My Sister’s Keeper
Based on the novel of the same name by Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s keeper tells the story of Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) who is a young girl suffering from leukemia. The doctor suggests to her parents, Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian Fitzgerald (Jason Patric), that they could produce another child in a test-tube that would be a perfect match as a donor for Kate, her parent’s who want to do everything to save Kate (especially her mother) follow the doctor’s suggestion.
We follow the family as they go through the difficulties of dealing with cancer. Kate’s younger ‘test tube’ sister Anna (Abigail Breslin) has been used as a donor for Kate on numerous occasions and aged eleven is finding it difficult to deal with. We see how Kate’s illness has affected Sara and Brian’s relationship, how Jesse (Evan Ellingson) Kate’s older brother feels neglected and how Anna feels about all the surgery she has had to help her Sister. I won’t spoil the story any more than that, I will say that apparently the movie doesn’t stay that close to the book (I haven’t read the book, but I have read lots of reviews complaining of the fact).
The movie is a well told, deeply moving story, unless you have have a heart of stone, I defy you not to get a little lump in your throat on at least one occasion. I thought the cast all put in good performances in particular I thought Sofia Vassilieva put in a very moving performance as a poorly Kate.
What let the film down a little is that it glossed over some big issues that I feel could have been explored further, in particularly the older brother, Jesse, was not only neglected by his family but also the script writers, apparently his character is explored more in the book but I felt this would have added another dimension to the movie. I wasn’t a great fan of the introduction of each character and use of individual character narration, I don’t think it added anything. I also felt the movie was a little disjointed, jumping around the story with flashbacks, it broke the flow a little. Overall a really powerful story that is generally well told with just a couple of flaws that prevent the movie being even better than it is.
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