Product Details

• Actors: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric
• Directors: Nick Cassavetes
• Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Dubbed: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 17, 2009
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (161 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001OQCV1K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,188 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "My Sister's Keeper" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

What keeps a family together? Nick Cassavetes, the director of The Notebook and John Q, again demonstrates his sure hand with tales of deep human emotion in this inspiring film about a loving family challenged - and united - by a child's illness. Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin and others in an exceptional cast bring sensitivity to the story of 11-year-old Anna Fitzgerald, conceived to be a donor for her leukemia-stricken sister, and who finally demands the right to control her own body. This act of free will may tear the Fitzgeralds apart. Or it may be the first step to a triumphant realization of devotion, dignity and what it means to be a family.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed August 17, 2012

By King Fan

Format:DVD

The best part of this story (the book) was the surprise ending--which was completely changed in the movie. SPOILER ALERT! In the book the younger sister got her medical emancipation. She was then in a car accident and her sister with cancer ended up getting her kidney (thanks to her attorney, now responsible for her medical decisions). The older sister ended up surviving and the younger sister did not. Why do they insist on changing good stories in Hollywood?????

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars disappointing ending June 18, 2011

By Cloggie Downunder

Format:DVD

This movie is based on Jodi Picoult's bestselling novel of the same title. The story begins with Anna Fitzgerald seeing a lawyer, Campbell Alexander, to sue her parents for the right to her own body. Anna was conceived to provide (initially) cord blood for her older sister Kate who has leukaemia. As she has grown up and as Kate's disease has progressed, more and more has been demanded of Anna's body for her sister. While a movie can never encompass all the content of a book, many of the main issues were covered in this film. Fans of the book will, however, very likely be disappointed with the ending: the twist that gave Picoult `s book the perfect ending was changed to a more Hollywood ending. Another drawback was the absence of one of Picoult's delightful humour devices in the book: all the purposes that Campbell comes up with for his dog, Judge. It also misses completely the angst of Anna and Kate's older brother, Jesse, as his life is put on hold for his sister. If you haven't read the book, you may well enjoy this movie. If you have read the book, only watch it if you don't mind Picoult's perfect ending being tampered with.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart Wrenching October 20, 2011

By D. Mikels

Format:DVD

Like the stubborn curmudgeon I am, I keep thinking that with each viewing of MY SISTER'S KEEPER I will finally be able to keep the emotions this film releases at arm's length and watch the movie strictly on its merits. What an idiot I am. Having viewed this film numerous times, I am just as emotionally moved--and drained--as I was when I first saw it in the cinema--when I sat a few rows back from a distraught teen girl who sobbed hysterically during the last half hour.

Sure, there are countless movies about disease, suffering, familial conflict, and death; so why does MY SISTER'S KEEPER strike such a resolute emotional chord? For me, it has to do with the five members of the Fitzgerald family; not only are they totally believable--in their actions and interactions--but they connect with the audience, and the film respects each character enough to allow him or her to be fully vetted and explored. The plot is, quite simply, titanic: Anna (Abigail Breslin), an 11-year-old girl who is a test tube baby brought into the world to donate body parts for her cancer-stricken sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva), suddenly retains an attorney (Alec Baldwin in, for once, a very likable role) to sue for medical emancipation from her parents, Sara and Brian (Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric). Of course the lawsuit throws the Fitzgeralds into further disarray, yet the story moves along beautifully despite all the conflict and turmoil, especially in the form of numerous flashbacks that serve to fill in the blanks for a family ultimately bonded--however dysfunctionally--through love.

I was, and am, extraordinarily moved by this film, whether it be via Anna's yearning for innocence lost, Brian's remarkable love and devotion to all of his family, brother Jesse's (Evan Ellingson) inner turmoil, or Sara's profound determination to save her daughter's life--no matter what the cost to the rest of the family. Through the depictions of these characters we forget we are watching a film; instead we feel we are privy to a front row seat as the Fitzgeralds struggle through an experience that can either bring them all together--or drive them forever apart. As compelling as it is poignant, MY SISTER'S KEEPER is an exceptional examination of human interaction and tragedy, with a silver lining of love and recollection. By all means, please see this movie.
--D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning