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).

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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

Oct 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)

Dec 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

Feb 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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Apr 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

Jun 5, 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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Jun 7, 2023

3/4

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

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Huntin P

@PaxVobiscum80 3 days ago

Hannah is arguably Woody's best movie. It is the perfect fusion of his comedic genius with his burgeoning talent, or let's say ambition, towards writing drama. Whereas Crimes & Misdemeanors separates tragedy and comedy into separate stories, Hannah's construction recognises that life is both tragic and comic, that both sides exist simultaneously on the same coin, that despair and suffering for one can be hilarious from a certain distance, and vice-versa. It won three Oscars, two for acting, and unusually for a Woody, one of those was for a male role (Michael Caine). Every character is given their due in this movie. Nobody is underwritten. The movie makes ingenious use of title cards to introduce each act, anticipating their ubiquity in Frasier, the best tv sitcom of all time. Unusually for 1980s Woody, we are gifted a happy ending, instead of his preferred downbeat. Ignore those obtuse negative reviews written by proles. Hannah is the zenith of Woody's comedic artistry.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 14, 2026

Hanna And Her Sisters = a 4.5 star Movie!

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paul O

@Paulo190408 Jun 27, 2026

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 Jun 26, 2026

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 Jun 25, 2026

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, 2026

I have seen this, I cannot remember it.

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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

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