Sister My Sister (1994)
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 3
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Release Date: Jun 23, 1995 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.5/5
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In this stark drama based on actual events in a small French town in the early '30s, a pair of repressed sisters slowly lose their grip on reality, leading to horrific consequences at the home where they're employed as maids. Christine (Joely Richardson), a domestic servant in the home of haughty widow Madame Danzard (Julie Walters), takes pride in her efficiency and deference. Raised by nuns, Christine bitterly resents her penniless mother, but remains devoted to her younger, similarly
Jun 23, 1995 Wide
May 11, 2004
Koch Lorber Films
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Cast
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Julie Walters
Madame Danzard -
Joely Richardson
Christine -
Jodhi May
Lea -
Sophie Thursfield
Isabelle Danzard -
Amelda Brown
Visitor -
Kate Gartside
Sister Veronica -
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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (3) | DVD (5)
This dramatization of the story upon which Jean Genet's play The Maids is based is well acted and has some powerful moments.
Missable but intriguing expansion of the story that inspired Genet's The Maids.
On screen, it seems to be an effort at psychological edginess but the potentials of the medium renders the play as bland as Isabelle.
Though the subject matter is bleak and upsetting, the narrative is intelligently told.
It's disturbing, but not half as disturbing as it seems to think it is.
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Movie: ID: 16835 Title: Sister My Sister Release Date: 1995-06-23 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 4 Status: 1
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