‘Sisters’ Review: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Throw One Last Bash in Heartfelt Farce

Both outrageous and humane, new comedy from the director of “Pitch Perfect” shows what happens when you take the time to finesse funny scenes

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have notable comic chemistry to perfectly balance each other.

Fey is innately smart and likable, but she mistrusts acting and looks at it with suspicion. Meanwhile, Poehler is the wilder of the two, and she can seemingly play or believe anything on screen. Both of them are lethally smart when it comes to comedy and they cast their net wide for laughs.

In “Sisters,” a heartfelt comedy scripted by longtime “Saturday Night Live” writer Paula Pell and directed by Jason Moore (“Pitch Perfect”), the chemistry between Fey and Poehler is put to the test in many creative and hilarious ways.

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