A: An 11-year-old girl (Abigail Breslin), who was genetically created to be an organ donor for her cancer-ridden sister (Sofia Vassilieva), takes her parents (Cameron Diaz & Jason Patric) to court for the rights to her own body.
Q: Who’s in the movie?
A: Abigail Breslin, Cameron Diaz, Sofia Vassilieva, Jason Patric, Alec Baldwin, Evan Ellingson, Heather Wahlquist, Joan Cusack, Thomas Dekker, David Thornton, Emily Deschanel
Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?
A:
Proceed with Caution. What an incredible moral dilemma! Protect your own long future or save your sister's life, over and over again as she quickly approaches certain death? And to put that in the hands of an 11-year-old! I was so excited to sit in the theater as I watched it unfold, not sure whose side to take... And then suddenly, about half way through, the filmmakers completely forget what their premise is, drop the lawsuit storyline, and start meandering off on a melodramatic tangent about how hard life is for the 15-year-old cancer victim.Q: Will this movie make me laugh?
A: Alec Baldwin is in the film, so he squeezes a little humor out of his parts.
Q: Will this movie make me cry?
A: Almost the whole way through... For the first half. And then you sit there, wondering where the great movie you were watching went.
Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?
A: It seems like Cameron Diaz is angling for one. But I think it'll take a lot more than this film to get the Academy to notice her.
Q: How is the Acting?
A: Excellent, on everyone's part. They all regularly have to cry on cue, and none of them have any difficulty being right there with it.
Q: How is the Directing?
A: It stops too frequently for beautiful collages set to sad songs. Cut, cut, cut!
Q: How is the story/script?
A: It starts off with this interesting voice over that floats from one character to another. But before long, that becomes nothing more than a device used to throw in random scenes that the writer doesn't have to think of clever transitions for, creating a movie that is episodic instead of fluid. And I hate to see a good dilemma get ignored.
Q: Is there anything else worth mentioning about the movie?
A: Whoever was in charge of creating the art that both the cancer victim and her brother lay claim to in the film, is talented.
Q: Where can I see the trailer?
A: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/my-sisters-keeper/32323/trailers
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