Today's film is Hannah and Her Sisters. Every character is deplorable, selfish, and generally awful. What a fun movie. This film is 100% about the various interactions of the family members. Let's look at them in depth:
#1
Super Asshole Elliot, played by Michael Caine. He cheats on his wife. With her own sister. And then, he never tells his wife because he's afraid to break up his marriage. He quietly watches the sister's own marriage fall apart and is upset when she marries someone else. But he never stops loving her. I think he stays with his wife because she's so successful and she suspects nothing. He feels comfortable with her, but does he care about her at all?
#2
Second asshole on the list is Lee. She should know better than to sleep with her sister's husband. That is a serious violation of the sis code. Do not narc, don't lie, and always defend. If anyone wrongs or insults my sisters, it is my righteous duty to shank them. Sure, her husband is an antisocial weirdo, but that's no excuse. Sometimes marriages end. But don't ruin someone else's happiness just because you're unhappy in your own marriage.
#3.
Mickey. Not necessarily an ass, however he is very self-centered. As a hypochondriac, he constantly worries about his health. After a serious health scare, and realizing he is perfectly fine, he pretty much just shuts down. He stops producing shows or whatever he does, and spends the next year trying out religions and subsequently making fun of them. Which leads me to my main question, Does anyone up north work? Do they just hang around coffeehouses all day? And do they really gather around a piano and sing old songs? That doesn't seem real to me. In fact, the entire family have an air of artificiality around them, what with them all sleeping with each other and lying.
#4
Hannah. Hannah's not an asshole, but she is the weakest character of all of them. I don't even understand why she is the star. Mia Farrow did the weakest acting job and I got nothing from her. It's ironic that her character is supposed to be an amazing actor because that is totally the opposite of what happened. Hannah is Mickey's ex-wife. After having twins through a donor sperm (read: not Mickey), their marriage fell apart. Later, Hannah and Lee set up Mickey on a date. With who? Why, their other sister of course! This gets better and better.
#5
Holly. She's the other sister that was set up with Mickey. She's a dope fiend that lives in her more successful sister's shadow. She's not a good singer or actress but eventually finds her passion as a writer. After a terrible date, she later rekindles her romance with Mickey and it somehow works.
So why would I want to watch this if all the characters are so unlikeable? It's more realistic this way. In fact, Hannah is supposedly perfect and she's the most annoying character because of it. Nobody on Seinfeld was perfect and that was the greatest show ever. No, I don't like how they just all hop in bed with each other, but if you want to see characters that truly "keep it in the family", then you will enjoy this too. I will give this film a 6/10.
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