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Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005)

Directed by Anjelica Huston

Drama

Overview

A woman spends time with her developmental disabled sister after the death of their father.

Length 90 minutes

Actors

Rosie O'Donnell | Andie MacDowell | Richard T. Jones | D.W. Moffett | Boyd Banks | Shauna MacDonald

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
02/26/2011N/ADVDN/A2.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Movie #3 of the RGECA and a pick from the Austin crew.

A made for TV movie where Andie McDowell comes to terms with her adult, retarded sister after their father dies. The sister is played by Rosie O’Donnell who’s idea of playing a retard is just being loud and talking goofy. Since I have a brother with Downs, the whole idea just seems so dumb and painful. They do a good point scripting a special needs person who is very in charge of her life and minus the one dark moment where she was forced to get a hysterectomy, it’s not terribly awful. I just thought Rosie’s actual portrayal of the character was a chore. It was more that she was just loud instead of being special needs.

Not the worse thing we saw that evening, but also more annoying than it should of been.

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