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The Sisters

Every family has its secrets

2005 · 1h 53m · R Drama
Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman

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Overview

Based on Anton Chekov's "The Three Sisters" about siblings living in a college town who struggle with the death of their father and try to reconcile relationships in their own lives.

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30%
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Fresh

Intelligent, observant entertainment designed for an adult audience.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten

What we can guess, watching the film, is that the same players would make a good job of Three Sisters but are undermined by the faculty club, which works like a hotel lobby. There's no way to sustain dramatic momentum here.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

Instead of anti-melodrama laced with surprising moments of comedy, which Chekhov managed, The Sisters settles for bloodless melodrama.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Rotten

Anyone looking for the playwright's undeniable insight into the female psyche is unlikely to find any such specimen here.

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh

I liked the performances a lot.

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

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