lee Haxall cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.5× over at the box office.
2Released 11 years ago.
3Directed by Jason Moore, shot by Barry Peterson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Christophe Beck. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Lee Haxall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Amy Poehler and Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Big sisters don't always know best.".
8IMDB entry: tt1850457 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Barry Peterson
Original score: Christophe Beck
Editing: Lee Haxall
Production design: Richard Hoover
Costume design: Susan Lyall
Makeup / hair: Jenn 'Jorge' Nelson
VFX supervisor: Eric J. Robertson
Sound: Kevin O'Connell
Stunt coordinator: Victor Paguia
Runtime: 118 min · 1h 58m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $30,000,000
Box office: $105,000,000
Return: 350% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Sisters (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes: 60% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 58/100
IMDB rating: 6/10 · 72,716 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

4 nominations total

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Reno2016-03-24
★ 7/10
What it is like to throw a grand teenager-style party at your 30s? Don't assume it's a high school party movie, but the big girls'. That's where everyone's are wrong and expresses their disappointment. For me it was a nice comedy, but not comparable with other great ones. It might won't work on teenagers, but there's no issue for adults with the open mind to enjoy it. A part themed movie for the grown-ups. From the director of 'Pitch Perfect' another woman oriented comedy. Both, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were not that funny, hence not a rocking combo, but did not fail either and worked okay on this. They are the sisters with the opposite character. When they visit their childhood home, they decide to throw one final party before handing it over to the new owners. John Cena's cameo was excellent. In this chick movie he's the only one who gave manly appeal compared with the other men. The story was decent, but most of the movie was a regular party that goes wild. So expecting development of the characters or the story is silly. What I meant was, it is an entertainer, not a biopic or a documentary, so it delivers its purpose. 7/10
Dsnake12018-05-07
★ 5/10
Sisters tries really hard. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler certainly have chemistry and some of the best moments of the movie come from that chemistry. Still, the film falls flat on its face more than once. The movie is mostly cringe humor. It's filled with one character or another doing something embarrassing. While this can be done really well if used correctly, Sisters seems to hit everything with the cringe hammer until it cries. This isn't really expected, and neither is the abundant use of bodily and sexual humor. There are some great moments in the movie relating to these, as well. The real issue with the movie is it feels like the writers went at it with a list of "funny" situations and tried to fit them all into a loose theme. Throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks inevitably means there will be a bunch of junk laying on the floor.