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Ashley Geron 2012-05-25 07:43:38

Not for book fans

This is a horrible representation of the book. The movie itself was good, but does not follow the book at all. If you are a die hard fan of the book, do not see this movie.

Tdi7457 2012-05-24 21:28:58

This is an area i'd like to call the stupid zone

Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric) live an idyllic life withtheir young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden,heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodoxchoice in order to save their baby girl's life.The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questionsand rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actionsultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the familyapart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone'sperceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definitionof healing. At the screening in Speedway Indiana, while visitingrelatives, i had an option. To help wash the dishes or go see this. Godi shouldn't have left. My Sister's Keeper 1/10

rangerjoe09 2012-05-19 12:56:16

Wow, a truly awful adaptation

I almost walked out of the theater. I haven't seen anything gooddirected by Nick Cassavetes. I didn't think he could do any worse. Ifind his style to be immature from a film making standpoint. "MySister's Keeper" was awful. I don't understand why the movie was giventhe same title as the book. Keeping the names for some characters isnot sufficient. The aunt was even changed. What happened to careerwoman Aunt Suzanne? Obviously these little fowls in the screenplaypales in comparison to the "new ending". The girl with cancer dies.This can be expected. This is not the beautiful, tragic, fabricatedirony created in the novel. I was disappointed with every aspect of themovie. Casting was nothing special. I don't understand why Cameron Diazis being praised for an average performance. After reading the novel,she did not effectively bring the true Sarah character to the screen.The cinematography was nothing, bad soundtrack and awkward editing onlycontributed to an awful adapted screenplay. I recommend this to no one,even if they have not read the book. Characters were dropped, changedalong with the settings. I don't see how that movie came from thenovel. I truly did not like this movie at all. I cannot even begin todescribe the details that were totally adulterated. They couldn't evenget the story right, so why should I expect they to maintain anyintegrity of the story. I highly recommend the book, but don't wasteyour money or time on this "movie".

2012-05-19 05:59:49

My Sister's Keeper

This review is from: My Sister's Keeper (DVD) I am soooooo disappointed in this purchase. The movie was wrapped in any protective wrapping. Someone pinched too hard through the envelope. so the movie pacjking was ruined. The movie had been a "rental"!!!! This was a Christmas gift ! I had purchased 5 other videos and they were alll gift worthy, but not from this one vendor. I will be very careful next time, Buyer BeWare !!!!!

munchkinbabie 2012-05-11 21:58:49

A M A Z I N G ...and you can say that 20 times!!

This movie is an awesome,heart breaking movie.I cry for at least 20minutes every time I watch it.Like I said in the summary,it was so goodI don't know how any other way to describe it other than saying''awesome" 20 times ....ya its that good!!Still not convinced to watchit?? Well then listen to this.I was temped to tell my dad , who is adoctor, to fly out to check out Abby Breslin;and make sure she washealthy because the acting was so good.One other thing you should knowis that it takes a surprising turn at the end;so try not to go againstanybody.Trust me,this movie is a well loved classic.I LOVE IT, and think aboutanybody would LOVE it.Watch IT! Watch IT! Watch IT!Listen to me andwatch it!!

2012-05-11 07:17:10

very emotional

I have to admit, the movie brought many tears. I notice many reviews were critical. These are my thoughts. First of all children are usually stronger than adults and that is exactly what happened in the movie. Reality..when dealing with a cancer patients, I can see the other children being ignored and not getting the same attention. I didn't say I like it, but yes it can happen. It was sad that the sister died, but my feeling at the end of the movie was the children were all so strong and brave to make such a mature unselfish decision. This was something Mom was unable to see because her world was focusing on saving the daughter's life. I enjoyed this movie.

