What do you do if you want to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but after Avengers: Age of Ultron hype, you can’t go through the logistics of going to the theater during the opening weekend of what will inevitably be the most popular movie of the year? You go to any theater NOT showing Star Wars: The Force Awakens and see Sisters with twenty other people (women) at most. I’m not saying that you should see Sisters, but it is what you would do if you are not such a hardcore Star Wars fan, which I am not, and like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, which I do. Also after seeing Vols. 1-3, which are not as good as Vols. 4-6, I did not want to deal with more disappointment.
Sisters is about two sisters, Fey, playing against type and her real life persona, as an irresponsible, hothead and adventurous beautician single mother, and Poehler, playing somewhat against type and her real life persona, as an uptight, benevolent, but interfering divorcee with boundary issues. Their parents decide to sell their childhood home, and the entitled, selfish sisters are outraged, return to their juvenile lesser antics and decide to have one last hurrah so Poehler can know what it feels like to let loose while Fey tries to be responsible so her sister can have a good time without worrying. Shenanigans ensue. Sisters is fairly standard and forgettable comedy fare. What allegedly makes it subversive is that it is grown women instead of grown men being wild.
Enjoying Sisters is contingent on two things: you like Fey and Poehler and you define partying as drinking excessively, taking drugs and acting the fool. I define partying as buying too many books at the bookstore, eating tons of Brazilian grilled meat, having too much Coke (Coca-Cola) and having a tv show series marathon in one sitting so Sisters isn’t really for me. I’m psyched to be the age on paper that I am in my soul. Sisters is funny, but one viewing was more than enough. I gave my money to the cause so people will keep funding Fey and Poehler’s projects, but if their future products are just female riffs on the goofy guys getting stupid genre, I’ll pass. I’ll stick with Parks and Recreations, 30 Rock and Difficult People. I still need to check out The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.