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The Other Sister (1999) · CriticCrunch

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The Other Sister

Movie1999·130 min

The Other Sister

Directed by Garry Marshall

Comedy Drama Romance

A comedy drama film directed by Garry Marshall.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 48%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.4/10

178 ratings

About The Other Sister

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.

Pacing: Measured (4 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Cozy, Playful
Story Tags: coming of age, family dysfunction, suburban, urban, siblings, romantic partners, underdog, outsider misfit, fish out of water, young first love

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Details

Director: Garry Marshall
Language: English

Cast

Juliette Lewis, Diane Keaton, Tom Skerritt

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How The Other Sister Ranks

All movies

Top 48%

1990s movies

Top 47%

Comedy movies

Top 44%

1990s Comedy movies

Top 45%

Garry Marshall films#6 of 14

Top 48% All movies.

the vibe

The Other Sister Vibe

What it feels like

measuredhopefulmoderateeasy to followlight-touchpersonalheartfelt

cozy

playful

What it's about

fish out of watercoming of agefamily dysfunctionunderdogoutsider misfitsiblingsromantic partnersyoung first lovesuburbanurban

pacing

measured 4/9measured 4/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

cozycozy