Hannah & Her Sisters - Dir. Woody Allen

A/N: The watchlist should say 'sisters' not 'sister'.  I will fix that.

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly. 

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As someone who has 4 older sisters, when I saw the title I was all like, YEAH LET'S DO THIS! (Note: my name is not Hannah, nor is it the name of any of my sisters.) This was my first venture into a Woody Allen movie.  My first non-biased venture into the world of Woody Allen movies.  I had watched Midnight in Paris and, although I loved the film and the premise and pretty much everything about it, I don't like Luke Wilson... Or Owen Wilson.  No.  I think it's Luke...

I enjoyed it.  My sister, who is an huge Woody Allen fan said that you either love him or you hate him, but I'm more of the mind of taking him in small doses. I loved the film for so many reasons which I will get to in a moment but there was a moment in the film (early on, if I remember correctly) and Woody Allen was delivering a monologue and his voice just started grating on me.  The scene had to be a few minutes long and it was just him talking and... grate.      

But that was probably the only part of the movie that I didn't like. And it only lasted a few minutes.  I love Barbara Hershey, after being introduced to her work after watching her in Once Upon A Time.  I know that's hardly the highest testament but it got me hooked.  Her relationship with Michael Caine was something that intrigued me.  I remember when I was much younger, about thirteen or fourteen, back when I was writing really, really, God awful FanFiction and I was writing a FanFiction where an OC fell in love with her soon to be ex-brother-in-law and the idea intrigued me so much that I discussed the situation with a friend.  When we thought we knew what we were talking about and tried to have discussions about life and love. So, when the situation arose in the movie, it stirred my interest was not just for the cinematic form but also in a social context.  

One of my favourite scenes in the movie is the scene between Barbara Hershey and Max Von Sydow.  I think that's the beauty of Woody Allen movies - they're just so free-flowing that and fluid that even the most insignificant scenes are beautiful.  

With a wonderful cast, this film is a yes from me.  A big yes.  A hells to the yes.