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Jun 26, 2009 · My Sister's Keeper is just such an arm-twisting weepie, and a prime specimen, too, adapted from a best-selling airport novel by Jodi Picoult by Jeremy Leven and director Nick Cassavetes (who ...
Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) has had leukemia since the age of two. Her parents Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric) made the decision to give birth to a child genetically designed to provide whatever is needed to keep Kate alive. But after years of donating blood, bone marrow, and stem cells ...
Jun 26, 2009 · My Sister’s Keeper on DVD offers copies of the movie in both widescreen and full-screen presentations. Audio tracks are available in Dolby Digital 5.1 (English). The disc also includes over fifteen minutes of additional scenes. My Sister’s Keeper on Blu-ray is presented in1080p HD resolution. The package includes:
Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) has had leukemia since the age of two. Her parents Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric) made the decision to give birth to a child genetically designed to provide whatever is needed to keep Kate alive. But after years of donating blood, bone marrow, and stem cells ...
Chicago Sun-Times. The movie never says so, but it's a practical parable about the debate between pro-choice and pro-life. If you're pro-life, you would require Anna to donate her kidney, although there is a chance she could die, and her sister doesn't have a good prognosis. If you're pro-choice, you would support Anna's lawsuit.
Jan 15, 2024 · The book feels more like a bad fairytale, where Kate gets to live because of Anna, whereas the movie shows a much more realistic depiction of things: kids with cancer have it hard and don’t always survive. The more easily we can accept death as a natural part of life, the more easily we can get over it.
Yep. Truthfully, Cassavetes can't seem to decide what he really wants "My Sister's Keeper" to be and it's that lack of consistency that most plagues the often powerful, tender, moving and evocative film. "My Sister's Keeper" works far more than it should, mostly owing to the strength of its ensemble cast and Cassavetes' ability to construct ...
