Hannah and Her Sisters 1986

     The setting of this film is two Thanksgivings two years apart.  Hannah’s husband Elliot falls in love with her sister Lee.  She collects unemployment and she is waiting for the right artist to mold her.  Hannah has a successful acting career and she is always lending money to Holly.  April and Holly have started a catering business and they are hoping for success.  Everyone is always turning to Hannah for advice.  Her former husband Mickey is a hypochondriac and he renews his relationship with her sister Holly.  Mickey and Holly learn that Mickey’s sperm count is too low and they probably will not be able to have children?  Holly is upset and she doesn’t know if she can remain in the marriage without the possibility of a child.  

     This is a typical Woody Allen film with New York in the background as a character.  Everyone has problems and everyone talks to other people about their problems.  Hannah always hosts the Thanksgiving dinners and does most of the work but she doesn’t mind.  Everyone has insecurities and even the mother of Hannah, Lee and Holly thinks she is still young and men want to fall for her??  There are profound concepts about life but also laughs from the characters and their relationships.  Everyone is a work in process.  There is dishonesty, infidelity, codependency and lack of self-realization.  Some characters have substance abuse issues, drinking and smoking frequently occur.  There is some mild swearing.  I've seen this movie before but I didn’t remember a lot of it.  4* (I liked this movie)  

107 min, Comedy directed and written by Woody Allen with Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Michael Caine, Carrie Fisher, Maureen O’Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, Max von Sydow, Lewis Black, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Christian Clemenson, Julie Kavner, J.T. Walsh, John Turturro.

Note:  Imdb 7.9 out of 10 with 65,337 reviews,  Roger Ebert 4*, The Guardian 4* out of 5* Peter Bradshaw, Common Sense Media Renee Schonfeld, age 15+, 3* positive messages, 3* role models, 0 violence, 3* sex, 2* language,1* consumerism, 3* drinking drugs & smoking, Letterboxd 4* out of 5* with 171 fans, Amazon 4.1* out of 5* with 573 reviews.  I have seen this movie before but I didn’t remember a lot of it.  4* (I liked this movie) 
    
Special Note:  I thought the funniest line in this film is when Woody Allen’s character is worried that he has a brain tumor.  The his hearing in his right ear has decreased.  He is talking with a woman at the TV series location where he is working.  She says, “But, remember you were worried that you had a malignant melanoma but it was only a dark spot on the back of your shirt?”