My Sister’s Keeper DVD Review
SoHood.com Reviewed by: Lily Lee
Movie Rating:  4.0 out of 5
Extras Rating: 5 out of 5

Overview: Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric) Fitzgerald’s life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents’ only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate’s life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive. And what it takes is Anna (Abigail Breslin). Kate and Anna share a bond closer than most sisters: though Kate is older, she relies on her little sister–in fact, her life depends on Anna.

Throughout their young lives, the sisters endure various medical procedures and hospital stays–just another part of their close-knit family’s otherwise normal life. Sara, a loving wife and mother who left her career as an attorney to care for her daughter, is sometimes lost inside the single-minded caregiver she has become in her efforts to save Kate. Her strong, supportive husband, Brian, is often rendered powerless and passive by his wife’s strength and determination. And their only son, Jesse, drifts, at times all but forgotten as Kate and Anna take center stage. Until Anna, now 11, says “no.” Seeking medical emancipation, she hires her own lawyer initiating a court case that divides the family and that could leave Kate’s rapidly failing body in the hands of fate.

Based on a novel book titled My Sister’s Keeper by author Jodi Picoult. It was great to see how committed Cameron Diaz was in playing this role of Sara, not only because she shaved her head but how she tried her best to help Kate with her health condition in which she was diagnosed with leukemia. For the most part, this is touching film which revolves around Kate condition and how the family tries to deal with the situation. I might that the actress named Sofia Vassilieva that plays the character Kate, helps you perceive the world through a sick young girl’s eyes and how important a family bond is to someone whose life can end so suddenly.

The story, is real on so many levels, and makes you think. I felt that much of the story was realistic. And towards the end of the film, I could not stop crying literally. This movie touched my heart and highly suggest you guys to buy it or rent it.