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The Sisters (2006) DVD Review
The Sisters (2006) DVD Credits:
The Sisters (2006) Directed by:
Arthur Allan Seidelman
The Sisters (2006) Written by:
Richard Alfieri
The Sisters (2006) Cast:
Elizabeth Banks, Maria Bello, Erika Christensen, Steven Culp, Tony Goldwyn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Eric McCormack, Alessandro Nivola, Chris O'Donnell, Rip Torn
The Sisters (2006) Released by:
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Region:
1
The Sisters (2006) DVD Release Date:
12th June 2006
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The Sisters (2006) Synopsis:

Four siblings struggle to banish the ghost of their dead father and create some semblance of harmony using a college on New York's Upper East Side as their surrogate home. Flashing between the chaos of Manhattan and the seemingly perfect sanctuary of Charleston, this unflinchingly honest drama with comedy explores and explodes the myths of family and friendship. As three sisters and a brother recall the simpler life the family left in their childhood home, they peel back the layers of their pretensions and self-deceptions with wit and candor escalating to moments of shocking power. Their final realization is that chaos and violence lie within the heart, and the only defenses are love and honesty.

The Sisters (2006) DVD Review:

Many actors must get tired of the action-based plots of many Hollywood films. They don’t have the opportunities to work with good dialogue that they long for, so instead they do independent films. Independent films such as The Sisters have the ability to use great source material. Based off of Anton Chekhov’s play “The Three Sisters”, Richard Alfieri has adapted a rich and vibrant text for many actors to sink their teeth into. Alfieri scripted the film from a play he himself adapted from Chekhov’s masterpiece. What could easily turn into melodrama is instead a complex mix of human emotions and the intricate web of human reactions to each emotional outburst.

As the official selection of both the Tribeca and the Hollywood Film Festival as well as receiving many other awards, The Sisters has certainly seen its share of critical success, and it saddens me that there will be no commercial success. The dialogue is so perfectly paced and it is executed by some of the finest melodrama to be filmed in years. The acting is so spectacular that I found myself involved in the emotional turmoil of even the smallest characters. The simplicity of the plot only leaves room for a vast collection of real human emotions. However simple the substance is, the execution could be studied many more times, making this a great DVD to own for film fans.

The Sisters is about the three sisters who have only each other as family, and each remembers something different about the past. They had a very strict father, who also may have been abusive. The youngest sister is raised with ignorance to all of the bad things their father did, but instead has a gleaming image of him. In some ways the protection of the younger sister by the older two resembles the tradition of control being passed on from father to daughters. It is a difficult film to watch at times because of the pain these sisters hold inside.

Much of the film has to do with love, and the most interesting character I related to in the film was a man who has become bitter with unrequited love. Eric McCormack absolutely seethes with bitterness in a role which reminded me of Shylock from The Merchant of Venice. As much as I wanted to like him for the injustice which has been served him, he makes it impossible to see him as anything other than a villain.

The DVD features a commentary track by director Arthur Allan Seidelman and writer Richard Alfieri. It is a very intelligent and often interesting commentary although it may not have the entertainment value that some look for. There are no other special features which is sadly expected.

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The Sisters (2006) DVD review written by: Ryan Izay

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