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Name: My Sister's Keeper
Released: 2009-6-26
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Sofia Vassilieva

My Sister's Keeper

PG-13
1h 50m
2009

47%

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Is it right to do whatever it takes to save a child's life? Cameron Diaz (There's Something About Mary, Shrek films) stars as a mother whose daughter is diagnosed with a fatal form of leukemia. In a desperate bid to save the life of her first daughter (Abigail Breslin--Little Miss Sunshine, No Reservations), she bears another daughter--specially conceived and implanted to be an ideal donor for her older sister. Now, 11 years later, that second child has undergone countless invasive procedures, blood donations, bone marrow donations--and now her sister needs a kidney. Is it right for a mother to ask one daughter to sacrifice so much for another? Should a child be able to decide for herself how much she will sacrifice for her sister?

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

47%

Critics Consensus: My Sister's Keeper gets fine performances from its adult and child actors, but the director's heavy-handed approach turns a worthy emotional subject into an overly melodramatic tearjerker.

Reviews

Deep Focus Review

Brian Eggert

That we know we’re being manipulated but reach for the Kleenex anyway attests to the effectiveness of the otherwise overt sentimentality, but doesn’t leave us feeling good about it afterward.

One of the great literary adaptation disappointments of the century so far.

Just when it couldn't get any sadder, it does.

November 29, 2020

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TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

Fans of Picoult's novel are likely to be at least modestly disturbed by the liberties that Cassavetes takes.

It is effective, but only in the most shallow, manipulative way, and results in a cowardly, movie-of-the-week exit that isn't worthy of these engaging sisters.

December 14, 2018

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