Cris_Drg 2012-05-10 00:53:29

nice, emotional argument to disregard a child just cos you want to

the film is very nice, very emotional. good acting, good directing,some very emotional scenes. I cried. you'll probably cry too. there'sthis child that's dying. and she knows it too. what can I say: scarystuff, right? so we have this most perfect family - and I mean PERFECT.great looking, all of them. having a blast with each other. happy,happy, happy. they love each-other, they take care of each other. Imean everything is great. their "only" problem is the one kid hascancer.well... if we were to pay attention, the parents are actuallyneglecting the other 2 kids in every way possible. and that is NOT thestory here. that's not even mentioned. we glide over it to get to thegood stuff - the tearjerkers: there's this kid who wants to die, andshe's making it happen by a clever plot.this is scary, right? death. everybody is afraid of dying. we shouldfocus on this. the minor detail about taking a nice, healthy kid andmaking her ill, putting her life in danger - this is not important.sub-plot! the fact that her parents made her just for this, and sheserves no other purpose around the house - let's say this fast and getit over with. the 3rd kid being a school drop-out and practicallyinvisible for his parents (cos he's unusable) merits no more than 20sec of screen time. let's focus on how brave that cancer girl is. andwhat a great parent mom is, right? she's so attentive with the sickone... she sacrificed everything.so - the problem with this film is that is an emotional argument infavor of being a horrible parent, and a horrible human being alltogether. and using kids for spare parts. they might die. that's OK,it's for a good cause. they will suffer. no problem. the cause isnoble. they will never have a normal life again - ah, small price topay. shall we ask them? what for? they're kids, they don't understand.and our morality - well - it seems to serve our fears. we're afraid ofdeath so we do everything we can to prevent it. and I mean, everything.so it's nice a film - for all the wrong reasons. the real issue here ishow far can a parent go at being a sadistic monster before we noticeit.

2012-05-09 08:44:25

Boo hiss!

I am amazed at how much this film managed to be worse than the book. Most of the acting is terrible...in fact, I think the best performance is given by the canine who played Judge the service dog. The film totally deviates from the plot of the book, which focuses more on Anna's quest to obtain medical emancipation from her parents. However, the movie is much more about Kate's struggle with leukemia. Many of the things that occur in the film have nothing to do with the book, and the ending is completely rewritten from the novel for reasons that I will never understand. Bottom line? This movie pretty much sucks. I have lost two hours of my life that I will never get back!

Sirus_the_Virus 2012-05-07 05:37:02

A very sad film, though very good.

Abagail Breslin and Cameron Diaz star in one very sad film. I don'toften cry during a film . I have been close a couple of times. I wasclose in Marley & me. I was very very close to crying in My Sister'skeeper. I was as close to crying as close Indiana Jones was to losinghis hat. I was that close.Jodi Picoult wrote the story. Nick Cassavettes returns to thedirector's chair years after The Notebook, and makes something better.They released this movie out on the same day as Transformers 2. Thatwas probably a mistake. Because that was the highest grossing film ofthe year, unfortunately. Compared to this, Transformers 2 is as good asThe Love guru. We know how that turned out, it blew.My sister's keeper is the story of Anna(Abagail Breslin), a little girlwho was born to serve one purpose. To save her older sister's life. Herolder sister has cancer. And has had it since she was three years old.She has been donating things to her sister for years. One day, shewalks into a lawyer's office(Alec Baldwin) and tells him that she wantsto sue her parents(Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric) for the rights of herown body.The film will definitely get you interested. I can assure you that itis an audience grabber. It's a very sad film too. It jumps around intime a lot also. Showing things from the past. Like her sister'srelationship with a guy in the hospital. That is also very sad. Ifpeople thought that The Notebook was sad, oh, they don't got a clue. Ididn't want to see this film. Clearly, neither did many of the peoplein America. But I definitely think you should look for it on DVD.My sister's keeper:***1/2 out of ****

giddskid09 2012-05-06 22:20:40

Lead to a disappointment?

After reading the book by Jodi Picoult, I had great expectations forthis movie. After reading the book in 2006 I searched on-line in hopesthat there would be a movie out there based on the book. I then found asite showing that a movie was to be released in theaters in 2009. Iwaited 2 and a half years to watch the movie and went on the day itcame out. I loved the book so much, mostly due to the ending. Now thosewho went to the movie without reading the book are not aware that theending was changed from the book to the movie. After sitting in thetheater with my mom watching this movie we both turned to each otherspeechless. Neither of us cried when the daughter died as we werewaiting for the ending we had read, which never came. Though the moviefollows the book very well throughout I will NEVER watch this movieagain. If you do not agree with me and did not read the book I wouldrecommend you to find the book and open it up and read it. Have a boxof tissues nearby because if you cried during the movie you will beswimming in a puddle of tears by the time you finish the book.

