SISTERS - review

SISTERS
Director: Jason Moore
Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Ike Barinholtz, James Brolin, Diane West, John Leguizimo, John Cena

Synopsis: Two disconnected sisters are summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family home. Looking to recapture their glory days they throw one final high school-style party for their classmates, which turns into a cathartic rager that a bunch of ground-down adults really need. 

Let me start by saying that this is the ridiculous trashy rubbish kind of film the trailer makes it out to be, and thankfully it is carried by the chemistry of Fey and Poehler otherwise it would have REALLY sucked.

Fey & Poehler 

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Poehler is the aptly cast sensible younger sister, Maura. Always doing the right thing and focussing on everyone else's problems so she doesn't have to think about her own. Fey is the reckless older sister, Kate. Still living life as a wild child, with no comprehension of how to adult, or how her lack of adulting ability affects her teenage daughter.

The sisters return to their family home to clean out their bedroom before their parents sell up and they are in a state of disbelief, anger and sadness. I can't empathise with the feeling as I've lived in about 25 houses in 30 something years, but I know plenty of people can. What's the one thing you would think of to do if your parents were selling your childhood memories to a smarmy couple from New York? Through an epic house party of course. Maura has always been the sensible one, the ever sober one, the party mum. This time, Kate agrees to stay sober so Maura can let her freak flag fly. Only trouble is, the party is a bust. I mean let's face it, they are all 40-somethings exhausted from adulting and basically from life. Blah blah blah, inspiring "you deserve to get your party on" blah blah blah + John Cena and his professional dealer kit and you've got yourself a rager.

Let's get ready to paaartay

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The film is poorly written, and directed, and flys on the back of ad-libbing and improv and the chemistry of Fey and Poehler. It seems to have been a "let's just keep it rolling and cut the best together in the editing room" kind of job. There are some seriously funny one liners that had the whole cinema laughing out loud, but there is plenty of cringe-worthy, make-it-stop dialogue as well.

The supporting cast does a great job with what they have, Maya Rudolph is laughable as the high school mortal enemy, John Leguizimo has some super cringe worthy lines and John Cena does what he does best - be John Cena. The love interest Ike Barinholtz is bearable, but with little to no chemistry with Poehler. He does have a tell it like it is character which afford him a few funnies though.

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Overall SISTERS is not a great piece of cinema, but if you're after a trashy bit of fluff and you love Amy and Tina then you will probably get a kick out of it. Take it for what it is, don't expect too much and you will enjoy yourself. If you're after a good quality piece of cinema (of which there are tonnes at the moment) then don't she'll put the 20-something dollars for this one.

2.5 out of 5

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The Blonde Bombshell