Is there anyone out there who doesn't love Amy Poehler and Tina
Fey? When together they make for arguably Hollywood's best comedic duo. They're
so good they make awards shows watchable. The ex-Weekend Update pair reunites
with SNL writer Paula Pell for Sisters, but whatever magic the
trio had hasn't translated to the big screen. In fact, this tired, low-brow
party comedy should be enough to force them to stick to TV for the foreseeable
future.

Siblings Kate (Fey) and Maura (Poehler)
couldn't be more different if they tried. Kate's a bit rough around the edges,
a sexual firecracker with a childish streak that drives her daughter into
hiding. Maura is a total square, at least socially, but she opens up when in
the company of her sibling. One thing they have in common is love for their
childhood home, but when informed by their frisky parents (Life in Pieces' Dianne
Wiest and James Brolin) that the home is to be sold the girls rebel in the only
way they know how: throwing one last bash.

Of course the party is the main
centerpiece and it’s populated with a number of wacky characters, most played
by former SNL alums. Maya Rudolph is sorely wasted as a longtime frenemy who
can't dance; Rachel Dratch also appears, Kate McKinnon is hard-partying
lesbian, and Bobby Moynihan plays a coked-up loser who doesn't know how to make
friends. In one of the better turns, John Leguizamo is a former high school
hunk-turned burnout who longs to get both sisters in the sack. And continuing
his streak of strong supporting work, WWE superstar John Cena scores many of
the film's biggest laughs as a lunk-headed, tattooed drug dealer Kate takes a
liking to. His safe word is hilarious. Less useful is Ike Barinholtz,
retrofitted into a love interest role that doesn't suit him at all.

Rating: 2.5 out of 5