Hannah and Her Sister's Movie Review

Another Woody Allen film filled with sarcastic remarks and prejudice views on the setting. Taking place in New York, Allen expresses his love for the Big Apple through unnecessary scenes in the picture. A single man taking two women on a tour throughout a city that they are already reside in is obviously an excuse for Allen to show off his love for buildings in his favorite city.
Expressing problems that happen to everyday families is one thing, but stretching it out is inhumane. For sisters to get around the same crowd that much, it makes a movie that is supposed to be realistic, unrealistic. Having one sister do cocaine while the other one not being able to have kids is one thing. But on top of that, the middle sister has an affair with the husband of the oldest sister. To finish things off, the cocaine using sister ends up with the ex-husband of Hannah, and ends up becoming pregnant from him.
Suspense keeps an audience, but confusion loses all of us. If it wasn’t for Woody Allen’s original type of humor, individuals wouldn’t have paid this movie any attention. Woody Allen playing a hypochondriac was like having Shaquille O’neal play a basketball player; it just fits. His overall persona of making small talk under his breath kept a smile on my face throughout the film. Michael Caine’s accent and overall smoothness was entertaining in itself. If it wasn’t for the confusing plots, this movie would have been a four star instead of three star in my eyes.
The writers for this movie are what I like to call “Superwriters.” In easier sense, they were over achievers. Like stated earlier, suspense is one thing to try to conquer, but with all the arcs this movie has , it creates more confusion than anything. Trying to have a realistic type of movie, one shouldn’t create that much drama within one family between sisters and their lovers.
Overall, this is a movie that could have been great, but ended up just average due to trying to do too much in one film.