'Sisters' Review

The most highly anticipated movie of the year opened this weekend and so did Star Wars. But this is about Sisters, the new comedy from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler aka our lord and saviour (in that order).

Everyone's biggest concern was that this would just be a letdown, because we so badly didn't want it to be, but it wasn't. While their ads have been excessive and feel like they're giving away all the good parts, there's too many good parts for them to give them all away.

My biggest concern was them playing into their tropes of good sister and rebel sister too much, but they were much more subtle than I was expecting. They were still somewhat stereotypical, but they weren't so over-the-top that it was obnoxious, or didn't feel genuine. 

Speaking of genuine, the real love that Amy and Tina have for each other was palpable throughout. The two seem like real sisters, and the movie wouldn't have worked without their chemistry.

Writer Paula Pell is truly one of the best in the business, and the jokes were constant and fast-paced throughout. Sometimes you were too busy laughing at one that you missed the next. There was so much happening, and you become easily obsessed with and invested in each and every character.

Outside of Tina and Amy the cast was a total clusterfuck of the funniest people living. Maya Rudolph was ridiculously good (as usual), and Bobby Moynihan was one of my favourite characters.

We also need to discuss John Cena. As everybody knows, my obsession with the Rock knows no bounds. But what's not as well known about me is my second favourite wrestler-actor is John Cena, whom I love just somewhat below the Rock. He was a standout in his 2 minute part in Trainwreck this summer, and now he's done it with another comedy, playing the beefy drug dealer who Tina is trying to get with throughout the movie. 

My only real complaint about the film is that their parents are played by James Brolin and Dianne Wiest, who are currently playing a VERY similar married couple in the new TV show, Life in Pieces. But that's a minor complaint, for an otherwise near-flawless movie.

Overall, it was a perfectly constructed comedy, and the jokes were constant. I'm sure it will letdown some, but personally, it was everything I wanted from it. Watching this felt like coming home. And Darth Vader was crazy good.

​9/10