Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Rank 5 Reviews

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters," the best movie he has ever made, is organized like an episodic novel, with acute little self-contained vignettes adding up to the big picture.Each ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Boxoffice Magazine

MGM's third and final boxed set of Woody Allen films predates the previous set of late '80s and early '90s titles, covering the beginning of the "Mia and Woody" era from "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" in 1982 to "Radio Days" in 1987. For many, this ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

filmcritic.com loves its Sisters

It's not his best, but Hannah and Her Sisters is definitely Woody Allen's second best. The film does everything a Woody film should -- it deals with complex issues in a hilarious way. Up this time, as the title suggests, is the notion of family, as Allen ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at filmcritic.com loves its Sisters

Citizen Caine

There's an accepted wisdom that says that you either like Woody Allen and his films or you don't. I'd like to break that wisdom and say that I like Woody Allen films where he's only a minor character, because he's clearly a gifted director and writer (at ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Citizen Caine

DVD Journal

When Woody Allen is at his very best, the comedian-turned-director shows an uncanny knack for dissecting relationships, exposing contradictions and lasering in on the conflicts and insecurities that threaten our hopes of happiness. His filter of comic ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at DVD Journal

Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)

Perhaps the rarest attribute of Hannah and Her Sisters within Allen's body of work, and this is accurately reflected in the title, is its earnest, complex treatment of family, usually a source of broad ridicule for this filmmaker, ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Nick's Flick Picks (Nick Davis)

Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)

Possibly Woody Allen's most searing drama takes a look at the lives and turmoil, surrounding three sisters (Mia Farrow, Diane Wiest and Barbra Hershey) and fellow family members, whose paths keep crossing each other. The complex plot first follows ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Teen Movie Critic (Roger Davidson)

BBC Films

"Hannah and Her Sisters" marked a triumphant return to form - once again on the streets of Manhattan Woody Allen was back with another masterpiece. ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at BBC Films

Mike Watson

The film focuses on the lives of three sisters: Hannah (Mia Farrow), Lee (Barbara Hershey) and Holly (Dianne West). Though a quite a few different plots run simultaneously though the film, Allen's screenplay tells two principal stories. Firstly, the ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Mike Watson

Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

The film lives and breathes. It's a masterwork.If you can't get your greasy, turkey-smeared hands on Planes, Trains & Automobiles or Home for the Holidays to watch during this Thanksgiving week, the outstanding new "The Woody Allen Collection 3" ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

It's not his best, but Hannah and Her Sisters is definitely Woody Allen's second best. The film does everything a Woody film should -- it deals with complex issues in a hilarious way. Up this time, as the title suggests, is the notion of family, as ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

The film follows a year in the life of, well, Hannah and her sisters. Hannah (Mia Farrow) is married to a successful art dealer named Elliot, expertly played ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

ToxicUniverse.com (Jeremiah Kipp)

That's really what it's all about. That and if you need a justification to avoid suicide, there's always the Marx Brothers at your local cinema. ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Jeremiah Kipp)

eFilmCritic.com (Natasha Theobald)

After 9/11, I remember "Serendipity" being sold as a love letter to New York. If you really want to see passion for the character and charm of the city, you could not, in all probability, do better than this movie. It made me nostalgic for a time and ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Natasha Theobald)

TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

Essentially three separate tales that intertwine at times, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS is one of writer-director Woody Allen's most complex films and the first one in which his neurotic character is given a happy ending. The picture takes place over a couple ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide

JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

In this film, Michael Caine's character is married to a lovely woman, only he doesn't realize it and suddenly finds himself dicking his wife's sister. Pretty gross, eh? Well, it would be were it not for the fact that this film is written exquisitely and ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at JoBlo's Movie Emporium ("JoBlo")

CultureDose.net (Jeremiah Kipp)

This was always one of my favorite Woody Allen films. I loved Michael Caine's character and the lengths to which he will go to seduce his wife's sister. Remember that great scene where he's spying on her? He knows exactly the right time she'll leave her ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at CultureDose.net (Jeremiah Kipp)

Movie Reviews UK

Woody Allen once again returns to familiar territory, namely New York, and constant themes, life and relationships, yet still imbues the result with freshness, wit, intelligence and perception. With episodes that occur chronologically, through the years ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Movie Reviews UK

TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)

Essentially three separate tales that intertwine at times, HANNAH AND HER SISTERS is one of writer-director Woody Allen's most complex films and the first one in which his neurotic character is given a happy ending. The picture takes place over a couple ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (--)

dvdfuture.com (Anthony Clarke)

But while 'Hannah and her Sisters' still holds up strongly, I find that the rest -- all the rest -- have dated badly. They seem somehow laboured in their humour -- that is, when the humour has survived. ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at dvdfuture.com (Anthony Clarke)

Time Out (--)

Allen's previous three films (Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose,The Purple Rose of Cairo) were thin, clever sketches fleshed out with characteristic one-liners. Here he returns to the territory he knows best, Manhattan. Of the three sisters (this is very much ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Time Out (--)

Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)

Woody Allen writes a flock of wonderful characters, quirkily casts some of the best actors of his generation into them, and then naturally steals the show himself. It's cerebral and funny and moving and profound, but the most powerfully evoked emotion is ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Brilliant Observations on 1173 Films (Clayton Trapp)

Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Most of it takes place indoors or at night, and the fluorescent lighting makes everything look a little orange. The edges are soft and the darker scenes are indistinct. The sound is monaural. Woody Allen's script contains a much more elaborate mixture of ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

It continually surprises us, when we go back and watch Woody Allen's older films, how many future stars have walk on parts, and also how many references there are to May-December and, for that matter, January-December romances. John Turturro pops up in a ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Apollo Movie Guide (Guy MacPherson)

Woody Allen's slice-of-life look at the lives and loves of three sisters. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, the film covers the full range of Allen obsessions: love, sex, death, philosophy, architecture, music, adultery, religion, and the meaning of ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Apollo Movie Guide (Guy MacPherson)

Reviewlets (Brian Robert Hischier)

Comedy writers who understand the need to mix in a little contrast to the humor usually do so with the blunt instruments of tragedy---while satisfying on the surface, this doesn't do much to challenge the spirit of mankind---Woody Allen, with Hannah and ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Reviewlets (Brian Robert Hischier)

filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Manhattan and Annie Hall are generally considered to be the best films from director/writer/actor Woody Allen. [Especially by those who haven't seen Bullets Over Broadway.] They're both better than Hannah and Her Sisters, a good film with a solid story ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Long Che Chan

I don't know why I like Woody Allen's films so much. He, like myself, admires Ingmar Bergman's films and his movies have a sort of wonderful way of making you feel giddy. Most of them are funny. Hannah and Her Sisters has its big laughs, but its primary ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Long Che Chan

Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)

I've just never been able to understand the allure of Woody Allen's work. Maybe if he didn't act in his own films I would like them more, but he's always the same neurotic New Yorker who somehow manages to win the beautiful girl. Don't buy it and at ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)

Apollo Guide (Guy MacPherson)

It sometimes seems almost pointless bothering to write reviews of Woody Allen films. ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Apollo Guide (Guy MacPherson)

The Digital Bits

Ranking as one of Woody Allen's best films, the often hilarious, often frightening Hannah and Her Sisters is one of Woody's most personal films. If you're aware of his very public personal history, Hannah almost serves as a cinematic look back into his ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at The Digital Bits

Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)

I've seen a good number of Woody Allen pictures, enough so that I doubted that I could still be surprised by his work. Well, I just rented and watched "Hannah and Her Sisters", and it made me fall for good old Woody all over again. Yes, in a way, it's ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)

DVD MovieGuide

"Hannah and Her Sisters frequently feels like too much fake angst, and the characters lack the personality to involve me. The DVD offers bland and unremarkable picture and sound plus very few ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at DVD MovieGuide

digitallyOBSESSED.com (Debi Lee Mandel)

Quick-what do almost all Woody Allen films feature more than any other director's (besides Woody Allen...)? Fabulous roles for women. ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at digitallyOBSESSED.com (Debi Lee Mandel)

DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)

Perhaps the single best film of Woody Allen's 'mature phase', Hannah and Her Sisters is a well-observed drama about romantic entanglements between several women, their husbands and boyfriends, all balanced with one of Woody's neurotic characters for ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)

Zertinet Movies Review

"Hannah And Her Sisters" is the type of film that commandeers the mind. No matter how passive a viewer you are, how much you attempt to dismiss it or judge its characters, Woody Allen reaches past those sleepy, cynical, or questioning eyes and makes you ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Zertinet Movies Review

Movie Vault (Goatdog)

I tend to like Woody Allen's movies, but not when he's in them. There's something about him that just annoys me (I realize that is what he's going for in a lot of his movies, but it works too well). The Gods of Film will strike me dead for this, but ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Movie Vault (Goatdog)

Roger Crow

It might sound like a meeting of Hypochondriacs Anonymous but that, in a nutshell, is some sample dialogue from Woody Allen's movies. It doesn't matter which one because he tends to play the same character in all of his films. Weedy, nervous, suffering ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Roger Crow

DVD MovieGuide

Brimming with laughter, tears and subtle beauty, Hannah and Her Sisters is a magnificent "summation of [Woody Allen's] career to date" (The New York Times). ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at DVD MovieGuide

Classic Film Guide

Directed by Woody Allen (Annie Hall (1977)), and featuring Michael Caine's & Dianne Wiest's first Best Supporting Actor/Actress (Oscar winning) performances, this Oscar nominated (for Best Picture) comedy tells so many truths about relationships and life ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Classic Film Guide

Edinburgh U Film Society (Michael Morrison)

Allen, making fun of himself in a way which only people with really big egos can, plays a hypochondriac, neurotic television producer whose life is transformed by a visit to the doctor which really gives him something to worry about - a brain tumour. ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Michael Morrison)

Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)

Hannah and her sisters are the offspring of a New York show business couple (Lloyd Noland and Maureen O'Sullivan) who even in old age are busy trying to upstage each other. Mom has a drinking problem, and dad is always snapping at her. As their youngest ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at Spirituality & Health (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)

The Spinning Image (Daniel Auty)

Hannah and her Sisters is probably the warmest of Woody Allen's comedy-dramas, and despite much infidelity, soul-searching and repressed bitterness, it has neither Manhattan's subtle contempt for its characters, nor Crimes and Misdemeanors' ...read the complete Hannah and Her Sisters movie review at The Spinning Image (Daniel Auty)

Film Freak Central (Bill Chambers)