SISTERS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tina Fey (Mean Girls), Amy Poehler (Inside Out), Ike Barinholtz (Bad Neighbours), Samantha Bee (Whatever Works), Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids), Rachel Dratch (Click), Renée Elise Goldsberry (Every Single Thing), Madison Davenport (Noah), John Leguizamo (John Wick), John Cena (Trainwreck), Dianne Wiest (Hannah and her Sisters), James Brolin (Catch Me If You Can), Ja Rule (The Fast and the Furious), Dan Byrd (Easy A), Greta Lee (Girls), Santino Fontana (Frozen), Adrian Martinez (Focus)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect), director; Paula Pell (Saturday Night Live), writer; Tina Fey (30 Rock) and Jay Roach (Meet the Parents), producers; Christophe Beck (Frozen), composer; Barry Peterson (21 Jump Street), cinematographer; Lee Haxall (Crazy, Stupid, Love), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Two sisters, the wild (wo)man-child Katie (Fey) and the uptight divorcee Maura (Poehler), learn that their parents are selling their childhood home, and decide to throw one last house party with their old high school friends before the house is sold…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are comedy’s leading duos right now, so the time is ripe for a film that showcases both SNL alumni’s best attributes in a comedy about growing up and clinging on to childhood in the most dangerous of ways.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2015

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