2012-05-01 04:44:29

2.5, So-So Movie, Book Was Better!

Why even follow a story from a book if it won't be followed as the book does??!! The movie was poorly done, jumping around from present, to past without a good flow. The story was ok because it did follow the book, at least through a good portion of it. Although, I don't recall Kate and her boyfriend getting naked in the book.I agree with other reviewers who have read this book, the movie ending sucked! One thing about Picoult's books, they are usually thought provoking. This movie lacked anything causing such a reaction. All it did was play on heart strings. Glad I didn't waste money at the movies or buying this. Its a rental movie..nothing more.Read the book!

sharkey197 2012-04-30 22:10:00

Could have caught it on Lifetime

I read the book last summer and can only describe the end as a suckerpunch to the gut. While it seemed contrived, the author was doing it tomake a point. That point was totally lost in this really dumbadaptation of the novel into film.Honestly, this could have been a Lifetime movie since we've seen moviesabout kids dying many times. So, what is new? Only the issue of havinga designer child for spare parts, and this issue was not reallyaddressed as much as was needed in order to save this effort. Insteadwe were treated to many more scenes with kate and her struggle withcancer, again, things we've seen before. The Point of View in the moviekept changing and while this will work in a book, it's difficult tomake it work on film.Hated the ending, which was the all time Hollywood cop out. By allmeans, let's go for cliché. People who said they cried must have wantedto cry very badly. Had they kept the end of the book, I predict theywould have been sobbing out loud.

noirprncess 2012-04-30 11:38:19

Oh Dear...

My expectations for this movie was already lowered based on thetrailers which seemed overly melodramatic, Lifetime-like and heavy ontissue- laden acting/screen shots.After watching the movie, I was even more disappointed by thecinematography as well as the crappy script. I guess the movie would beOK if you had never read the book although I seriously doubted it.There were far too many characters dumped into the process withoutproper set up and development (consider the hospital scene towards theend of the movie - who were those people?) Many other commenters have discussed the many important departures fromthe book. But the most unforgivable was the completely ironic and sadending used in the book. The substituted ended was simply ridiculousand completely anti-climatic. If the writers wanted to depart from thebook - why even cover the lawyer angle?

2012-04-30 09:02:09

Bad movie

I didn't like this movie at all. I was so happy when I first read thatthey were doing a film on the fantastic book. So i watched it, and whata disappointment! Not only had they taken away quite importantcharacters that were in the book, but they had also ruined the end andtotally rewritten it. I really don't get why that was necessary. Theending in the book is totally different than how the film ends. It isnot even the right person that dies.And i must ask, couldn't they have found anyone better then CameronDiaz as the mother, i mean, this is so not her area.So my opinion is that if you haven't read the book, you might like it,but I who loved the book thought it was very bad.

ktaylor_09 2012-04-24 20:23:44

My Sister's Keeper

Brian (Jason Patric) and Sara (Cameron Diaz) think they have the ideallife. With two beautiful children and jobs they both love, life cannotget any better. That is, until Kate (Sophia Vassilieva) is diagnosedwith Leukemia and no one in the family is a match. The Fitzgerald'sfeel they have no other option, but to conceive a child in a test tubeas a perfect genetic match for Kate. Could this be the best decision,or could it be a recipe for disaster? As a result, Anna Fitzgerald (Abigail Breslin) is born for the solepurpose of keeping her sister alive. Throughout Anna's entire life shehas been poked and prodded with needles for blood work, bone marrow,and been hospitalized for infections. It almost seems that Anna is inthe hospital just as much as Kate. Anna has never had a problem helpingher sister live because she loves her. If Kate needs something, Annagives it to her. But when Kate relapses and needs a kidney to survive,Anna says enough is enough and she will not be cut open again. Ofcourse, this sends her family into massive uproar. When Sara tries toforce Anna to give Kate one of her kidneys, Anna hires a lawyer to sueher parents for the right to her own body. Now, the fate of a youngsick girl is in the hands of a judge.From the director of the "Notebook", Nick Cassavetes, brings us a heartwrenching story based on Jodi Picoult's novel "My Sister's Keeper". Themovie almost brings us to tears from the very first minute. We see Kateat her worst, puking up blood with pale chapped lips. We go through theemotions with the rest of the family of coping with a dying familymember. Many families can relate to this movie making it even morepersonal. This film tugs at our heart strings. We all love an excuse tobreak out the box of Kleenexes.

