The Other Sister

"A love story for the romantically challenged."

Feb 26 1999 PG-13 2h 9m
Comedy, Drama, Romance

A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.

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 she will be accepted for all that she can now do for herself. But Carla's family is wealthy which permits her mother, already blinded to her daughter's rather high-functioning abilities, to try and provide for Carla beyond her needs or desires, bringing forth the inevitable confrontations... for what Carla may lack in mental ability she certainly makes up for in her insistence on being independent, even to living in her own apartment. But if this isn't enough, into the mix comes a young man, equally challenged mentally, who moves Carla beyond anyone's control...

Written by

Alexandra Rose, Blair Richwood, Garry Marshall

Directed by

Garry Marshall

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Touchstone Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
13,679
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
28
Popularity
NA