Woody Allen's genius is unparalleled when it comes to mixing a set of characters, each with his or her foibles and angst and integrating them. Here we have three sisters, each with her own set of problems and joys. They are brought together by holidays and this leads to their playing off each other and looking back at what brought them here. With an amazing cast, we have the stable, the fragile, the damaged, all still loving one another. There are affairs and secrets and dalliance. There is also hypochondriac Mickey (Allen) who is doomed to unhappiness because he thinks too much. He believes he has a close encounter with death, and when he is given a clean bill of health, he can't think what to do with his new life. I would urge anyone who has not seen this to put it on the list.
Review of Hannah and Her Sisters
