Sisters (2023) – Movie Review (with Spoilers)
“Sisters” rushes through most of the sisters’ struggles and even the crimes they try to commit to get themselves out of succeeding bad situations.
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General Information
| Director(s) | Jahmar Hill |
| Screenplay By | Jahmar Hill |
| Based On | N/A |
| Date Released (BET Plus) | August 3, 2023 |
| Genre(s) | Action, Crime, Drama |
| Film Length | 1 Hour 35 Minutes |
| Content Rating | Rated TV-14 |
| Noted Characters and Cast | |
| Tara | K.D. Aubert |
| Tia | Lil Mama |
| Diamond | Ciera Angelia |
| Pat | Cocoa Brown |
| Trae | Jensen Atwood |
| Kevin | Columbus Short |
What Is “Sisters” Rated And Why?
“Sisters” is Rated TV-14 because:
- Dialog: Cursing throughout
- Violence: Gun violence and domestic violence
- Sexual Content: N/A
- Miscellaneous: N/A
Film Summary
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Tara, Tia, and Diamond are cousins raised as sisters by their grandmother Pat. At 33, Tara, a cop, is the first to move out while her younger sisters, Tia and Diamond, still live at home, with Tia working in cosmetology part-time and Diamond training to be a fighter with one of her close friends, Kevin. But, while things were originally stable and quiet, the drama starts.
To begin, there is Trae, Diamond’s boyfriend, who is a thug of some kind, that is insecure about her friendship with Kevin – albeit for a good reason. However, the big issue is Pat hiding that she is deeply in debt and that she has cancer. The cancer was a surprise since Pat has been avoiding seeing a doctor, partly due to not having insurance. Then, to make matters worse, the cost of everything is $800,000, and the family has nowhere near that kind of money.
So, desperate times call for desperate measures.
Character Descriptions
Please Note: This character guide is not an exhaustive list of every cast member, and character descriptions may contain what can be considered spoilers.
Tara
Tara is the eldest of the three sisters and has recently become a cop after getting help from a friend to get on the force.
- The actor is also known for their role in “She Ball.”
Tia
Tia works part-time in cosmetology and can often be found picking a fight with someone.
- The actor is also known for their role in “CrazySexyCool,” their role in “When Love Kills: The Falivia Blakely Story,” and their role in “True To The Game.”
Diamond
Diamond is the youngest of the sisters and also the one Pat has reason to worry about the most. Mainly since she has never held a full-time job, and while she is training to be a fighter, she hasn’t had a notable match yet.
Pat
Pat is the matriarch of the family who has taken care of not only her grandkids, but many in the neighborhood.
- The actor is also known for their role in “9-1-1,” their role in “Christmas Party Crashers,” and their role in “Single Drunk Female.”
Trae
Trae is Diamond’s boyfriend, who is a thug.
Kevin
Kevin is a family friend who is not only Diamond’s trainer but someone with feelings for her.
- The actor is also known for their role in “True To The Game,” their role in “True To The Game 2,” and their role in “True To The Game 3.”
Review
Our Rating: Mixed (Divisive)
Who Is This For?
For those who like simple heist films that don’t go into excessive detail and mainly are about the drama between people and the consequences of their actions.
Highlights
Engaging Performances
While the dialog or performances won’t win anyone a reward, there is no denying that you’ll know everyone’s name, what is going on, and will wonder about their lives outside of what’s going on with Pat. The best way to put it is, there is something so raw about these characters that the lack of polish opens the door for you to think anything is possible since there doesn’t appear to be a commitment to any trope or generic arc.
Tara is a cop, but with how things are going at home, with Diamond thinking of robbing people, will she put the badge down and join the cause? Tia, who isn’t doing the best financially and apparently is dating someone in law enforcement, far outranking Tara, will he choose work over her? Diamond has Kevin chasing her tail and Trae, with neither man respecting the other. So how will that be resolved?
Add in a slew of underdeveloped supporting characters, and you got what feels like an extended TV pilot teasing you about what could come next.
Low Points
It Rushes Through Anything Worth Noting – Or Doesn’t Address It
A lot of information is just not gone into when it comes to “Sisters.” If all three girls are cousins, who and where are their parents? We know at least two lose their mother in the beginning, but where are their fathers and that side of the family? Why is Diamond, who has to be at least in her mid-twenties, someone who has never had a job? Also, how did she meet Trae, and considering how bad Kevin seems to have it for her, why aren’t they together?
Throw in why Tara became a cop and what did Pat do for a living, and you find yourself going from basic get-to-know-you questions to feeling like there are so many plot holes all over the place and an utter lack of development of these characters – if not information dropped with so little care that it can easily fly by the audience. The combination takes away from the quality of the film, and as things ramp up, and you, assumingly, are supposed to care about the characters as much as the action – sometimes, it is hard to.
But, here is the thing with the action: the planning for any and all heists barely happens. Everything operates on someone getting riled up, trusting another person to plan things off-screen, we watch a minute or two of the robbery, and the results are often the ladies being in over their heads and the planning we don’t see seemingly being how much planning that was done. It’s as if, to keep the pacing up, anything that would require exploring, establishing who is who, how they got the money, etc, is set aside.
On The Fence
How It Ends
Throughout “Sisters,” there are multiple heists, and I’d submit, sometimes you want to get excited as Tia talks tough, Diamond is desperate, and Tara feels, as the oldest among them, she has to be supportive. However, the ending leaves you in a place where, if you weren’t the type to watch credits or check for post-credit scenes, you’d feel left on a cliffhanger.
Now, this isn’t to say the ending, after the credits, provides an epilogue and idea of what happened to everyone, but at least you can attempt to fill in the blanks with your own imagination.
Recommendations
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FAQs
Answers to some questions you may have regarding this movie:
The Reason The Movie Is Named “Sisters”
For while the three leads aren’t biological sisters, they are cousins, they were raised as sisters.
Does “Sisters” Setup A Sequel or Prequel?
There is so much that goes unsaid about everyone’s life before the events of the movie, and while we get confirmation on what happened to one character, it isn’t clear what happened with the others.
Does “Sisters” Have A Mid-Credit or End Credit Scene?
To see the true ending of the movie, you have to watch the post-credit scene.
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