The Other Sister
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| The Other Sister | |
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| Directed by | Garry Marshall |
| Produced by | Alexandra Rose Mario Iscovich David Hoberman executive producer |
| Starring | Giovanni Ribisi Juliette Lewis Diane Keaton Tom Skerritt Joe Flanigan |
| Music by | Kyle Vincent |
| Cinematography | Dante Spinotti |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 26, 1999 (USA) |
| Running time | 129 min. |
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The Other Sister is a 1999 film starring Giovanni Ribisi, Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, and Tom Skerritt. The film was directed by Garry Marshall. Juliette Lewis was nominated a Razzie award for "Worst actress" for her performance.
The movie was filmed in Long Beach, Pasadena, and San Francisco, California.
[edit] Plot
After graduating from a special education school, a slightly mentally challenged young woman named Carla Tate falls in love with a young man named Daniel McMahon who is also slightly disabled and is attending a polytechnic school. But she must try to escape the intentions of her wealthy, overprotective mother Elizabeth Tate who tries to force her into tennis, high culture, radical change of décor in her bedroom, matronly clothing, and other pursuits.
At a social event, Daniel drinks too much and ends up grabbing the microphone and telling everyone at the party about their first time having sexual intercourse, causing Carla to burst into tears. Daniel is banished from the young girl's life. Carla realizes how much she is still in love with Danny, as he does. At Carla's sister's wedding, Danny surprises Carla by showing up and asking Carla to marry him.
Everyone supports their wishes except for Carla's mother who is unsure that this is the right thing to do. Carla's mother has always been uneasy about Carla doing many things due to her exceptionality. Carla gets angry with her mom and tells her that she is sick of her trying to tell her what to do. Her sister in turn gets angry at her as well as she tells her that she should quit treating Carla as a source of shame. She has a change of heart and she shows up at the wedding anyway and in the end supports Carla's decisions and decides to no longer act as if she is ashamed of her.
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