Anand Tucker's first major feature film, Hilary and Jackie, is the real-life story of England's du Pré sisters. Siblings Hilary du Pré and Piers du Pré's memoir, A Genius in the Family, provided the original account from which she penned this interesting and insightful journey into the minds of two sisters -- one who is extremely talented and well-known and another who is more "ordinary." A film that is essentially a character study requires performances that overtake the audience, and Emily Watson as Jacqueline and Rachel Griffins as Hilary both shine with the intensity their roles require of them. If a true-life story encourages its audience to investigate and gain further insight into the characters it portrays -- as this film does -- it has done its job well.