The movie is a wafer thin translation of a really good book
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06/29/09
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
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Reviews Counted:127
Fresh:60
Rotten:67
Average Rating:5.6/10
Consensus: My Sister's Keeper gets fine performances from its adult and child actors, but the director's heavy-handed approach turns a worthy emotional subject into an overly melodramatic tearjerker.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jul 30, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $49,069,310
Synopsis: THE NOTEBOOK's Nick Cassavetes directs another tearjerking literary adaptation with this drama based on Jodi Picoult's novel. Cameron Diaz takes a detour from comedy to play Sara, the domineering... [More]
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Sofia Vassilieva
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Reviews for My Sister's Keeper
...will relieve six months worth of tears for audiences willing to take its cathartic journey.
06/29/09
I found the movie to be really tough and challenging and enjoyable.
06/29/09
I have a heart. I just don’t want schlock.
06/29/09
I felt manipulated.
06/29/09
...consistently manages to rise above its similarly-themed, undeniably low-rent brethren...
06/28/09
Easily the most poignant picture of the year, achieved without resorting to manipulative soap opera devices.
06/28/09
Remarkable in concept and utterly exquisite in its execution, this domestic drama at the deeply conflicted crossroads of family wounds and medical healing, would have baffled even Solomon as to the ultimate value of a child.
06/27/09
Tears will be shed as the promised courtroom drama is displaced by other developments - Joan Cusack almost steals the pic as the lachrymose judge who has lost a young daughter herself.
06/27/09
A mostly contrived and uneven drama that lacks nuances and fails to pack an emotional punch, but at least it's mildly engaging thanks to warm, heartfelt performances and exquisite cinematography.
06/26/09
Two hours later I felt as if I was heartless, as all this film did was make me wish I had the last two hours back even after all the melodramatic pain and suffering.
06/26/09
Contrived or not, sad is sad, and My Sister's Keeper will have all but the most cement-hearted reaching for tissue.
06/26/09
Given how easily the filmmakers could have cranked up the string section and gone for the quivering lip in soft focus, their restraint is admirable.
06/26/09
Sad drama has heavy themes about and illness, family.
06/26/09
Call me crazy or overly conservative, but I find it completely reprehensible to have another child simply to use as an organ and tissue farm for another kid.
06/26/09
A mawkish yet worthy enough addition to the summer line-up.
06/26/09
My Sister's Keeper targets tear ducts so ruthlessly, it might as well be sponsored by Kleenex.
06/26/09
Uneven but deeply moving.
06/26/09
A film that overcomes an obscenely melodramatic setup to come by its tears honorably.
06/26/09
True, it's as contrived as the genre gets, but it nevertheless left me mourning the movie that might have been.
06/26/09
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