Wonderful character development!

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Beautiful story, fabulous cast... Hector Elizando & Diane Keaton kick @$$! ^_^ Juliette & Giovani deserve frickin' Oscars or something for their awesome job in this film.... this movie is extremely realistic to those of us with disabilities. I was born with Epilepsy.. my mom has always been over-protective while my father refuses to acknowledge it.. He sees meas perfectly normal, like my sisters & brother. for the longest time, my mom wouldn't et me do the simplest things my siblings were allowed to, while my father was all "go for it" I found this film to hit very close to home for me. It is high on my recommendation list for other people. 10 Stars! **********

"They're not drug addicts. They're not ax murderers. They're not Democrats." Well, that's dad's (Tom Skerritt) assessment of his three daughters: one an underachiever (Sarah Paulson), one a lesbian (Poppy Montgomery), and one developmentally disabled (Juliette Lewis). You can imagine how mom (Diane Keaton) deals with her three daughters and the country club set that they belong to, especially when Carla (Juliette Lewis) wants to get married.It was strangely familiar as I work with the developmentally disabled, and it was a good introduction to their world. I could see a lot of my friends in this movie, especially how they react to things they know, but don't understand, and how they deal with upsets to their world. It was beautiful and touching and I swear I teared up at the end.Dad wasn't such a jerk after all. Towards the end he said something else that was moving and so true: "When you reach a certain age and you're not talking to your children, then you are missing part of the journey." Not bad for a Republican.There were several really touching/funny moments in this film. When Carla asks if they should have some music and he selects a Sousa march, I broke up. (You have to be there.) There was a great song playing after they had one of those arguments that every couple has. I wish I knew the name. And, when the light goes on as Daniel (Giovanni Ribisi) is describing "The Graduate" to a fellow traveler on the train, you just know what's coming! This was sure better than watching The Ringer. Lewis and Ribisi rock!

The movie " The Other Sister" was beautifully acted out by Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi. It shows how mentally challenged people can live a normal life. Although they may not be capable of all things, they can feel the emotion love. I found myself crying and laughing throughout the movie. It's a movie that most definitely pulls at the heart strings and makes you smile. Carla and Daniel are a beautiful and charming couple. They are determined to show everyone that they can be responsible adults. I was also moved by the support and the realization of the family that they could lead normal lives. It's a movie that you want to watch again and again. I highly recommend this movie.

I've worked with kids and people who have what used to be called mental retardation, a term now under PC scrutiny. This movie shows able actors portraying mentally retarded young people who want to do the things society at large can do. This yearning for "normalcy" is something that most people (even movie critics) are able to understand.There have been many portrayals of "challenged" people in plays, books and movies. Why is that? Is it a money maker, as some cynics claim? Is it the supposed lure of the freak show? Is it our love of the "underdog" striving? Collective guilt? Maybe there's a reason why these "flawed" people keep turning up over and over again that runs deep and touches our hearts.I've read several reviews of this movie because it touched me and I wondered how it affected other people. Many reviewers have attacked this movie and it would be a shame if potential viewers based their decision to see or not see it based solely on such reviews.This movie is not intended to be BIG. It's a story about people who want to have independent lives and be respected for who they are. It's story is constructed to allow the viewer to see these people in various situations. The characters are necessarily condensed as are the situations. Real life is different than a movie and it's up to us to fill in the movie if we want to pretend more vividly.I recommend this movie to people who have the ability to let go and involve themselves in a story. This is not a movie for people who think they're experts on movie making or the varieties of mental disabilities.