 | |
List Price: $28.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 226
Released: November 17, 2009 |
| Our Price: $14.00 |
| Used Price: $9.54 |
|
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
|
Editorial Review:
Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 11/17/2009 Run time: 110 minutes Rating: Pg13
Description of My Sister's Keeper:
Grab a box of tissues and settle in for a heart-wrenching exploration of illness, morality, and familial bonds in this excellent screen adaptation of bestselling author Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper. When parents Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian Fitzgerald (Jason Patric) find out that their daughter Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) has leukemia, they make the difficult choice to utilize the advancements of modern medicine and impregnate Sara with a child genetically ensured to be a donor match for Kate. Throughout the many years of dealing with Kate's illness, the needs of individual family members--including Kate's parents, her brother Jesse (Evan Ellingson), and her sister Anna (Abigail Breslin)--are largely ignored in light of Kate's more serious needs. Still, Kate's sister Anna rarely complains about helping Kate, even when it involves undergoing painful bone marrow aspirations. Recently, however, Anna has had a change of heart and has decided to stand up for her right to have a say in medical procedures involving herself: she's enlisted a lawyer, Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin), to help her sue her parents for medical emancipation. The issue is highly emotional and the familial strife is further compounded by the fact that Kate is quickly failing and needs an immediate kidney transplant for even a chance of continued survival. The emotional struggle of dealing with serious illness while trying to meet one's own needs permeates the film, as do the staggering moral dilemmas inherent in the advances of modern medicine. While Picoult's readers may be disappointed that the film doesn't delve as deeply into Anna's and Jesse's characters as the book does, My Sister's Keeper is nonetheless an intensely powerful film bursting with emotion and moral quandary that leaves viewers pondering what lengths they might go to in a similar situation. --Tami Horiuchi
My Sister's Keeper Reviews:
See that shark? Yeah jumped right over it. 
2009-12-21 - Having been in a few different book clubs, this seems to be one of the "must reads" because I have read the book that this movie is based on a few times. Which, of course, means that I hated the movie. *laugh*
But that's not exactly true. It was really good until the last 30 minutes or so when it completely jumped the shark. It changed the ending, obviously, but to me, it changed the message behind it. I was too shocked to get teary, I just kind of stared at the screen.
So, I'm not sure that I would recommend it. Read the book, skip the movie unless it's on the $0.99 clearance.
Great family movie 
2009-12-17 - I enjoyed this movie so much. It was clean and very good for a family to view together. It brought lots of emotions to the surface and made you think of what you would do in certain circumstances. Don't forget the tissue box.
Just okay. 
2009-12-16 - I couldn't wait to see this movie, after reading the book. I was disappointed, as the book is so much better. I would have liked the movie to follow the same ending as the book. I would highly recommend that you read the book BEFORE seeing the movie.
Tearful
2009-12-15 - This was an amazingly heart breaking film, and at the same time uplifting. Bring a BIG box of tissues to watch this. Whether it's a happy moment, or sad, you will not stop crying until the credits roll.
my sister's keeper
2009-12-15 - i loved this movie that i had to get the tissue's out i was in tears, and that i would reccommend any women to watch this movie, cause they will be doing the same thing.
