If there's one movie I'm really looking forward to see, as the holiday season approaches, it isn't "It's a Wonderful Life," it isn't "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (and our hearts), and it isn't my 3 billionth re-watch of "Elf." No offense, but the movie I can't wait to see this December is the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy "Sisters."
Yes, "The Night Before," a comedy that just came out, is not only holiday themed, but also stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, and Anthony Mackie, but I have my sights set on something a little less holiday-related and a little more relatable.
Perhaps my preference is due to the fact that the main characters, played by Poehler and Fey, are cleaning out their childhood home, and I am one semester away from being thrown into the real world. But, more likely, I am just looking forward to this proven comedy duo ("Mean Girls," "Saturday Night Live," "Baby Mama," and who could forget their epic hosting of the Golden Globes) and, not to mention, best friends take to the big screen once more. It cannot be denied that these women simply have epic friendship / acting chemistry.
In the film, the two are playing adult sisters whose parents are moving out of their childhood home. They leave the girls the weekend to clear out their things before the house is sold. So, naturally, they do what any responsible grown women would do when presented with this situation: They throw the epic house party that they never got to when they were in high school.
For Fey's character, a party-loving woman with a bit of Peter-Pan-syndrome, this is no big feat. However, Poehler's character, a divorced woman who is every bit her sister's opposite, would never do something so bold without the prospect of hooking up with the attractive new neighbor down the street (Ike Barinholtz), and more than a bit of influence from Fey.
"Sisters" has everything you did not know you wanted in a film for the holiday season: a lot of 80s inspired fashion, choreographed dances, a shopping sequence that basically illustrates what it's like to shop at Forever 21 perfectly, John Cena, and a wild house party full of extremely drunk people that has to get broken up by the cops. Sounds quite merry to me.
