Movie Review: Hannah and Her Sisters

Happy Thanksgiving! If you're looking for the best Thanksgiving themed movie to watch after you've stuffed yourself, you can't go wrong with Woody Allen's 1986 masterpiece Hannah and Her Sisters. Yes, Allen's movies are wildly inconsistent, and much of his finest work is in the past. But take my word on this one; Hannah is an exceptional film that's funny and serious at the same time. The finely drawn characters resonate richly because we know all of them. The movie begins and ends at a large extended family Thanksgiving meal. In between, the characters fall in and out of love with each other in tightly wound webs of deceit, lust and blunders. There's not a bad acting job in this film, with standouts including Allen, Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest Michael Caine, Lloyd Nolan, Maureen O'Sullivan and Max von Sydow. The movie brought home a slew of Oscar trophies, including ones for actors Caine and Wiest, and Best Screenplay for Allen. Definitely ranking among Allen's major triumphs, Hannah and Her Sisters is an important triumph