Oli Palmer It's not uncommon to see Saturday Night Live alumni on the big screen together. Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider, the list goes on. Now step forward Amy Poehler and Tina Fey who co-headline this enjoyable comedic romp to show that anything the boys can do, the ladies can do just as well.Kate (Fey) and Maura (Poehler) are sisters who have led very different lives since leaving the family home. Kate is a hairdresser whose free-spirited life has seen her own daughter become disillusioned with her, while Maura is a kind-spirited, recently divorced nurse who always puts others before herself. When their parents announce they are selling the family home, the two sisters seize the opportunity to have one last big party in the house before the uptight new owners move in.If you were lucky enough to catch Poehler and Fey back in the days when they were co-anchoring SNL's Weekend Update segment, you'll already know that they have great chemistry together. This is also not their first feature together, having previously co-starred in 2004's MEAN GIRLS and 2008's BABY MAMA, not forgetting hosting the Golden Globes. The two actresses are clearly having a ball here, cast as close but ultimately differently natured sisters, both responding to the trials and tribulations the world has given them in their own way. Fey is particularly fun here, really relishing the opportunity to play a character who is as vulgar with her language as she is carefree with her life choices.Inevitably with this sort of family-themed anarchic comedy, there are some life lessons to be had here. The choices we make in life and the bond between siblings are all explored in Paula Pell's script, which does at times cross over into cliché territory. SISTERS allows itself to slow down a bit too much in these moments to the point where the film looses some of its pacing. It's not enough to hamper the fun though, which is mostly consistent even if a few running gags don't quite hit as hard as they hoped (a mispronunciation of a Korean nail salon worker's name is played just that bit too long).While this is undoubtedly Poehler and Fey's film, the large supporting cast all get their moments too. As their parents James Brolin and Dianne Wiest register some decent laughs, as do fellow SNL alumni Maya Rudolph and WWE wrestler John Cena, who crops up for a cameo as a heavily tattooed drug dealer named Pazuzu (he also gets one of the film's most laugh-out-loud bits of dialogue).SISTERS' humour is heavy on the crude scale; there's things going up bums, jokes about masturbation and stories of peculiar sexual encounters. Much like TRAINWRECK earlier this year, SISTERS is not afraid to run with the female driven gross-out comedy element, and it's all the better for it. In fact, if it wasn't for some of the sagging issues when the inevitable third act life lessons begin, SISTERS could well have been a contender for comedy of the year. As it is, this is still a very enjoyable time in the company of two of Hollywood's funniest comediennes.

burdessa Wait wait wait...what was that ending?At the end of the party, the entire swimming pool sinks into a giant sinkhole. Then, in what can only be a few days later (if that), Amy's character is swimming in the backyard pool as though nothing happened? So they fixed the sinkhole AND replaced the swimming pool AND had it ready for swimming, all before Tina's character had a chance to wipe "I Love Balls" off the fridge??!?

jsbrege67 I guess that proves that women can be just as sick as men. Hollywood is dead and now what passes entertainment is take a women and writer her as a man...

chubbydave This movie is really about the party and not much else. It's as if they said, "Hey, wouldn't it be a great idea to have a movie featuring a party with a bunch of middle aged, middle class white people?" And then they wrote a lame plot around the idea of a party.The party has every aspect of a great movie-party as if they had a checklist. Music, dancing, copious amounts of alcohol, illegal drugs, driving under the influence, a girl-on-girl fight, a noise complaint and a visit from the police, destruction of property, etc. The only thing they didn't have was nudity.My suggestion is that you go live your own life. Go out with your own friends and have fun yourself and don't waste your time watching this lame movie.