My Sister’s Keeper (2009)

Tagline: My sister’s keeper.

My Sister's Keeper

Summary: Anna Fitzgerald (Abigail Breslin) seeks medical emancipation with the help of her lawyer Campbell Alexander (Alec Baldwin) from her parents, Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric), whom have both relied on Anna to be a medical donor for their other daughter, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), who has leukemia

5 Words/Phrases: Incredibly heartbreaking story; good balance of main character perspectives; good integration of flashback/present scenes; very different ending than the book; interesting dissection of how Kate’s leukemia has affected Fitzgerald family dynamics

Most Impressed By: Fantastic performances from Diaz, Breslin, and Vassilieva; how faithful the storyline of Kate and Taylor (Thomas Dekker) was to the book

Least Impressed By: How unfaithful the storyline of Jesse (Evan Ellingson) was to the book – Jesse’s character was cut down to the point where he could have been cut from the movie without any major difference to the plot

Overall Rating: 9/10

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