My Sister's Keeper
2009 · Movie · PG-13 · 109 min · ★ 7.4 · 49% critics
A family’s life is upended when their young daughter becomes seriously ill, pushing her parents toward an unorthodox decision meant to keep hope alive. As the pressure builds, moral questions and a courtroom fight strain their relationships and force everyone to rethink what love, loyalty, and healing really mean.
Based on My Sister's Keeper
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Details
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-06-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Critic score
- 49/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (2,251 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you want a tearjerking family drama that wrestles with tough ethical choices and love under pressure; Not for you if you dislike emotionally heavy stories like The Notebook.
Pros: deeply emotional story; strong performances; thought-provoking moral questions | Cons: heavy and draining; uneven focus and pacing; divisive adaptation choices
Themes
- sibling relationship
- court case
- parent child relationship
- in vitro fertilisation
- medical examiner
- kidney transplant
- cancer
- chemotherapy
Cast & crew
Cameron Diaz
as Sara Fitzgerald
Abigail Breslin
as Andromeda "Anna" Fitzgerald
Sofia Vassilieva
as Kate Fitzgerald
Alec Baldwin
as Campbell Alexander
Jason Patric
as Brian Fitzgerald
Joan Cusack
as Judge De Salvo
Heather Wahlquist
as Aunt Kelly
Evan Ellingson
as Jesse Fitzgerald
Frank Cassavetes
as Gus
Nicole Marie Lenz
as Gloria
Directed by Nick Cassavetes