Review of Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) by Grant S — 15 May 2015
A wonderfully engaging relationship-drama.
Another great sensitive-yet-funny Woody Allen movie. Some great and quotable jokes, and some very poignant moments too. Every line is beautifully crafted by Woody Allen and his direction is spot-on.
Great performances by an all-star cast. Michael Caine is great and well-deserved his Best Supporting Actor Oscar (though I thought he was in a lead role - maybe the movie's title convinced the Academy otherwise). His performance is superb, especially as the character he plays is very dissimilar to most Michael Caine roles - reserved, awkward and nerdy. Not the usual Caine confident leading man role.
Woody Allen is his usual wonderfully neurotic and hilariously funny self. Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest are perfectly cast as the three sisters. (Wiest got a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her efforts). Good support from Carrie Fisher and Max van Sydow.
Also interesting to note that Lewis Black, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and John Turturro have minor, early-career, roles in the movie. (This was Lewis Black's movie debut, in fact, and JL-D's second movie).
This review of Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) was written by Grant S on 15 May 2015.
Hannah and Her Sisters has generally received very positive reviews.
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