Product Details

• Actors: Kathy Bates, Elizabeth Perkins, Clark Gregg, Kathleen Wilhoite, Kimberly J. Brown
• Directors: Ron Lagomarsino
• Writers: Margaret Moorman, Susan Tarr
• Producers: Art Levinson, Brent Shields, Lynn Arost, Richard Welsh
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Hallmark
• VHS Release Date: June 18, 2002
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000065U58
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,254 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NAMI Media Award Winner, November 28, 2003

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This review is from: My Sister's Keeper [VHS] (VHS Tape)

NAMI: The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness (www.nami.org) honored this movie with a 2001 Outstanding Media Award. it's excellent. A non-stereotyped portrayal of a person with mental illness and an at times difficult, but loving relationship with her sister. A true story. Book by the same name. It both opens minds and entertains. Great acting by Kathy Bates: an informative contrast to her role in the movie Misery.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Sister's Keeper, February 14, 2010

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TREND700 "TREND700" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Sister's Keeper (DVD)

Christine, who since childhood has suffered from a debilitating mental illness. Spending most of her life in and out of various institutions, Christine has long yearned for independence, but is unable to wrest free of her controlling mother, Helen. Upon Helen's death, her other daughter, Judy, a successful, self-absorbed art director who has deliberately distanced herself from her family, is appointed trustee of the troubled Christine. The rest of the movie chronicles Judy's frustrated efforts to balance her sister's needs with her own, and Christine's ongoing ambition to stand on her own two feet. This movie does an excellent job of conveying the conflicts that exist among the mentally ill and their families, without beating the viewer over the head with a sentimental sledgehammer, or falling into the all-too-familiar trap of turning mental illness into great melodrama. This movie is very touching and moving. The acting is superb. An excellent movie and a outstanding Hallmark production. This is definitely a must-see movie.

5.0 out of 5 stars My Sister's Keeper, August 13, 2011

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busylizzie - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Sister's Keeper (DVD)

The movie was in excellent shape and came in time [2 days] to show to my group. It was sbout a mentally ill sister and how she was treated by family members and society. We need to erase stigma against mental illness--these people have a hard enough time already.