My Sister's Keeper: A Quick Review

My Sister's Keeper is worth the watch. It's probably good to grab a couple tissues before starting the movie though. 


It's directed by Nick Cassavetes, and it stars some amazing actors.
Abigail Breslin (Olive from Little Miss Sunshine) plays the role of Anna. Sofia Vassilieva plays Anna's sister, Kate. Their brother is played by Evan Ellingson. Cameron Diaz plays the mother and Jason Patric plays the dad. The movie also stars good side actors, such as Alec Baldwin who played the lawyer. Overall, it was a great cast.


The story of the movie goes like this. The mother and the father had a daughter who at a very young age got diagnosed with leukemia. The daughter's name is Kate. They didn't know how to keep her alive for longer, until a doctor suggested to them that they could genetically conceive another daughter, who's body, and blood could be used to make transfers to keep Kate alive for a longer time. 


Cameron Diaz does a brilliant job at playing the over-caring mother who will do anything to save her daughter's life. Throughout the movie, you start to hate her because she plays her role so well. She acts as a crazy b*tch who won't listen to anybody but herself, and all she cares about is keeping Kate alive. She ignores the rest of her family, because she can't bring herself to think about anything else, other than the cancer that's killing her daugther.


One day, the second daughter, Anna decides to see a lawyer (Alec Baldwin). She sues her family because she no longer wants her body to get used for all of the medical operations. This is where it gets emotional, because Anna wants rights, yet she knows her sister will die. The mom is not okay with it.


That's all I'm going to say about this movie. The rest of it is filled with a bunch of pleasant family scenes, outrageous emotional outbursts, and some crying moments. There is also a surprise of the real reason of why Anna sued her family, it wasn't just because she wanted the right to her own body.


Overall, the actors did a wonderful job. Cancer is not an easy thing to make an enjoyable movie out of. However, there is plenty of fun happy moments to balance out the depressing stages of this story. They did well with portraying what it really would feel like, and the movie was very realistic.


I say grab that tissue box, and give this movie a try. 3.5/4 STARS.

-Addy Stamenova