The Sisters Movie Review 2005

Alfieri adapted his play, which was inspired by Anton Chekhov's "The Three Sisters." In this contemporary update, set in a Manhattan college faculty lounge, sisters Olga (Masterson), Marsha (Bello), and Irene (Christensen) gather with their brother Andrew (Nivola) and various lovers and colleagues, most of whom are an insufferable talky bunch. Irene's birthday seems to be just the right time to bring up family secrets and play psychological roulette. Unlike Chekov, this is overwrought yet boring.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Running time 113 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Screenplay

Richard Alfieri

Cast

Maria Bello, Mary Stuart Masterson, Erika Christensen, Eric McCormack, Chris O'Donnell, Tony Goldwyn, Steven Culp, Alessandro Nivola, Elizabeth Banks, Rip Torn

Cinematography

Chuy Chavez

Director

Arthur Allan Seidelman

Music

Thomas Morse

Other

Drake Silliman, Emmy Taylor, Stephen Altman

Producer

Matthew Rhodes, Judd Payne, CSC Sisters/Persistent Entertainment