"The Other Sister" is just one of those great dramatic movies. It's unusual, it's touching, it's funny. It has all the qualities that cause it to stand alone and that's what I really, really loved about it.
The story centers around Juliette Lewis ("Natural Born Killers") as a 24-year-old retarded girl from a family of rich parents, played by Diane Keaton ("First Wives Club") and Tom Skerritt ("Picket Fences", "Contact"). The fact that she's the youngest sister in the family doesn't seem to bother her as much as the overbearing control her mother seems to always have over her life and her decisions. Still, she becomes determined to break free of her mom's strangle hold as soon as she finds and falls for a young retarded kid from her college, played by Giovanni Ribisi ("Friends", "subUrbia").
Juliette does a breathtaking job at capturing all the twitches and ticks of a retarded lady. One heartbreaking scene at a country club dinner particularly displays how great she is at conveying an empathy toward the plight of slow people everywhere. Diane Keaton was also quite good, but am I the only person who's noticed the fact that she wears a business suit in every movie she's in?!! Tom Sherritt doesn't steal any scenes, but his quiet take on the loving father is very refreshing. And last, but not least, Giovanni displays a good deal of range considering only a few years ago he was throwing lightning bolts at people on that "X-Files" episode.
On the whole, "The Other Sister" is a great movie that leaves you begging for a sequel. (Juliette Lewis as "Karla" is just SO lovable!!!)
The story centers around Juliette Lewis ("Natural Born Killers") as a 24-year-old retarded girl from a family of rich parents, played by Diane Keaton ("First Wives Club") and Tom Skerritt ("Picket Fences", "Contact"). The fact that she's the youngest sister in the family doesn't seem to bother her as much as the overbearing control her mother seems to always have over her life and her decisions. Still, she becomes determined to break free of her mom's strangle hold as soon as she finds and falls for a young retarded kid from her college, played by Giovanni Ribisi ("Friends", "subUrbia").
Juliette does a breathtaking job at capturing all the twitches and ticks of a retarded lady. One heartbreaking scene at a country club dinner particularly displays how great she is at conveying an empathy toward the plight of slow people everywhere. Diane Keaton was also quite good, but am I the only person who's noticed the fact that she wears a business suit in every movie she's in?!! Tom Sherritt doesn't steal any scenes, but his quiet take on the loving father is very refreshing. And last, but not least, Giovanni displays a good deal of range considering only a few years ago he was throwing lightning bolts at people on that "X-Files" episode.
On the whole, "The Other Sister" is a great movie that leaves you begging for a sequel. (Juliette Lewis as "Karla" is just SO lovable!!!)