Monday, April 5, 2010

My Sister's Keeper


 My sister's keeper is the one of my favorite movies. This movie was released on 26, June, 2009, by Nick Cassavetes. There is a original novel 'My Sister's Keeper' written by Jodi Picoult. It tells the story of one girl who is 13-year-old Anna. She sues her parents for medical emancipation when she is expected to donate a kidney to her sister Kate, who is dying from leukemia. Anna was conceived to be a donor who could save Kate's life. Anna is usually willing to donate whatever Kate needs, but a kidney transplant would be a major surgery for not only Kate, but Anna as well and living with one kidney would affect her greatly. Anna eventually petitions for medical emancipation so that she will be able to make her own decision concerning donating a kidney to Kate, who is experiencing renal failure. Sara, her mother, is an ex-lawyer and decides to represent herself and her husband in the lawsuit. She continually attempts to convince Anna to drop the suit, but Anna refuses to do so.
 The movie starred Cameron Diaz as Sara and Alec Baldwin as Campbell. Kate and Anna were played respectively by Sofia Vassilieva and Abigail Breslin. The film, with an alternate ending and more emphasis on certain subplots while entirely eliminating others, has significant differences from the novel.
 I read the book and watched the movie both. There are a little differences between book and film, but both of them are deeply moving, touching, and impressive evenly. I do like any kind of movies and books. Especially, however, I love something about love and which has deep impression, like my sister's keeper.

1 comment:

  1. 23. medical emancipation -> a medical emancipation
    24. between book and film -> between the book and film

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