Meine Schwester mit den zwei Gesichtern (TV Movie 2012)

Meine Schwester mit den zwei Gesichtern: Directed by Jim O’Hanlon. With Kristin Davis, Tammy Blanchard, Joel Gretsch, Bonnie Bartlett. Follows the story of the challenging relationship between Billie and her younger schizophrenic sister, Elizabeth Baby. After their mother dies, Billie takes responsibility by moving Baby in with her family, including her husband, their teenage son and young daughter. At first, Baby and the family work to adjust to their new living arrangement. However, after a disturbing incident involving her son and Baby, it becomes clear to Billie that she and her family are not equipped to handle Baby’s illness, ultimately forcing her to make the difficult decision to do what’s best for her sister and her family.

“After their mother suffers a massive coronary, working mom Kristin Davis (as u0026quot;Billieu0026quot; Clark) takes over as caregiver for her mentally ill sister Tammy Blanchard (as Elizabeth u0026quot;Babyu0026quot; Davis). The smart schizophrenic woman moves in with Ms. Davis, handsome husband Joel Gretsch (as Rick), cute teen son Alexander u0026quot;Alexu0026quot; Le Bas (as Davis) and outspoken pre-teen daughter Mackenzie Aladjem (as Mollie). At first, the family manages to get along with only a few problems. Smoking is only allowed on the porch, for example. However, some increasingly bizarre outbursts from Ms. Blanchard take their toll on big sister Davis and others. The sisters have unresolved problems to deal with, and new issues threaten and disrupt the family in unexpected ways…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are so many movies wherein mentally challenged people are portrayed as either lovable pets or homicidal maniacs, itu0026#39;s nice to see something more realistic. Carefully directed by Jim Ou0026#39;Hanlon and nicely written by Richard Friedenberg, this u0026quot;Lifetimeu0026quot; TV Movie is one of their best. The key performance is delivered sensitively by Ms. Blanchard, who surprisingly did not receive an Emmy Award nomination. There is a small role for lovable Louise Fletcher and everyone is fine, with young Le Bas quite a surprise as the loner son who identifies with Blanchard. If there is one regret, itu0026#39;s that this family is unusually wealthy. Their jaw-dropping estate and ranch look like a show-places and itu0026#39;s difficult to believe they donu0026#39;t have the money to hire some professional help.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e******* Of Two Minds (3/10/12) Jim Ou0026#39;Hanlon ~ Tammy Blanchard, Kristin Davis, Alexander Le Bas, Joel Gretsch”