Marjorie Turner is suffocating. Her younger sister Jeanine has no ambition, and her 8 year marriage to Harry puts her in constant competition with his family (all doctors)..
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Nice effects though.
Must See Movie...
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
This is not a profound film, nor is it intended to be. The story starts off simply: a housewife, Marjorie, is married to a doctor, Harry. Harry is part of a family of doctors that is so close-knit that there should have been adhesions among its members. Marjorie is such a dedicated wife that she stifles her inclinations to be a writer to help bring harmony to her husband's family, particularly when they have "family meetings." Marjory has a younger sister who is something of a free spirit, and she tells Marjorie that the best thing for a marriage like hers would be if she had an affair.Harry's older brother, also a doctor, to be sure, is returning to the United States after acting as a missionary-style physician in a third-world country. Naturally, the family wants to hold a welcome-home party, and, naturally, Marjorie is supposed to take care of preparing it. When she's in a market making arrangements for the party, she's picked up by a man who is very sympathetic with her stifled life, and in time, they take a hotel room and have sex multiple times.Spoilers follow.After their last encounter, Marjorie discovers that her bedmate has died. Flustered, she gets dressed and leaves the room with haste, bumping into a salesman. The salesman has been unsuccessful in selling window appointments, and is determined to make a sale to the hotel. Naturally, he sneaks into the room where the corpse is, and after trying to trim a window, thinks that his actions have caused the man to die. Previously, he found Marjorie's identification, and contacts her. She speeds back to the hotel to pick up the incriminating evidence, not realizing that the salesman thinks he was the agent of the victim's demise.As the picture progresses, like any good comedy, the harder people try to rectify things, the further enmeshed they become.There are some fine lines in the picture, and a few plot twists as good as anything from the screwball comedies of the 1930s and 1940s, even though this film wouldn't have passed the Hayes office back then.It's not a great film, but it is a lot of gentle fun.
Sibling Rivalry is one of those typical late 80´s early 90´s movie that came along. Some people saw it in the theater and some people rented it but never came a cult hit or a box-office smash and has now been forgotten. This does not mean that this movie is bad or movies of this sort are bad. On the contorary these films are actually quite entertaining and help you to get into good mood and this film falls into that category.It is short, funny, exciting and has some great acting. Jamie Gertz and Kirstie Alley are great as the sisters and the supporting actors and actresses to a good job.One of the things that bothers me is that they don´t show the cover that was used on the tape where I live where you see Kirstie Alley covering up her face with a blanket or a sheet. It is one of the all time greatest movie posters I have seen.
Carl Reiner went from gems like Oh God, The Jerk, All of Me and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid to this piece of trash. I am a fan of Scott Bakula and Kirstie Alley, so I was looking forward to this movie, but Reiner only has the makers of 2003's Cat In The Hat to thank for preventing this movie from being the worst of all time in my opinion.Only movie I have ever walked out of... just horrible.
I saw Sibling Rivalry when it was showing at the local theatre. It was the only time in my entire life that I have ever fallen asleep in a movie theatre. And, believe me, it wasn't because the seats were really comfortable. This movie is dull. Worse than watching paint dry. I would rather read a telephone directory than watch this film again.