Alec Baldwin dressed as a pompous lawyer with a gay looking dog driving in slow motion out of the driveway while stupid emotional music plays? That scene summed it up for me. This is ridiculously forced and melodramatic. Just a painfully directed, hamfisted film for unintelligent middle aged women.

really bad song choices and certainly melodramatic at times but i thought it was good

Very touching,love it,treats death lightly.

Get your box of tissues ready because it is impossible to watch My Sister's Keeper without getting emotional. The plot of the movie is easy to follow and the film does a superb job of portraying the struggles that people with cancer have to face before death. Cameron Diaz along with the other actors all give such stellar performances and even won a Grammy for their roles in this movie. Even though this is an extremely sad film, it is a motivating story and I highly recommend watching it.

Gdybym nie wiedzial, ze jest ksiazka i gdyby mi jej nie opowiedziano... ...ale ogolnie w lepszej polowce.

The movie relies way too much on trying to make the viewer feel emotionally sad for its characters but that's primarily the reason it fails utterly. Everything about it was incredibly cheesy and forced which took away from any real emotion I might have with the characters. There were moments in the plot that came off as completely pointless and often times obnoxious and annoying. That moment where the protagionist dates that rebel cancer patient{LOL} was laughably pathetic.

"My Sister's Keeper suffers from sheer sloppiness of script that results in scenes of comedic frivolity coming off as screechingly forced." - Ryan Stewart

The only good thing I can say is that the acting is very strong.

Very touching and thought provoking movie. I liked that it explored the ethics of having a child in order to save an older sibling - and did it from the child's point of view. Be forewarned though, if you do get sucked in by this movie like I did...have some tissues handy.

It's been a while since I've watched a movie that tugged at the heart-strings like this one did. From the amazing acting performances to a very interesting storyline that isn't as predictable as I first thought it might be, this film pretty much has it all. It's great to see Cameron Diaz is a more serious role but in my eyes it was Sofia Vassilieva who stood out acting wise. Overall an amazing film that would hit close to home for anyone in similar situations with an ill child like Kate.

sad but good movie

Both Alec Baldwin and Abigail Breslin hold their own when they get screen time but it would be hard to see that as Nick Cassavetes was much more focused on bringing out the water works. Your hand is held throughout and nothing is interpreted hence the constant narration. Be prepared to cringe at the song choices. What a self indulged piece of crap.

This film literally reverses the ironic plot twist at the end of the novel. As the father of Dewey Cox would say: the wrong one died. Once again, Hollywood settles for easy tears instead of an ending that is tougher and ultimately more meaningful. But see the film anyway: there is lots of good acting in the service of some interesting ideas about parenting, medical responsibility, and what it is, exactly, that siblings owe each other.

An ultimately depressing story about a family trying to cope with a situation where one of their daughters is suffering from a deadly strain of leukemia. Despite some positively touching scenes between the family members, the movie suffers from a nihilistic humanist tone that results in a depressing ending.

A recipe for a Lifetime Channel movie, with an extra cup of butter in Caleb Deschanel's lighting. Outside of the never-say-die mother, the drama is designed for minimum stickiness and maximum lubrication. Indeed, the dilemma could have been cleared up with a simple family conference in lieu of a court date. Compared with the other tearjerking tactics, the interlude of teen romance between the sick sister and a fellow cancer patient is persuasively gentle.

Don't forget the kleenex on this one. To be fair, the plot blurb is a little off putting, but this movie shines. Great for girl's night in. Very good acting by all involved.