Directed by Nick Cassavetes and based on the Jodi Picoult novel of the same name, My Sister's keeper is a heart-wrenching story that explores the controversial subject of genetic planning and the difficult choices a family, the Fitzgeralds, must make when their young daughter is struck with leukemia.
This story delves deep into the moral and ethical implications of creating a baby in order to save the life of another. It tells the story of 11-year-old Anna Fitzgerald, who tries to get medical emancipation from her parents, who have been using her as a donor... to help their other leukemia-suffering daughter Kate stay alive. Anna hires her own lawyer and starts a court case that divides the family and could leave her sister life in the hands of fate.
This powerful story will stay with you long after the credits role!
Based on the award winning novel from best-selling author Jodi Piccoult, "My Sister's Keeper" tells the story of Sara and Brian who live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. [show more]
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Sara and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, 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. 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. Certificate 12 Running Time 109 mins approx
Nick Cassavetes directs this adaptation of the tear-jerker novel by Jodi Picoult. Abigail Breslin stars as Anna, a 13-year-old girl who was conceived by IVF in order to be a genetic match for her older sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), who has battled leukemia since childhood. Despite being a normal, healthy child, Anna has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions and injections for the sake of her sister's health. Now, when she must forgo the opportunity to go to a prestigious hockey camp in order to donate a kidney to her sister who has gone into renal failure, Anna decides that enough is enough and sues her parents (Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric) for medical emancipation. Alec Baldwin co-stars as Campbell Alexander, the attorney who takes on Anna's case.
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