“The Other Sister”
"The Other Sister" (PG-13)DT: This is the story of a young learning disabled woman and her struggle to break free from her parents and live on her own. Juliette Lewis plays the girl and Diane Keaton and Tom Skerrit play her parents. The film is directed by Garry "Pretty Woman" Marshall.
The film is basically a comedy and while it has some drama thrown in to make it "real," it still felt fake to me at times. The performances are adequate to tell the story, it's just that the plot sometimes felt contrived and often was predictable.
The film would have been more interesting if the parents hadn't been rich. Their wealth eliminated a lot of potential problems for Juliette's character and no doubt made it easier on the writers of the film.
I'm not saying that this is a bad movie, just not a great one. If you're given the choice between "Shakespeare In Love" and "The Other Sister" see The Other Movie instead.
Score: DT 63