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The Other Sister
Movie Stats & Links |
Starring: |
Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt,
Giovanni Ribisi |
MPAA Rated: |
PG-13 |
Released By: |
Touchstone Home Video |
Kiddie Movie: |
Nothing really bad, but you might have to
explain a lot to them. |
Date Movie: |
She'll make you rent it. |
Gratuitous Sex: |
Hinted at, but not gratuitous. |
Gratuitous
Violence: |
A drunk episode, but not violent. |
Action: |
Nah. |
Laughs: |
Lots of cute scenes. |
Memorable
Scene: |
Two of them for
me: One - Mom's speech at Carla's Birthday party. It really
gets at the heart of the movie. Two - The dinner at the
country club. |
Memorable
Quote: |
The bartender to
Daniel "Sir, it's 110 proof. It will make you very
brave." |
Directed By: |
Garry Marshall |
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The Other Sister
A Movie/DVD Review |
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The dudettes will probably like it, and unless you're a sensitive,
new millennium type of dude your attitude will probably be of the
totally politically incorrect "who wants to see a movie about a
couple of retards," but "The Other Sister" was a cute
look at the challenges a family can have with a mentally challenged
sibling.
Carla (Juliette Lewis) is the mentally challenged daughter, back
from a special school and ready to take on the world. Mom (Diane
Keaton), even though Carla has grown, still can't let Carla be her
own woman, nor can she understand her other lesbian daughter. Dad
(Tom Skerritt) just wants the best of his family and wants them to
be happy. And enter Daniel (Giovanni Ribisi), Carla's eventual
boyfriend who is also challenged.
Revolving around Carla, mom shows that being over-protective is
not the way to nurture a family, and lets her stubborn attitude
almost tear the family apart. Dad doesn't really know what to do
because mom is so protective, and the other two daughters are out of
the house and get to live on their own but still wanting the family
to stick together even if mom doesn't seem to get it. Carla, though,
is more stubborn than mom, basically demanding in her own sweet way
to get her independence.
On top of the smothering mom, we get a cute love story between Carla
and Daniel, complete with Daniel learning his lesson that alcohol
might make you brave, but sometimes maybe a little too brave (as
hilariously but kinda sadly shown in the Christmas dinner scene at
the country club).
Other than going to deep into it, "The Other Sister"
combines some comedy, some family sadness, and mixes in a nice love
story. The acting by all of the players is great, there are some
classic scenes of growing up, and even though a chick-flick, being
the sensitive, new-millennium dude that I am, well, I enjoyed it,
although I probably would have ended it after the scene at the
country club rather than the happy, feel-good way they ended the
movie. I guess that's why I'm a writer and not a director.
It's a decent video and I give "The Other Sister" 4
stars out of 5.
That's it for this one! I'm The Dude on the Right!! L8R!! |