jacobs-greenwood
Directed by Woody Allen, and featuring Michael Caine's and Dianne Wiest's first Best Supporting Actor/Actress (Oscar winning) performances, this Oscar nominated (for Best Picture) comedy tells so many truths about relationships and life in general that it's probably his best work, and I highly recommend it. Allen's screenplay also won an Oscar, his direction was nominated, and the film received two other nominations as well.The cast is great, and deep, and includes: Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Mia Farrow, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Max von Sydow, Daniel Stern, Julie Kavner (mother Marge on TV's The Simpsons), Joanna Gleason, John Turturro, even Tony Roberts and Sam Waterson, uncredited.Allen plays a hypochondriac TV producer - Kavner's his assistant and Turturro's one of his manic writers - that thinks he's going to die from a brain tumor. He's also the ex-husband of Farrow, who's now married to Caine, who lusts after Farrow's sister Hershey, who lives with eccentric, withdrawn from society artist von Sydow, who's upset that newly rich musician Stern wants a painting to match his puce couch.Wiest plays Hannah's other sister, a former drug addict and "out of work" actress who starts a catering business with her friend Fisher, who competes with her for the affections of Waterson. O'Sullivan and Nolan play the sisters' parents: she's a former star actress, he's her "out of the limelight" husband that strayed, though they're both still happily together. When Allen's character was married to Farrow's, his low sperm count caused them to ask his business partner Roberts, with wife Gleason, to donate his so that they could have twins.The film's three parts are divided by large family gathering Thanksgiving dinner parties at Caine's and Farrow's (real life) apartment; smaller sections by silent film-like dialogue pages.
suite92
The Three Acts:The initial tableaux: We start with a Thanksgiving dinner gathering at Hannah and Elliot's house. Sisters Lee and Holly are there. Lee's husband Frederick is a bit too stand-offish for such gatherings. Holly might start in catering, and asks Hannah for a loan to get started. Elliot muses in the opening narration about his attraction to Lee, and how he should stifle it, but cannot. Father Evan and mother Norma, two veteran entertainers, entertain at piano and song.Mickey (Hannah's ex) is a hypochondriac who produces an edgy television show that is frequently in conflict with the censors. Gail tries to keep Mickey on track as he bounces from memory to memory of his past marriage and his past partnership with Norman. Perhaps worst of all, Mickey becomes convinced that he has a brain tumor.Delineation of conflicts: Mickey has to fight his hypochondria, and his slowly waning binding to Hannah. Lee and Elliot have to figure out whatever it is that is going on between them. Holly needs to figure out where she's going in life.Resolution: The threads move forward more or less organically. Nicely done.
joehemmings68
The thing that stood out to me watching this film is just how good Allen is in it. Every time he's on screen, the film is far more enjoyable. He's genuinely very funny here. I personally believed that he benefits here from not being on screen throughout. I felt Michael Caine was perhaps the worst performance of everyone here, and felt his section of the film was frustrating and uninteresting throughout. I expected something clever to come out and make it all make sense, but that never happened sadly. This means the film ups and downs as it cuts between characters and stories. Inconsistent then, but worth a watch.
Thanos Karagioras
"Hannah and Her Sisters" is another Comedy movie made by Woody Allen. In this movie we have three sisters Hannah, Holly and Lee. Everything started when Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee and her hypochondriac ex-husband starts a relationship with her other sister Holly.I liked this movie because is a classic Woody Allen movie with a nice plot which includes also some very god twists and the direction made and written by him. In addition to this they have to be mentioned some very good interpretations such as Michael Caine's who played as Hannah's husband, Mia Farrow's who played as Hannah, Barbara Hershey's who played as Hannah's sister Lee and last but not least Woody Allen's who played as Hannah's ex-husband.Lastly I have to say that "Hannah and Her Sisters" is a nice movie to watch because it combines very well Comedy with Drama and I believe that it's one of the best movies of Woody Allen. I strongly recommend it to everyone.
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