MY
SISTER'S
KEEPER
With
Cameron
Diaz,
Jason
Patrick,
Abigail
Breslin,
Alec
Baldwin,
Sofia
Vassilieva,
Evan
Ellingson,
Jeffrey
Markle
Written
by Nick
Cassavetes
&
Jeremy
Leven
(based
on the
novel
by Jodi
Picoult)
Directed
by Nick
Cassavetes
A young
girl
is diagnosed
with
cancer
at a
very
young
age.
In order
to get
an exact
bone-marrow
match
and
stem
cells
for
Kate,
her
doctor
suggests
an unconventional
process
to her
parent
- that
of having
another
child
for
this
purpose.
Many
years
and
several
hospital
visits
later,
her
younger
sister
Anna
is set
to donate
a kidney.
If Anna
doesn't
get
a new
kidney,
she'll
die.
Their
mother
Sara
has
been
a violent
fighter
to keep
her
daughter
alive,
losing
sight
of the
younger
kid
who
was
conceived
as spare
parts.
Their
lives
are
thrown
into
turmoil
as Anna
goes
to a
lawyer
to emancipate
herself
- not
wanting
to go
through
with
these
medical
procedures
anymore.
With
flashbacks
focusing
on each
member
of the
family,
including
the
somewhat
marginalized
brother,
the
story
of their
lives
is told
with
bitter
moments
balanced
by the
sweet.
Where
this
could
easily
have
been
another
terminal
TV movie
of the
week,
Cassavetes
succeeds
in crafting
a heartfelt
film
of life,
love
and
death,
the
strength
and
weaknesses
of a
family,
its
togetherness
and
undoing.
Unto
this
purpose
he is
greatly
assisted
by a
very
accomplished
cast.
Extras
include
additional
scenes.
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