One of Woody's best ever; a highly intelligent and witty comedy with a magical script and perfect portrayls of well rounded characters.
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:37
Rotten:3
Average Rating:8.4/10
Consensus: Smart, tender, and funny in equal measure, Hannah and Her Sisters is one of Woody Allen's finest films.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Woody Allen combined the best parts of his earlier films in creating HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, his 1986 masterwork about the changing relationships among three sisters living in New York City. Hannah... Woody Allen combined the best parts of his earlier films in creating HANNAH AND HER SISTERS, his 1986 masterwork about the changing relationships among three sisters living in New York City. Hannah (Mia Farrow) has put her acting career aside in order to take care of her family with second husband Elliot (Michael Caine in an Oscar-winning performance). Elliot has fallen in love with Hannah's sister Lee (Barbara Hershey), who herself is feeling suffocated by her cynical, mean-spirited loner of a lover, played with great intensity by Ingmar Bergman regular Max von Sydow. Meanwhile, third sister Holly (Oscar winnner Dianne Wiest) is struggling to find her own voice, working as a caterer while she tries to get her own acting career going. And in the middle of everything is Mickey (Woody Allen at his most neurotic), a television writer who is divorced from Hannah, has dated Holly, and, when he suspects he might have a brain tumor, decides to reevaluate his life and his faith in God. HANNAH AND HER SISTERS is Allen's most fully realized, optimistic adult comedy. He won a well-deserved Oscar for his marvelous screenplay, filled with his trademark sharp, witty dialogue, his undying passion for New York (its culture, architecture, music, romance), and some of his most well developed characters. The cast is extraordinary, the music illuminating, the settings magnificent. Taking place over the course of a few Thanksgivings, Allen's insightful, wonderful film is a thoroughly enjoyable mature look at the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of family life. [More]
Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Barbara Hershey
Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Barbara Hershey, Michael Caine, Max Von Sydow, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Turturro, Lloyd Nolan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Carrie Fisher
Director: Woody Allen
Director: Woody Allen
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Producer: Robert Greenhut
Reviews for Hannah and Her Sisters
It is an articulate, literate film, full of humanity and perception about its sometimes less-than-loveable characters.
The tangled web of relationships is very effectively done, but just as affecting is Allen's portrayal of the city he loves.
The comedy-drama succeeds as a sharply pointed portrait of sibling rivalry.
Sharply written and extremely well-acted, Allen's serio-comic ensemble-driven saga about one large neurotic family, a huge artistic and commercial hit at the time, is arguably his last great picture.
Hannah is the New York of competitive living and, as such, it’s as true a city portrait as they come.
Allen's way of setting himself up as a fount of moral wisdom is as insufferable as ever, but at least the preachiness is alleviated by some genuine wit.
One of Woody Allen's great films. Indeed, he makes nary a misstep from beginning to end in charting the amorous affiliations of three sisters and their men over a two-year period.
This movie feels real, the people seem real and the situations all ring true.
Achieves the kind of perfect balance that comes along maybe once in a filmmaker's career.
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