Kathryn Wright 2012-04-24 11:24:03

Good Movie, Better Book

The movie was actually very well-put together, but they left outseveral important things that were in the novel, including theexistence of a child advocate, the way the court found out about thereason for her suit, and the fact that in the novel, Anna lived at thefire station for most of the trial because her mother was the opposingcouncil. Let's not forget the fact that they added characters --theaunt and the various other family members. They even changed the end ofthe story! The majority of the details remained the same, such asCampbell's condition, the name of his service dog, and most of thelisted medical procedures Anna endured, but there are still depths ofthe story that are left out because of the narration style (they didwell at the beginning, but they tried to keep it all from Anna's POVafter that, and that doesn't work for this story...) This is actuallyone of the reasons I wasn't sure I wanted to watch the movie: Hollywoodis prone to ruining good stories. The movie was wonderful, as long asyou don't try to reconcile it too closely with the novel it's based on.

Peggz 2012-04-24 17:01:26

"Most babies are accidents. Not me. I was engineered. Born to save my sister's life."

....the opening lines to a film that will stay with you years after youhave left the cinema. You would think a film about a girl dying wouldbe depressing but it has given me a new look on life. Sorry. Thatsounds really corny but its true. The love and affection that thesibling in the film have for each other has made me appreciate my ownsisters even more. Cameron Diaz's performance as an overprotectivemother was inspiring, she made you feel desperate for her daughter tolive. At the same time Sofia Vassileva (Kate Fitzgerald) keeps theaudience and her family strong - Kate knows her destiny and is helpingher family to accept that too. The story is told through the differentperspectives of the Fitzgerald Family and gives the audience an insightinto what thousands of people go through every year - losing a child. I would recommend seeing this film because it really does give youhope. It's not happy but even so an excellent film. Go see it. P.S take tissues - you'll need them.

Alicia 2012-04-24 05:22:17

My Sister's Keeper

I absolutely love this movie.It would receive a 10/10 had it gone along with the book. In the book,Andromeda 'Anna', is killed in a car crash, and then donates her kidneyto sister Kate. Kate survives this. However in the movie, Anna doesn'tdonate her kidney, and Kate does die. This is why I would give it a9/10.Bring tissues. That is the best thing. I cried my eyes out, as did mostof the theatre. The saddest parts aren't even the death parts, they arethe living parts. When Kate is going to prom, when they go to thebeach, those are the most sensitive parts in my mind.This movie will be especially tragic for those who have suffered a lossof someone. You get an insight into their struggles, and you see thepicture from the outside. You were probably the one sitting next to thedying patient telling them if they think good thoughts, they will getbetter, while their family bites their tongues, knowing this will notbe the case.All in all, this is an extraordinary movie. I would recommend it toall. Children going to this film should have a comprehension ofdisease, as if they don't they will be asking questions the whole time.

2012-04-22 19:47:04

Awful!

They ruined a fantastic book with this movie by completely changing the ending. The ending of the book was so interesting that I was very angry after watching how they changed it in the movie. I would not recommend this movie to anyone and would instead encourage them to read the book. This is one of the worst movie adaptations of a book that I have seen.

a_cunning_beast 2012-04-22 14:36:03

Should we ever have to say "enough", even when it comes to paternal love?

Unexpectedly "My sister's keeper" has become one of my favourite filmsfor this year. This I attribute to the combination of high-powereddrama, the warmth that it conveys and the fact that although it is ahighly dramatic film there are plenty of moments where it just makesyou smile and in the midst of despair you feel joyous; this is notcommon for a film to deliver.We follow the tragic story of a family dealing with a child sufferingfrom terminal cancer and as every loving family would do they aretrying their hardest to help their child, however as the story unfoldsthe ultimate question has got to be asked: When will you stop? Even insituations like this there has to be a limit of "trying to help" buthow can you use the world enough when it comes to paternal love?