Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Konterr Brilliant and touching

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

kijii This is an offbeat comedy based on Beth Henley's multi-prize-winning play: the play won the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.Here, three totally different sisters are reunited in their Mississippi house as a result of the youngest sister, Babe (Sissy Spacek), shooting her husband. The concern for everyone is what to do about it and wondering if Babe is crazy. A second sister, Lenny (Diane Keaton), seems to be becoming an old maid since she has a withered ovary and is afraid of approaching men. In any case, she is taking care of Old Granddaddy (Hurd Hatfield) and uses that excuse to stay around home. The third sister, Meg (Jessica Lange), has just arrived from Hollywood where she is becoming a movie star or a singer...or something. The one thing she has accomplished there is having sex with a lot of men. When she comes home to help with Babe's problem, she spends the night with Doc Porter (Sam Shepard) who is married with children. The things that unite the three sisters are their memories and the fact that their mother killed a cat while committing suicide some time back. (The murder of the cat with the suicide had made the family a bit famous due to newspaper stories about the incident.) This is a fun movie with three recent Oscar winners sharing almost equally in the overall plot: Diane Keaton had won an Oscar for Annie Hall (1977), Sissy Spacek for Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) and Jessica Lange for Tootsie (1982). Lange would later go on to win another Oscar for Blue Sky (1994).

Predrag This movie is a bit on the dark side as it is about 3 sisters who are dysfunctional in their lives (wait-who isn't??) But is shows how in the end, families are meant to take care of each other when the going gets tough. If you are into semi-dark humor/drama, then this is a movie for you. The characters are completely believable (I think we all have some of each of them in us), and the story line is easy to follow. Sissy Spacek, Diane Keaton, and Jessica Lange have great chemistry together. Too bad they didn't make more movies together.The material is reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor, who wrote some of the most humorous, offbeat Southern fiction extant. The three sisters are so controlled by their visceral reactions that one wonders if any of them have ever had an intellectual moment. Although it would be maddening to have such people for friends, they're great instruments for movie comedy. One final note: If anyone thinks Sissy Spacek is goofy-looking (as I used to), they will change their mind when they see her in this. She is absolutely gorgeous here! Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

parsifalssister This is the south, true and simply amazingly illuminating. The three sisters, each unique in their own quirky way, adore each other as they resent each other. But the beauty is their coming together in those family moments when nothing is as good as kin.So much sunshine lights on the faces and expressions of the actresses, and the tension, though slow, makes for a more interesting look into the inner life of Lenny, Babe and Meg. The supporting case all did fine jobs, and although short lived, the interaction between Lange & Shepard magnified their personal connection.Harper, the harpy, uppity cousin, was as typical as a cousin could get in a small town with know-it-all manners and nothing much to offer but spite. She played it for all it was worth, and then some, and get a head's up from the Academy.Babe's character played by Sissy Spacek, was perhaps the central figure in the triumvirate, but Keaton and Lange held their own throughout.A most worthy southern tale to laugh at, cry with and relate to with ease.

sol- An entertaining outrageous black comedy, it is supported by three excellent leading performances, although Sissy Spacek is by far the best, and the camera-work from Dante Spinotti is excellent, with creative camera angles and good use of panning. The film tries to bring in a nostalgic sense too though, and does not quite succeed, and the drama of the material does not mix well with the comedy. The choices of music are not too good either, and Tess Harper comes across as very annoying in an over-the-top way, but the virtues of the film are better than its shortcomings. The film comes across as rather lightweight with its black comedy treatment, but it certainly raises some issues with families and coping with one's past, among other ideas. It is not however a film to watch for its messages, but one to simply enjoy for its amusing parts and cinematic virtues, which include some good sound recording too.