The Lemon Sisters

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The Lemon Sisters
Film poster
Directed byJoyce Chopra
Written byJeremy Pikser
Produced byHarvey Weinstein
Bob Weinstein
Starring
CinematographyBobby Byrne
Edited byMichael R. Miller
Joe Weintraub
Music byDick Hyman
Howard Shore
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release date
  • August 31, 1990 (1990-08-31)
(USA)
Running time
93 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$9 million[1]
Box office$3,473,905 (USA)[2]

The Lemon Sisters is a 1990 American comedy-drama film from Miramax Films directed by Joyce Chopra and written by Jeremy Pikser. The film stars Diane Keaton, Carol Kane and Kathryn Grody. The film was both a commercial and critical failure after being shelved for more than a year with extensive revisions.[3]

Plot[edit]

Three lifelong friends work the bars in 1980s Atlantic City performing the songs of 1960s girl groups.

Principal cast[edit]

Actor Role
Diane Keaton Eloise Hamer
Carol Kane Franki D'Angelo
Kathryn Grody Nola Frank
Elliott Gould Fred Frank
Rubén Blades C.W.
Aidan Quinn Frankie McGuinness
Estelle Parsons Mrs. Kupchak
Nathan Lane Charlie Sorrell
Richard Libertini Nicholas Panas
Sully Boyar Baxter O'Neil

Critical reception[edit]

Caryn James of The New York Times hated the film:

[The Lemon Sisters] inspires dazed disbelief that professional film makers could have made such an amateurish movie... Among the other wasted talents is the director, Joyce Chopra, who once made the exquisite, troubling little film Smooth Talk and seems to have lost her judgment here.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AFI|Catalog". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "The Lemon Sisters (1990)". Box Office Mojo. 1990-09-18. Retrieved 2010-09-22.
  3. ^ a b James, Caryn (1990-09-01). "Review/Film; Cat Lover With a Problem: Asthma". The New York Times.

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