My Sister's Keeper Movie Reviews

At a time when Hollywood can't have enough of romantic comedies, extreme action and sci-fi adventure comes a family drama that's both powerful and rewarding. Part of My Sister's Keeper is about the ethics that often involve issues of life and death. But for much of it, it is simply a compelling story of the Fitzgerald family, of the things that hold them together and the issues that make them fall apart.

Adapted from Jodi Picoult's 2004 bestseller, My Sister's Keeper is a weepie aboutlong-suffering family Fitzerald with teenage daughter Kate, diagnosed with leukemia at an early age and in and out of hospitals ever since, and 11-year-old Anna, who was conceived in vitro as a perfect genetic match for Kate. The drama involves several issues about questionable ethics in medical science. Writer-director Nick Cassavetes and co-script writer Jeremy Leven retain most of Picoult's story

I know how difficult it is to let go of a loved one who is terminally ill. In that respect, I wouldn't blame Sara Fitzgerald (Diaz) for choosing to 'genetically engineer' a child who would help keep her 'sissy' alive. What they don't count on her doing, is discovering a mind of her own and suing her parents for 'rights to my own body'. The film, based on a Jodi Picoult novel, does a smashing job of bringing forth the family's turmoil and Sofia (as Kate) and Abigail (as Anna) excel.