The Other Sister

– A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when sh..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 9 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
The Other Sister (1999)

A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.

Release Date:

26 Feb 1999

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writer:

Alexandra Rose (story), Blair Richwood (story), Garry Marshall (story), Bob Brunner (story), Garry Marshall (screenplay), Bob Brunner (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt, Giovanni Ribisi

Plot:

When Carla Tate, now a young woman, is 'graduated' out of the training school where she has resided for many years because she is mentally challenged, her hope is that she will be accepted for all that she can now do for herself. But Carla's family is wealthy which permits her mother, already blinded to her daughter's rather high-functioning abilities, to try and provide for Carla beyond her needs or desires, bringing forth the inevitable confrontations... for what Carla may lack in mental ability she certainly makes up for in her insistence on being independent, even to living in her own apartment. But if this isn't enough, into the mix comes a young man, equally challenged mentally, who moves Carla beyond anyone's control...

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

Buena Vista

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
Metacritic:
28%