Hannah and Her Sisters

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Hannah and Her Sisters

PG-13

1986

1h 46m

Comedy

Drama

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Three successive family Thanksgiving dinners mark time for Hannah (Mia Farrow), her younger sisters Lee (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Dianne Wiest) and the men in their lives. Lee is having an affair with Hannah's husband, Elliot (Michael Caine), and trying to end her Svengali-like romance with artist Frederick (Max von Sydow). Holly is frustrated by her lack of career fulfillment and her increasing dependence on Hannah's largesse, while being courted by the hypochondriac Mickey (Woody Allen).

Critics Consensus

Smart, tender, and funny in equal measure, Hannah and Her Sisters is one of Woody Allen's finest films.

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Dolores Barclay

Associated Press

10/22/2018

Is Hannah and Her Sisters, the 14th movie written and directed by Allen, worth the wait? No.

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David Robinson

The Times (UK)

12/31/2017

Allen is one of the rare clowns with the gift of discovering the universal upon his own doorstep.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

02/10/2014

4/4

The marvel of Hannah and Her Sisters is just how many fully realized characters and relationships Allen is able to weave into the fabric of this extraordinarily well-written film. This script is one to be studied by aspiring filmmakers.

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Sean Axmaker

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04/26/2025

The bittersweet story is a superb balance of human drama and Allen’s brand of neurotic comedy... with a warmth not always seen in a lot his films.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

06/05/2024

4/4

A wondrous work so beloved in its day that the jurists for the Pulitzer Prize pushed for its script even though it was written for a film instead of a play (unfortunately, the Pulitzer committee said no way).

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David Nusair

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06/07/2023

3/4

...an erratically-paced yet mostly satisfying endeavor...

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paul O

@Paulo190408 7h

A very weak storyline which was very boring. Michael Caine played himself and Woody Allen was not funny at all. Very disappointing.

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 21h

Woody Allen frivolously invoked Ingmar Bergman’s existential approach through his satirically amusing performance and formulaic family drama that’s narratively constructed with a build agreeably consider this is one of his most skillful, finest thought process discourse with a talented cast with genuine conviction of humane complexity. (B)

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Eachna Y

@Eachna 2d

A quietly observant portrait of three sisters and their tangled family bonds, Hannah and Her Sisters suggests love is unexpected and uncontrollable, yet it gives life its magic.

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Ben W

@Username618 Jun 17

I have seen this, I cannot remember it.

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Mark B

@Thelaser555 May 19

I like Woody Allen but this was like an overdone fancy gateaux that had been chucked on the floor and then an attempt made to get eager customers to still eat it. And as for Michael Caine? We are used to his ice-cold persona in films like Funeral in Berlin, Zulu and the Ipcress File....not some highly-strung, neurotic writer who wants to shag his wife's sister and then live with her. The part was not meant for Caine. And he's not funny, just pathetic and rather disgusting. And since when has committing incest been funny either?? We should remember that Allen- allegedly-had affairs with minors so maybe, to him, Caine's affair is 'normal' for a middle-aged man undergoing some personal crisis. The movie isn't even funny. I smiled twice at a couple of remarks from Woody in the movie. But this has got to be the worse one he's ever made.

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rex W

@RT11010153 Mar 15

Hannah and Her Sisters" is Woody Allen's second-best film. Only "Manhattan" is better.

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Synopsis

Three successive family Thanksgiving dinners mark time for Hannah (Mia Farrow), her younger sisters Lee (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Dianne Wiest) and the men in their lives. Lee is having an affair with Hannah's husband, Elliot (Michael Caine), and trying to end her Svengali-like romance with artist Frederick (Max von Sydow). Holly is frustrated by her lack of career fulfillment and her increasing dependence on Hannah's largesse, while being courted by the hypochondriac Mickey (Woody Allen).

Director: Woody Allen
Producer: Robert Greenhut
Screenwriter: Woody Allen
Distributor: Orion Pictures
Production Co: Orion Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 7, 1986, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 20, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.3M
Runtime: 1h 46m