The Other Sister (1999)

Release date: 1999-02-26
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Garry Marshall
Production Co: Mandeville Films, Touchstone Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Rating: 6.5/10
Length: 2h 9min

Storyline

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...

Plot Keywords

apartment, mother daughter relationship, mental retardation, interrupted wedding, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, overprotective mother, wedding, boarding school, california, compassion, dog, birthday, bakery, airplane, affection, marshmallow, marching band, maid

Short Review

I tell you what, if I see one more movie where two people suddenly bond while dancing together, or someone "grows up" before your eyes while cutting a rug, I'm gonna strangle myself.