With a knowing wink at Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters and the classic fairy tale Cinderella, the three Muscovite sisters dream of a life beyond post-Communist Russia with thoughts of freedom in the U.S. Daughters of an alcoholic old General, each woman has her own means of escape — Wiera (Jessica Hecht) through her nationalistic (and anti-Semitic) politician lover, Tania (Alicia Goranson) through her mob affiliated upstairs neighbor and Katia (Hinkle) through an American filmmaker making a documentary about Russian prostitutes.
— By Christine Ehren