Synopsis: Did you really want to like Hannah and Her Sisters, but you thought it needed to be seriously dumbed-down and loaded with cliches? Today is your lucky day...
Blurb From the VHS jacket: “Nobody loves you more or understands you less than family.”
What Did I Learn?: Business trips aren’t all that important, and can be easily cancelled at the last minute.
You Might Like This Movie If: You always wondered what the hell happened to Sean Young.
Really?: 1) Wow, so every fucking conversation consists of characters exchanging deep thoughts and expository dialogue? 2) The film ends with the (remaining) Amati Girls rediscovering the joy of life and singing “Doo-Wah-Diddy” in the kitchen. 3) Wait - Armand was a Gulf War vet who sustained a head injury, and instead of becoming brain damaged he became the perfect mate for intellectually-disabled Dolores? That doesn’t sound right. 4) Holy shit, isn’t Paul Sorvino a little old to play the father of a young child? 5) Funny how Paul can skip all of those special ballet classes with his daughter, yet the director insists he go out on stage without any preparation and he does a bang-up job. 6) Take a drink any time a character mentions a saint.
Rating: The Amati Girls features an impressive cast (Mercedes Ruehl gives an especially good performance), and certainly had the potential to be a warm and insightful character-driven family drama, but it suffers from an abysmal script and far too many treacly and cringe-inducing moments to stomach. I cannot recommend this movie. 4/10 stars.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213446/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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