Normally I always try to find some alternative movies. I'm not saying that I can't enjoy a Hollywood blockbuster from time to time, but I like to see smaller, less well-known movies as well. That's one reason why I gave this movie a chance. The other reason was because Juliette Lewis was in it. I'm not saying she's the best actress ever, but she's quite good most of the time...
"The Other Sister" tells the story of a mentally retarded girl, Carla Tate, who wants to be more independent from her parents after she got out of the training school where she has resided for many years because of her handicap. But her rich parents and especially her mother, don't see it that way. She still sees Carla as her little girl that isn't capable of doing anything and who has to be thought the more 'meaningfull' things in life like playing tennis or chess, learning about art,... But Carla is able to convince her parents and they send her to school, where she meets a boy who is equally mentally challenged as Carla. They fall in love and want to start a live together, much against her mother's will...
Even though I didn't have too high expectations of this movie, I can't say that I was convinced by it. It's not Juliette Lewis' performance that bothered me. She's very believable as the handicapped girl, but it's the rest of the movie that I didn't like all too much. This felt more like an "oh let's blow our noses in the curtains because our handkerchief will never be big enough" - TV-movie and if there is one thing that I absolutely hate, than it must be that kind of movies... That's why I give this movie only a 5.5/10.
"The Other Sister" tells the story of a mentally retarded girl, Carla Tate, who wants to be more independent from her parents after she got out of the training school where she has resided for many years because of her handicap. But her rich parents and especially her mother, don't see it that way. She still sees Carla as her little girl that isn't capable of doing anything and who has to be thought the more 'meaningfull' things in life like playing tennis or chess, learning about art,... But Carla is able to convince her parents and they send her to school, where she meets a boy who is equally mentally challenged as Carla. They fall in love and want to start a live together, much against her mother's will...
Even though I didn't have too high expectations of this movie, I can't say that I was convinced by it. It's not Juliette Lewis' performance that bothered me. She's very believable as the handicapped girl, but it's the rest of the movie that I didn't like all too much. This felt more like an "oh let's blow our noses in the curtains because our handkerchief will never be big enough" - TV-movie and if there is one thing that I absolutely hate, than it must be that kind of movies... That's why I give this movie only a 5.5/10.