Riding The Bus With My Sister (2005 Drama Starring Rosie O'Donnell) Part 3 of 7

This perceptive, uplifting chronicle shows how much Rachel, a photographer, had to learn from her mentally retarded sister, Beth, about life, love and happiness. Beth lives independently and is in a long-term romantic relationship, but perhaps the most surprising thing about her, certainly to her (mostly) supportive family, is how she spends her days riding buses. Six days a week (the buses don't run on Sundays in her unnamed Pennsylvania city), all day, she cruises around, chatting up her favourite drivers, dispensing advice and holding her ground against those who find her a nuisance. Rachel joined Beth on her rides for a year, a few days every two weeks, in an attempt to mend their distanced relationship and gain some insight into Beth's daily life. She wound up learning a great deal about herself and how narrowly she'd been seeing the world. Beth's community within the transit system is a much stronger network than the one Rachel has in her hectic world, and some of the portraits of drivers and the other people in Beth's life are unforgettable. Rachel juxtaposes this with the story of their childhood, including the dissolution of their parents' marriage and the devastating abandonment by their mother, the effect of which is tied poignantly to the sisters' present relationship. Although she is honest about the frustrations of relating to her stubborn sister, Rachel comes to a new appreciation of her, and it is a pleasure for readers to share in that discovery.

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Film & Animation

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• Riding The Bus With My Sister
• Rosie O'Donnell
• Andie MacDowell
• Richard T. Jones
• Family
• Disability
• friendship
• courage
• love
• home
• real live
• sweet
• emotional
• Moving
• Based On A Book
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[BionicV]

the younger Andir McDowel girl is the same girl the played Bebe (Beatrix's daughter) in Kill Bill

[allenshepard]

wow that sister is such a bitch

[crossoverkid12]

Can't that mom just leave her alone?@Lickmytroubles

[BlackCat7430]

that was fucked up. THATS MY BOYFRIEND!! we know Beth. so shut up.

[Lickmytroubles]

Rachael is such a bitch..

[dorisblake]

this is so entertaining

[girlstorm09]

"if you dont eat healthy they will put you in a group home" thats dumb....i think mentally challenged people have every right to eat what they want in there own home honestly no its not healthy...but to put someone in a group home bc of that and take her away from her independence is wrong kinda takes away the whole point of a "free country"

[XDVDX41]

I cannot believe she threw that mug away...that was a bit much.

[BasisOfKool]

@BionicV

I love Kill Bill! :D

[BasisOfKool]

Maybe if that little Rachel bitch had been there for Beth she wouldn't be so bad! >:(