
In Los Angeles, the eleven year old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister. She tells the lawyer the story of her family after the discovery that her older sister Kate has had leukemia; how she was conceived by in vitro fertilization to become a donor; and the medical procedures she has been submitted since she was five years old to d... (Full plot summary below)
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In Los Angeles, the eleven year old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister. She tells the lawyer the story of her family after the discovery that her older sister Kate has had leukemia; how she was conceived by in vitro fertilization to become a donor; and the medical procedures she has been submitted since she was five years old to donate to her sister. Campbell accepts to work pro bono and the obsessed Sara decides to go to court to force Anna to help her sister.
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| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsEasily the most poignant picture of the year, achieved without resorting to manipulative soap opera devices. |
| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfFor every instant of genuine tragic ache within this dubious feature, there are two served up right behind it that drip with obnoxious manipulation and creaky execution. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie never says so, but it's a practical parable about the debate between pro-choice and pro-life. If you're pro-life, you would require Anna to donate her kidney, although there is a chance she could die, and her sister doesn't have a good prognosis. If you're pro-choice, you would support Anna's lawsuit. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe strength of the acting and the modulation of the screenplay transforms what could have been a run-of-the-mill Lifetime disease-of-the-week movie into something more insightful and intelligent. |
| Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)Linda CookSometimes, a sad story isn't just a manipulative venture that makes you cry. Sometimes, as in 'The Notebook,' it's a tale well told that brings out honest emotions. Sometimes, it's in a movie such as 'My Sister's Keeper.' |
| Toronto StarBruce DemaraWith solid performances and an intelligent script, My Sister's Keeper offers a moving and powerfully realistic portrait of a family stalked by tragedy that somehow manages to emerge from crisis battered but intact. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...consistently manages to rise above its similarly-themed, undeniably low-rent brethren... |
| New England Movies WeeklyDaniel M. Kimmel[I]ntelligent, moving and even occasionally funny, although you might want to bring along a few tissues just in case. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerA high-class weepie for adults who disdain the lower forms of four-hankiedom. |
| Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFor all its awkward structure, the film is heartfelt and deeply affecting. |