- Release Date: 1999
- Runtime: 129 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Starring: Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt, Giovanni Ribisi ... see all
- Director: Garry Marshall
- 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... Read more
User Reviews
Fantastic, touching, sweet movie!
Jul 29, 2008
jacob_neal12 - yahoo.com
Jul 29, 2008jacob_neal12 - yahoo.com
This was an amazing film, bringing a splash of alternative lifestyles and challenges into a strict, upper class family. Very funny at times, very cute at others, very believable! I would highly recommend this movie to anyone, any time. Especially good... Full review
Sweetest movie ever!
Jun 26, 2007
bubbles500 - yahoo.com
Jun 26, 2007bubbles500 - yahoo.com
This is one of the most touching movies I have ever seen. Cute, funny, and with some drama thrown in to keep you on your toes. The acting is absolutly outstanding as well!... Full review
The Other Sister was definitely a hit
Nov 16, 2006
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Nov 16, 2006- imdb.com
This movie was excellent. The family was well portrayed; from the beginning with the father not wanting to admit his daughter had a disability, to the mother dealing with the guilt of putting her daughter away by trying to make... Full review
Outstanding!!!
Sep 24, 2006
hickoryou812 - imdb.com
Sep 24, 2006hickoryou812 - imdb.com
AS a brother of an mentally challenged sister, this movie captures my heart. The innocence and honesty the movie presents through out the film is outstanding. I have been to many functions involving mentally challenged kids and adults from Christmas... Full review
I'm half and Half
Jun 20, 2006
dancing_butterfly66 - yahoo.com
Jun 20, 2006dancing_butterfly66 - yahoo.com
the story line was good, not perfect, but the acting was great i thought. Giovanni Ribisi is one of the greatest actors to every walk the earth... the other acting was great but everything with carla in it made me laugh,... Full review
omg
Jun 08, 2006
cambone99 - yahoo.com
Jun 08, 2006cambone99 - yahoo.com
Sitting through this i kinda knew that this was a serious movie. but at the same time i couldn't help but question the genre, comedy or drama? The acting was horrible. Julliete's exaggerated roll in cape fear was about as far... Full review
WHOA ! kinda weird
Apr 21, 2006
mzlatina1995 - yahoo.com
Apr 21, 2006mzlatina1995 - yahoo.com
Uh i thought it was good but Carla and Daniel having sex is weird i didnt enjoy it but it must have benn hard for them to act retared... Full review
never stops being good
Mar 31, 2006
brandyrac - yahoo.com
Mar 31, 2006brandyrac - yahoo.com
I watched this movie for around the 9th time today and it still makes me laugh cry and everything in between! It is one of my favorite movies of all time! if you haven't seen it, it is a must! buy... Full review
I've seen it four times... I loved it.
Mar 08, 2006
kellwoman66 - yahoo.com
Mar 08, 2006kellwoman66 - yahoo.com
This is just a feel good movie with a lot of little quirks. It's a little sappy, but that's forgiven because of it's charm. This is one of my all time favorites.... Full review
Amazing Film
Dec 18, 2005
joehixson - yahoo.com
Dec 18, 2005joehixson - yahoo.com
I love this movie, it's a great story about a mentally challeged girl trying to fit into her rich family style, but she ends up changing the style.... Full review
Critics Reviews
| May 28, 2009Film.com
Eric's Bad Movies:....The Other Sister is much worse and deserves to be more famous;....They didn't make an Other Sister 2 , due to sanctions imposed by the United Nations.... ... Full Review
| Sep 11, 2008Urban Cinefile
"Heartwarming in its candour, heartbreaking in its honesty and heartening with its poignancy, The Other Sister is a very special film indeed.
A feel-good movie with a bundle of heart and soul, the development of the two kindred spirits captures a compelling innocence.
... Full Review
| Jan 01, 2004Hollywood Report Card
because it could have been a decent movie ... Full Review
| Feb 26, 1999theglobeandmail.com
The movie is, however, generous in its condescension:....And every television-oriented film comedy is filled with improbably clever characters, from smart-aleck toddlers to sexually hip grannies..... ... Full Review
| Feb 26, 1999Chicago Sun-Times
The movie that shames ``The Other Sister'' was made in 1988 by Robert M. Young .....the way to criticize a movie is to make another movie..... ... Full Review
News
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 There's nothing sweeter than retards in love, as demonstrated in "The Other Sister," which is this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com . ... Full Article
"The Other Sister"(1999) is a film about a mentally retarded girl named Carla Tate (Julliete Lewis) who is the youngest daughter of three in a well-to-do San Fransisco family. ... Full Article
The Other Sister
rossanthony.com –
2004-01-01
The Other Sister casts Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi as two mentally challenged kids in love.It's not the emphasis on tics and grimaces that mars their essentially well-meaning performances, it+s the sitcom crassness of director and co-writer Garry Marshall. ... Full Article

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