Trailers &
Clips
News
Similar Movies
Showtimes &
Tickets
Awards &
Nominations

The Sisters

:

Overview

The Sisters
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
6 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
1hr 53min
Genre:
Release:
2005
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Synopsis: Screenwriter Richard Alfieri and director Arthur Allan Siedelman adapt Anton Chekhov's classic stage play The Three Sisters to the screen in this film starring Mary Stuart Masterson, Maria Bello, and Erika Christensen as the titular siblings. Upon departing from Charleston, SC, to further their education at a prestigious Manhattan college, sisters Marcia (Bello), Olga (Masterson), and Irene (Christensen) soon become lost in fantasies of what their lives may have been to the point where they are unable ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
Projects like this bring out the best in actors, who take salary cuts to work in Chekhov (even at one remove). What we can guess, watching the film, is that the same players would make a good job of "Three Sisters" but are undermined by the faculty club, which works like a hotel lobby. There's no way to sustain dramatic momentum here. Full Review
Metascore
®
40
Mixed or Average Reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Marcia, Marcia Prior
Olga, Olga Prior
Irene Prior, Irine
Vincent Antonelli
Photos
WENDY WASSERSTEIN Oct. 18, 1950 - Jan. 30, 2006 Brooklyn native Wendy Wasserstein was among...
Maria Bello at the The Sisters premiere in New York City on April 23, 2005
Maria Bello at the The Sisters premiere in New York City on April 23, 2005
Elizabeth Banks and Eric McCormack at the The Sisters premiere in New York City on April 23, 2005
Maria Bello, Eric McCormack and Elizabeth Banks at the The Sisters premiere in New York City on...
Elizabeth Banks at the The Sisters premiere in New York City on April 23, 2005
Arthur Seidelman, director at the The Sisters premiere in New York City on April 23, 2005
advertisement