Sisters
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Can you imagine the reactions of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler when told Sisters was opening up against Star Wars?

“We’re opening up against what? Who? Seriously? Is our whole movie just some sneaky tax dodge?”

However, they can always blame that decision for why the movie tanked, instead of being remembered for putting out a subpar movie.

Poehler stars as Maura – the divorced, goody two shoes sister who cares for all and helps the less fortunate at every turn.

Fey stars as Kate – the party girl whose life is a mess.

The two return home to Orlando, when Mom and Dad tell the ladies they plan on selling their family home. Of course, the big surprise is that the house already has been sold, so Kate and Maura must remove all of their personal items from their childhood room.

With the house all to themselves for the weekend, Kate and Maura decide to throw a massive party, just like they used to when they were in high school.

Will Kate and Maura have the time of their lives?

Will the new owners still want the house after this blow out?

Why is Tina Fey trying to be Will Ferrell?

I get how Fey and Poehler want to capture the spirit of fellow R-rated comedies like Bridesmaids or Ted, but this movie is crude for crude’s sake, instead of for the sake of being funny.

Writer Paula Pell is tossing out joke after joke after joke, but only some hit. Most fall flat with a sense of desperation permeating the air, while she gives us a film with no real direction and an overly conventional ending.

Unfortunately, Fey is miscast. She’s too witty and likable to be the screwed up one. She’s not outlandish enough, or believably crude enough to make Kate the trainwreck she needs to be to make Sisters a good comedy. Aside from the great chemistry she shares with Maya Rudolph as their two characters reignite an old high school feud, Fey doesn’t belong in Sisters, or maybe she should be playing Maura.

Please, tell me Tina Fey is writing her own stuff again, so we have hope for her future.

Sisters is rated R for crude sexual content and language throughout, and for drug use.