Sisters (2015)

Two sisters decide to throw one last house party before their parents sell their family home.

Director:

Jason Moore

Writer:

Paula Pell

Stars:

Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amy Poehler	...	Maura Ellis
Tina Fey	...	Kate Ellis
Maya Rudolph	...	Brinda
Ike Barinholtz	...	James
James Brolin	...	Bucky Ellis
Dianne Wiest	...	Deana Ellis
John Cena	...	Pazuzu
John Leguizamo	...	Dave
Bobby Moynihan	...	Alex
Greta Lee	...	Hae-Won
Madison Davenport	...	Haley
Rachel Dratch	...	Kelly
Santino Fontana	...	Mr. Geernt
Britt Lower	...	Mrs. Geernt
Samantha Bee	...	Liz

Storyline

Sisters Kate and Maura Ellis are summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family house, much to their dismay. Looking to recapture their glory days, they throw one final high-school-style party for their classmates, which turns into the cathartic rager that a bunch of ground-down adults really need.

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Plot Keywords:

sister sister relationship | pantyhose | friendship between women | mother daughter relationship | damage | 

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Taglines:

Big sisters don't always know best.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, and for drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler had previously worked together in Mean Girls (2004) and Baby Mama (2008).

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Goofs

At Big Lots, several blue first-aid kits are bought. During a later scene, there is one blue first-aid kit and one white Target private-label kit on the table. Since the house was cleared of items before the sisters came home, this could not have been there. Also, the private-brand kit didn't exist when the girls would have lived there, so they couldn't have gotten it from their room.

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Quotes

Maura Ellis: E-A-T... S-H-I-T.

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Crazy Credits

Bloopers shown during closing credits.

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Alternate Versions

The Sisters DVD includes an unrated edition with five minutes of extra footage.

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Connections

Referenced in Late Night with Seth Meyers: Tina Fey/Nick Jonas/Abe Laboriel Jr. (2015)

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Soundtracks

New Age
Written by Clint Holgate, Brittany Tolman, Calvin Holgate
Performed by Mount Saint
Courtesy of Gravelpit Music

User Reviews

They really do have great chemistry.

It's not the best thing Amy Poehler and Tina Fey have ever done but it definitely had its hilarious moments. Most of the humour was completely seedy and verging on the height of inappropriateness. It's not a movie for the average person especially if you get offended easily.

All the characters were extreme stereotypes and they were complete clichés but it worked. They all played their parts well and created one extreme OMG party. Throughout the whole thing I was disgusted and slightly jealous that I will never get to attend a party like that probably ever.

It probably did go for a bit too long and there was no real storyline to the movie but I don't think that was ever the point. People are reading into it too much and were expecting it to be an intellectual tongue-in-cheek portrayal of coming to terms with yourself and father time. Absolute bullish!t. Do not tell me that you were shocked that it was lowbrow or that it wasn't peppered with heartfelt sentiment. If you thought that was what it was going to be from the trailer then you were in the wrong movie cinema.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 December 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Nest

Filming Locations:

Dix Hills, Long Island, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,922,855, 20 December 2015

Gross USA:

$87,044,645

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$105,011,053

Company Credits

Production Co:

Little Stranger

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1