My Sister’s Keeper
November 29th, 2009
A former defense attorney (Cameron Diaz) finds herself back in the courtroom when she and her husband (Jason Patric) are sued for medical emancipation by their 11-year-old daughter, Anna (Abigail Breslin), who is expected to donate a kidney to her dying older sister. The subsequent trial tests ethical boundaries and the limits of parental love. Joan Cusack and Alec Baldwin round out the cast in this powerful drama based on Jodi Picoult’s novel.
The director of THE NOTEBOOK has created another tear-jerker for the big screen which should make the makers of KLEENEX very happy! This film was supposedly based on a bestselling novel by author, Jodi Picoult. For those who never read the novel it probably would not matter that Director/Filmmaker John Cassavetes took the novel and totally rewrote the ending. But to the author and fans of the book this was not very acceptable. Thus, you can see from the ratings of this movie a lot of people felt cheated when they came to the end of this heartbreaking story. I did not read this novel but after reading the ending of the original author I wondered WHY change a well received book in the first place? This is not something to be discussed here as it would give away key plot elements. The film that was made was a compelling story in its own rights about an eleven year old girl who sues her parents for the rights to her own body. This child Anna Fitzgerald was conceived in vitro to be a donor for her older sister, Kate, who was terminally ill with leukemia. Add to the mix an obsessive mother who is willing to save one child by taking from another because she cannot accept nor let go. Yet on the other hand, if you are a parent you can totally empathize with her plight. It leads you to the question of ethics. Is it okay to conceive a child for the purpose of taking body parts and blood from just to save the other sick child, especially when they are so young they have no choice? That is the premise of this film. The acting of Cameron Diaz as the mom in denial has never been better. Abigail Breslin is one of the best child actresses around these days and does not disappoint in this role of Anna. Jason Patric as the father who must finally take a stand and Sofia Vassileva as the dying Kate are both excellent. This is a film that will make you think, but if you don’t like emotionally driven plots you had better skip this one.
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Categories: Drama
