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By Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
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Woman tries to remake her sister's life and finds love.
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Sisterhood, Inc.
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What's the Story?
In SISTERHOOD, INC., Megan (Rachel Leigh Cook) is a successful start-up founder whose board sacks her. She's a no-nonsense, independent, go-getter who has long felt excluded by her mom and still-living-at-home, irresponsible younger sister Izzy (Daniella Monet). Mom seems delighted that Izzy gets parking tickets but doesn't pay them, that she only dates losers (the current one needs to be bailed out of jail), and that Izzy doesn't pay any bills. Izzy asks her big sister to help her make the leap into responsible adulthood. Megan forms a corporate-style board to set a course that Izzy promises to follow, including taking a new job, dressing better, paying for an apartment on her own, and finding an employed boyfriend. As Izzy and Megan share more sisterly time together, Megan takes up with one of her board members (Leonidas Gulaptis) romantically. Will Izzy become the responsible woman she wants to be?
Is It Any Good?
The writers just didn't think this one through as the messages are muddled. Sisterhood, Inc. can't decide if it disapproves of an irresponsible 29-year-old who tosses parking tickets in the trash and mooches off her parents, or if it celebrates her quirkiness and individuality. And the position it takes seems equally fuzzy on the virtues of a mom who seems to encourage her adult child's childishness. Is she a bad mom who has done nothing to prepare her child for life in the real world (yes!)? Or a good one who just encourages her kid's personal quirks and irresponsibility?
Briefly, Izzy starts a new job and moves out of her parents' house, but by the end of the movie, it's suggested that it's better to be one's authentic self than to be financially literate and stable.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about a family dynamic that encourages a 29-year-old to be irresponsible. How does the movie suggest that the mom is pleased rather than disturbed that her younger daughter is completely dependent on her?
Later the movie seems to do a 180, presenting the mom as a wise, sympathetic, completely different, far more responsible parent. Does that seem believable?
Izzy asks her sister to help her, Megan goes to a lot of trouble to comply, and Izzy abandons the project. Was Megan foolish to try to help her sister, or was Izzy irresponsible to ask for help?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : February 22, 2025
- Cast : Rachel Leigh Cook , Daniella Monet , Leonidas Gulaptis
- Director : Lesley Demetriades
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Director(s) , Female Movie Actor(s) , Latino Movie Actor(s)
- Studios : Netflix , Hallmark Channel
- Genre : Romance
- Topics : Family Stories ( Siblings )
- Run time : 84 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : January 26, 2026
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