I first watched this movie with great reluctance at the behest of my friend Geetika and was told that it was a very touching movie. It turned out to be much more than that.
Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric play the characters Brian and Sara Fitzgerald, whose daughter Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) is diagnosed at a young age with leukemia. Cameron plays this paranoid mother who does everything to protect her child and even gives up one her personal life. On doctor's "offline" advice, they conceive another child with genetic modifications so she can serve as a donor to her sister. The rest of the story unfolds from there.
My Sister's keeper is kinda 2 stories - one of a unique 11 year old girl, Anna (Abigail Breslin), who is suing her parents so that her body will no longer be used for spare parts for Kate, Anna's long-dying sister. But the actual story completely belongs to Kate. The scenes with Kate growing through a scrapbook/collage of her life with each of the special people around her is so touching, that even a person with neutral emotions like me was moved. Going through the collage also forms a part of the narrative in a beautiful way.
Its essentially a story about human relationship and their reactions to the difficult stages in the lives. The difference in views of the parents and Anna on the subject of trying to save the ailing Kate gives different shades to the film. This film asks the questions of how far you should really go to keep someone alive.
Its also a sensitive yet non-victim-like take on the subject of cancer. The scenes where Taylor another cancer patient jokes with Kate about the treatment sessions that they would have and where the kiss between these teens is pointed by Kate as tasting of chemotherapy, makea one feel strongly for the characters.
Because of moments like these and the stellar acting performance by the starcast make it a movie worth watching. This one has the heart in the right place.
Rating: 7/10
Tearjerker alert: If you are the emotional or sensitive type, keep the handkerchief handy
Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric play the characters Brian and Sara Fitzgerald, whose daughter Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) is diagnosed at a young age with leukemia. Cameron plays this paranoid mother who does everything to protect her child and even gives up one her personal life. On doctor's "offline" advice, they conceive another child with genetic modifications so she can serve as a donor to her sister. The rest of the story unfolds from there.
My Sister's keeper is kinda 2 stories - one of a unique 11 year old girl, Anna (Abigail Breslin), who is suing her parents so that her body will no longer be used for spare parts for Kate, Anna's long-dying sister. But the actual story completely belongs to Kate. The scenes with Kate growing through a scrapbook/collage of her life with each of the special people around her is so touching, that even a person with neutral emotions like me was moved. Going through the collage also forms a part of the narrative in a beautiful way.
Its essentially a story about human relationship and their reactions to the difficult stages in the lives. The difference in views of the parents and Anna on the subject of trying to save the ailing Kate gives different shades to the film. This film asks the questions of how far you should really go to keep someone alive.
Its also a sensitive yet non-victim-like take on the subject of cancer. The scenes where Taylor another cancer patient jokes with Kate about the treatment sessions that they would have and where the kiss between these teens is pointed by Kate as tasting of chemotherapy, makea one feel strongly for the characters.
Because of moments like these and the stellar acting performance by the starcast make it a movie worth watching. This one has the heart in the right place.
Rating: 7/10
Tearjerker alert: If you are the emotional or sensitive type, keep the handkerchief handy
Thanks AB / Geet for sharing this movie ! Totally loved it. Believable performances in story telling. The movie still leaves a smile on your face. 8/10
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