Hannah and Her Sisters

"Hannah and Her Sisters" is a comedy/drama (though mostly drama) about a dozen characters and their stories, all connecting back to three sisters: Hannah (Mia Farrow), Lee (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Dianne Wiest). Hannah is the favorite, talented and kind,... Read more at imdb.com

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Probably when all is said and done, my favorite Allen movie. This is definitely one of those examples where the sum is greater than the parts. Great shots of New York (specifically the city's architecture),... Read more at imdb.com

Depending on your tolerance for Woody Allen's psychoanalytical angst and references to Freud and whatnot, you may like this Bergman-esque drama. Michael Caine and Dianne Wiest give good performances, but still undeserving of their Oscar wins (unless it was a... Read more at imdb.com

Contrary to the comments of many critics (including the usually sagacious Ebert) the film IS a comedy, in the classic sense, as is an opera buffa, The Marriage of Figaro, A Midsummer Night's Dream, etc. One IMDb commentator here, mattijohn,... Read more at imdb.com

Woody Allen makes movies that will sometimes be partial duds with great lines and characters, and then he'll make an all around great movie like Manhattan, Sleeper or Deconstructing Harry. In the 80's, he had a period where most of... Read more at imdb.com

Very funny comedy has one of Woody's all time best casts. Dianne Wiest is the best; glowing, neurotic, irritating and vulnerable, within minutes. Michael Caine is the most touching, Mia Farrow, as always, close to heartbreaking. I think it's her... Read more at imdb.com

Except for MANHATTAN, this stands alongside of ANNIE HALL as the top of the game for the brilliant Woody Allen. A total rep company atmosphere (in New York) with Michael Caine giving one of his most subtle and touching performances.... Read more at imdb.com

An interesting and very well acted slice of different people's lives, the film poses a number of intriguing questions in terms of life, death, love and relationships. It is a fascinating film: carefully directed and aided by some meticulously perfect... Read more at imdb.com

What more does a Woody lover want...New York, Thanksgiving (x 3), SoHo, the now-closed Pageant Book Store, e.e. Cummings, the cute and beautiful Dianne Wiest (her first Oscar as Best Supporting Actress). Best scene: the three sisters having lunch at... Read more at imdb.com

Arguably Woody Allen's best production with the exception of "Annie Hall". The film follows three sisters (Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey and Oscar-winner Dianne Wiest) through their careers and their relationships. Farrow is the backbone that keeps everything together. However, husband... Read more at imdb.com

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) is one of Woody Allen's best, and tellingly, one of his few 1980s films to be set in the present day (a strong nostalgia runs through these years). It's a brilliant ensemble piece with all the characters centering around three sisters, Hannah (Farrow), Holly (Dianne Wiest, who won an Oscar) and Lee (Barbara Hershey). ... Full Review

A Woody Allen Manhattan mosaic, Hannah and Her Sisters concerns the lives, loves, and infidelities among a tightly-knit artistic clan. Hannah is married to accountant and financial planner Elliot ( Michael Caine ), who carries a torch for Lee, who in turn lives with pompous Soho artist Frederick ( Max Von Sydow ). ... Full Review

In parallel vignettes Holly is struggling with her cocaine addiction (echoing her mothers (Maureen O'Sullivan) love/hate relationship with the bottle) and tapping Hannah for "loans", supposedly required for yet another bright business idea. The dialogue is as sharp as ever but this time the laughter isn't so forced and the maudlin aspects are almost wholly missing, making this one of Allen's best ever scripts. ... Full Review

If only the people in Hannah had some real problems Hannah seems like a decent movie as a whole, but it doesnt achieve its goals, and it isnt one of his best flicks. Just like the other Allen DVDs, print flaws caused some definite concerns. ... Full Review

Woody Allen 's " Hannah and Her Sisters ," the best movie he has ever made, is organized like an episodic novel, with acute little self-contained vignettes adding up to the big picture. Hannah is the competent, nurturing one. ... Full Review

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Chekhov in New York A Review by Jeremiah Kipp 07/02/2001 This was always one of my favorite Woody Allen films.I loved Michael Caine's character and the lengths to which he will go to seduce his wife's sister. ... Full Article

'I'll bet you a pound, right now, I'll bet you a pound that within weeks of that film coming out, every girl in town'll be walking around with an Evita hair-do and dress. Bet you a pound, right now! And ... Full Article