Sisters Movie Review Essay

Sisters, directed by Jason Moore, was released on December 18, 2015 and is rated R because of the intense sexual content, language, and drug use, therefore receiving a 6.4/10 rating (“Sisters”). In this movie, two sisters discover that their parents are selling their childhood home and try to convince them and to keep it. Kate Ellis (Tina Fey) is a hotheaded hairdresser who cannot keep a job, house, or her daughter. Maura Ellis (Amy Poehler) is a responsible aunt who takes care of Kate’s daughter behind her back to provide a steady environment for her to grow up in. Kate convinces Maura to help her throw one last house party before the house is sold. The movie Sisters is a raunchy comedy that people expect to be funny due to the plot and the
Reviews call them “Tina and Amy” and the “Comedy Duo” as they were best friends who coincidentally became two of TV’s most beloved comic actresses (“Baby Mama”). They have great chemistry together on and off set; for example, they starred together in Baby Mama back in 2008. Reviews say that their humor is too corny, but one cannot help but laugh. In this movie, Fey plays Kate who is a successful and single business woman. When she finally decides the time is right to have a baby, she discovers that she is infertile. She then hires a “South Philly working girl,” Angie, played by Poehler, to become her surrogate (“Baby Mama”). This is similar to Sisters because one of the actresses is the successful, responsible adult while the other is immature and
Reilly. It is a feminization of Sisters because their insane rivalry and hatred for the other pulls the new family apart, forcing them to work together to reunite their parents. Similar to Step Brothers, Sisters is also about two adults who cannot let go of their childhood or grow up. In Sisters, Fey realizes she is getting older and wants to be young one last night. Poehler realizes she is getting older because she is a divorced nurse who lives alone and is too focused on her job. In Step Brothers, the parents force the brothers to get jobs and move out of the house. When the parents see that they cannot obtain jobs because of their immaturity, they decide to get a