
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 ... (Full plot summary below)
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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...
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| TheFilmFile.comDustin PutmanOne of the most genuinely sweet love stories to come along in quite some time. |
| San Francisco ExaminerWalter AddiegoMarshall has an astounding instinct for popular entertainment. He's done it again with The Other Sister. |
| CNN.comPaul TataraI tell you what, if I see one more movie where two people suddenly bond while dancing together, or someone "grows up" before your eyes while cutting a rug, I'm gonna strangle myself. |
| Screen It!Jim JudyNot only is the film way too long, but it often comes across as extremely haphazard with many scenes seeming too random, unattached to the greater picture and/or orphaned midstream. |
| Hollywood Report CardRoss Anthonyimpresses with its hardy ability to tickle and tear its audience. |
| Film Quips OnlineJohn R. McEwenFor what is supposed to be a poignant love story, The Other Sister fails to show much spark. |
| Film.comSean P. MeansSo over-the-top maudlin that it makes Patch Adams and Stepmom look stoic and reserved. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinGiovanni Ribisi could be his generation's Dustin Hoffman... he could also be his generation's Richard Benjamin... |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe movie is, however, generous in its condescension: Given enough tolerance, cash and a good sex manual, it says, even the mentally handicapped can be just as middle-class and cute as you or me. |
| Detroit NewsSusan StarkHas neither the imagination nor the reach of Forrest Gump. |