Hannah and Her Sisters

1986 Directed by Woody Allen

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Woody Allen Michael Caine Mia Farrow Carrie Fisher Barbara Hershey Lloyd Nolan Maureen O'Sullivan Daniel Stern Max von Sydow Dianne Wiest Lewis Black Christian Clemenson Joanna Gleason Richard Jenkins Julie Kavner Julia Louis-Dreyfus Rusty Magee Fred Melamed Leo Postrel Tony Roberts Bobby Short John Turturro J.T. Walsh Sam Waterston

Alternative Titles

Hannah e suas Irmãs, Hannah og hendes søstre, Hanna y sus hermanas, Hannah et ses soeurs, Hannah e le sue sorelle, Hannah och hennes systrar

drama comedy

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Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★★★ 2

76/100
Here's what's weird: I can now see in this old favorite the seeds of everything I dislike about his recent films. Much of the dialogue is clunkily expository and/or tin-eared; supporting characters (e.g. Daniel Stern's gauche rock star) often function as straw-man caricatures; source music is used as a cudgel. Yet it's mostly glorious, and I spent the whole damn movie trying in vain to pinpoint the difference. In the end, I think Tarantino may be right, at least in this case and some others: Woody's just old now, and his work has become correspondingly creaky, with its highs diminished and its flaws hugely magnified. In any case, he was unmistakably at the top of his game here—though he's…
Review by kyle97 ★★★★★ 2

What can I say about Hannah and Her Sisters? I think this is my second favorite Woody Allen film after Annie Hall!
The movie is a feast of witty, hilarious dialogue (as you would expect from Woody Allen) and vivid characters that hooked me right off the bat. Allen makes an engaging story out of ordinary people and strikes a nice balance between drama and comedy. And once again, he effortless pulls me into his romanticized version of New York City to tell a story about four sisters and four men whose lives are intertwined through love and secrets.
Allen deals with a lot of characters and subplots in the movie, but he weaves each narrative thread together in a…
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★

"how the hell should I know why there were nazis? I don't even know how the can opener works."
first off, i have to confess that i have an aversion to dianne wiest, and that plays a factor. but negated by Michael Caine? i think so.
one of Woody Allen's most profound and textured films, but so overbearing it's hard for me to stomach in one fell swoop. like a Chekhov play (though Ibsen is the playwright name-checked) that's ellipsed into tatters. it's so successful in conveying Allen's neuroses that it becomes an extremely anxious experience, which clashes with the overriding amiability.
Review by Caty Alexandre ★★★★★ 15

Woody Allen really is a fantastic writer and director, we all know that. He is always able to create amazing characters, fantastic dialogues, simple stories with situations that could happen and real life and none of his stories ever felt forced. All feel real and actually very believable. Hannah and Her Sisters is no exception.
An amazing comedy/drama script, that tell us the stories of multiple characters all connected because of three sisters Hannah, Lee and Holly. Family interations, romances, dramatic discoveries or even hilarious moments it's what you are going to find throughout the story.
All of the performances are absolutely fantastic, everyone is able to play their parts in the perfect way possible. Dianne Wiest, Woody Allen himself…
Review by Enfant du Siècle ★★★★★ 2

Hannah and Her Sisters remains one the finest in Allen's filmography and a personal favourite of mine. The film takes us into the lives of a series of complex and imperfect characters, revealing their yearnings, fears and failures. In the end, they are all people in search of themselves, of answers that sometimes nobody has, people who live day by day, suffer and rejoice, who need to love and be loved. I believe that this work perfectly synthesizes the favorite themes of the director. On one hand, everything around personal relationships such as love, infidelity and communication; on the other hand, the constant reflections on death, spirituality and the meaning of life that cause so much anxiety and uncertainty. An intelligent and endearing piece, with touches of romance and nostalgia, it has the superb work of an incomparable cast, and the perfect balance between drama and comedy that portrays with singular precision the tribulations of everyday life.
Review by Matt “Snapper” Girello ★★★★½ 1

Woody trying to convert to Catholicism to find meaning in life is somehow one of the funniest sub-plots in any of his films.

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Review by JuliaGigonti ★★★★★

Probablemente la mejor película sobre el amor y la mejor de Woody Allen. Es, no sé, maravillosa. Me hizo llorar mucho, todo encaja y funciona a la perfección, no hay nada de más, nada que falte. Es realmente algo hermoso de ver y muy disfrutable (interpelante también). Ahora solo quiero que me amen.
Review by Danny ★★★★

This is Woody Allen on form completely. I like how he stepped back and didn’t put himself in the lead for this one which allowed a story of an imbalance between love and lust to flourish between great actors in, what I consider to be, an ensemble cast led by Michael Caine. The side plot involving Mickey trying to find meaning in life is equally well done and humorously but cleverly takes a look into the meaning of life and religion. Woody’s lively representation of New York is once again portrayed in a lovely way in this movie too. The way that the love affairs all share a link of (the title) ‘Hannah and Her Sisters’ means that the narrative…
Review by Giancarlo F. Ciprian ★★★★½

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“Boy, Love is really unpredictable”

Every family has their own issues and this mix of stories around all the movie has a great rhythm and script. I really enjoy all the stories with the pinch of philosophical tone about death, love and sex (the perfect trio).

P.S.: I really miss Max Von Sydow and Carrie Fisher

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Review by Cramfer ★★★★★

Sigo con mi revisitacion de la filmo de Allen. Volver a ver Hanna y sus hermanas solo puedo calificarlo de experiencia mística: te emocionado, ríes, lloras con unos personajes magistralmente construidos. Te identificas con todos y cada uno de los personajes. Magia pura.
Review by Connor Old

It's charmingly neurose, a combination unique to Allen's movies
Review by AlbertoCthulhu ★★★★★

Menuda fuerza me daban las películas de Woody Allen en mis tiempos de instituto y universidad al sentirme identificado con esos personajes obsesivos y maniáticos, por su visión existencialista de la vida y acabar riendo a carcajadas debido a la genialidad del que sabe convertir lo dramático en cómico.
He dicho me daban voy a cambiarlo por me daban y me dan.
Review by Oscar Bloomfield ★★★★

How the hell do I know why there were Nazis? I don’t know the can opener works!
Review by Jessie Kane ★★★★

me + my siblings
Review by Christopher Moran ★★★

It's okay. Not my taste, a little woody goes a long way with me.