Riding The Bus With My Sister (2005 Drama Starring Rosie O'Donnell) Part 4 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
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• sweet
• emotional
• Moving
• Based On A Book
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[Shannonbarnesdr1]

@csnewyork96 they are not autistic they are cognativley challenged ( mentaly retarded ) autistic and MR or cognative challened is 2 different dissabilities, eevn though you can have both, but beth and jesseare both mildlyr etarded ( just slow not stupid ) though jessie is more '' capable then beth, everybody is differetn ;-) nothign wrong with it at all, theyare just different

[Lickmytroubles]

So where is the brother during the movie...

[fewcusi]

I loved the location they chose to film in. It's not all pretty and doctored up like most movies. It is a real neighborhood with gritty areas. It gives the film a sense of realism ( I know it's based on a true story).

[csnewyork96]

wait is jesse autistic too?

[dorisblake]

'don't be stupid, rachel!' hahaha

[jukka4president]

is it just me or does eugene sound like chris farley

[fewcusi]

I love how Andie MacDowell tries to look cool at 11:55.

[thetbagproduction]

@scotth602 I hate rachel wbu

[scotth602]

Rosie is acting more like she's deaf than retarded.

[bunzy11]

geez eugene is an asshole, he wake up on the wrong side of the hostess factory?