Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Overrated and overhyped

It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

American theater and film director Nancy Meckler's feature film debut which was written by American playwright Wendy Kesselman, is based on her play "My Sister In This House" from 1981 and the Papin murder case which took place in Le Mans, France in 1933. It was shot at Pinewood Studios in England and is a United Kingdom production which was produced by English producer Norma Hayman. It tells the story about a 21-year-old woman named Léa Papin who is reunited with her 26-year-old sister Christine after moving out of her mother's home and getting a job as a live-in maid for an aristocratic woman named Madame Danzard. Léa and Christine goes to church every Sunday, works all day long cooking, cleaning and serving their landlord and her daughter Isabelle and sticks together in their spare time, but as time goes by Madame Danzard begins noticing changes in their behavior.Finely and precisely directed by American filmmaker Nancy Meckler, this finely tuned and somewhat fictionalized tale which is narrated mostly from the two main characters viewpoints, draws a rare portrayal of two dutiful sisters who's close attachment escalates when the younger sister starts making intimate approaches towards her elder sister. While notable for it's naturalistic and mostly interior milieu depictions, fine production design by English production designer Caroline Amies, cinematography by English cinematographer Ashley Rowe and costume design by costume designer Lindy Hemming, this dialog-driven and narrative-driven period piece which examines themes like class distinctions, prejudice, social and sexual repression and crime depicts two interrelated studies of character and contains an efficient instrumental score by English composer Stephen Warbeck.This graphic psychological drama and both heartrending and malicious love-story which is based on real events about two subordinate and suppressed women who whilst living under the command of a rigid and pedantic middle-aged woman crosses a consequential line when they initiate an incestuous relationship, is set in France in the early 20th century and is impelled and reinforced by it's cogent narrative structure, substantial character development, enigmatic atmosphere, variegated characters and the wholehearted acting performances by English actresses Joely Richardson, Jodhi May, Julie Walters and Sophie Thursfield. A dense, dramatic and mystic indie from the early 1990s which gained, among other awards, the award for Best New Director Nancy Meckler and Best Actress Joely Richardson and Jodhi May at the 39th Valladolid International Film Festival in 1994.

The first fifteen-twenty minutes don't promise that much, but after that the film gets more and more interesting, all the way to the fascinating and brutal finale. Well-made, very well-acted, and an intelligent story (based on a real case) of sexual, emotional and any-other-kind-you-can-think-of repression. The director intentionally didn't show any men, even when their voices are heard (the photographer, the lawyers); this was done to try to show just how isolated and in their own world the two nun-turned-maid sisters really were. The characterization is flawless, and the increasing tension in the house is reflected by suitably atmospheric direction.

I got this movie from a porn mag believe it or not. I was expecting some porn. What i got was a dark, gloomy drama with no nudity. However after i got over the disappointment of no porn, i found it to be a well made movie, though it does drag in some parts. It might be the most depressing movie I have ever seen. Some of the scenes gave me goosebumps like when the maid has to pick up all the pins from the floor one by one.If you are looking for hot lesbo porn look elsewhere.The ending does have the sisters in bed topless and covered in blood, but you don't see boobs. If you are looking for a slow dark and very depressing drama i cant recommend this enough!

I think that "Sister My Sister" is a very good film. But one of the most important things in this drama is the acting. Julie Walters and also Jodhi May play their roles very well. The best actress in "Sister My Sister" is Jodhi May. She is playing her role as the little sister Lea great, better than Julie Walters plays Mme Danzard. I give 8 out to 10 .