The Other Sister

Feb 26, 1999

2h 10m

★ 6.4

A love story for the romantically challenged.

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Touchstone Pictures

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Cast

Carla Tate

Juliette Lewis

Elizabeth Tate

Diane Keaton

Radley Tate

Tom Skerritt

Daniel McMann

Giovanni Ribisi

Caroline Tate

Poppy Montgomery

Heather Tate

Sarah Paulson

Drew Evanson

Linda Thorson

Jeff Reed

Joe Flanigan

Winnie

Juliet Mills

Michelle

Tracy Reiner

Marge

Hope Alexander-Willis

Dr. Johnson

Harvey Miller

Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?

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