The Amati Girls

This family drama by actress and first-time director Anne DeSalvo centers around four adult sisters who are forced to re-evaluate their situations after tragedy strikes. The oldest of the clan, Grace (Mercedes Ruehl), is called upon to be the tower of strength, even though she is widely perceived to ...more

The Amati Girls is the kind of low-level female empowerment flick in which the only surprise is which character will unexpectedly die by the end. Even this would not be a mystery if there weren't so many characters to choose from. Each of the four sisters has traveled a different road to arrive at her own variation on the modern female condition, and in case this isn't obvious, there's an argument halfway through that spells it out in the most unambiguous language imaginable. If these elements ...more