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reviews.imdb.com - : Touchstone turned down the script, citing that it would not draw an audience even though the original was a midsize hit. But if Buena Vista's idea of audience-drawing films are projects like _The_Other_Sister_, the Mouse is in serious trouble. In this film, Juliette Lewis stars as Carla Tate, a mentally challenged young woman who wants to be treated like an independent adult once she returns home after years at a special school. Her parents, however--especially her overbearing mother (Diane Keaton)--are hesitant to let her go. more...
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reviews.imdb.com - : THE OTHER SISTER is a ghastly exercise for any number of reasons, but the primary reason is Juliette Lewis. Lewis plays Carla Tate, a 24-year-old woman with a slight mental handicap who has spent several years in a ''special'' boarding school. Returned at last to her wealthy San Francisco family, Carla finds that the adjustment is difficult on both sides. more...
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reviews.imdb.com - : THE OTHER SISTER is two movies for the price of one, but only one is worth paying for. Watching Carla and Daniel's beautiful but naturally awkward love affair and experiencing their coping with the world provides a wonderful movie-going experience that is alternately sweet, poignant, romantic and humorous. It does all this without ever falling into crass manipulation. Unabashedly uplifting, the movie never stoops to exploiting the vulnerability of the leads' conditions. more...
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