Hannah and Her Sisters

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  • Opened February 7, 1986 
  • 1 hr 46 min
  • PG-13
  • A romantic comedy set in New York over a Thanksgiving holiday involving Hannah (Mia Farrow) and her precocious siblings (Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest), all playing virtual musical chairs with a gang of lovers (Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Max Von Sydow, Sam Waterston). With Lloyd Nolan and Margaret Sullivan (Mia's real-life mom) as the girls' put-upon parents. Allen is very funny as Farrow's hypochondriac ex-husband. Caine and Wiest won Best Supporting Oscars while Allen won a statuette for Best Screenplay. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Max von Sydow
  • Director: Woody Allen
  • Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

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Variety
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He (Allen) makes nary a misstep from beginning to end in charting the amorous affiliations of three sisters and their men over a two-year period. Read full review

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San Francisco Chronicle
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Sad funny and richly romantic, everything that makes Allen’s movies so beloved. [7 February 1986, Daily Notebook p.76] Read full review

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Chicago Tribune
| Gene Siskel

A joy to behold, a complex film that never loses either its sense of purpose or sense of humor. [7 February 1986, Friday, p.33] Read full review

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Time
| Richard Corliss

Hannah and Her Sisters is old-fashioned in another sense: its plot has the elegant geometry of a Philip Barry play. [Feb 3, 1986] Read full review

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