Release Date: 11/17/2009 Original Release: 2009 Format: DVD Length: 109 minutes Rating:PG-13 (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 794043132025 Studio: New Line Home Video
Dramas, Family Interaction, Live-Action, Illness, Theatrical Release, Parents, Based On A Novel
Description
THE NOTEBOOK's Nick Cassavetes directs another tearjerking literary adaptation with this drama based on Jodi Picoult's novel. Cameron Diaz takes a detour from comedy to play Sara, the domineering mother of Kate (Sofia Vassilieva, MEDIUM), a young girl with cancer. Sara's other daughter, 11-year-old Anna (Abigail Breslin), was conceived just to serve as a donor for her sick sister. On the outskirts of the family are father Brian (Jason Patric), who feels unable to stand up to his wife's strength, and son Jesse (Evan Ellingson), who craves attention in the face of Kate's illness. But the complicated situation gets more difficult when Anna hires a lawyer (played by the always excellent Alec Baldwin), so that she can control her own body and say "no" to giving a kidney to her sister.
Cassavetes and Picoult both traffic in tears, so MY SISTER'S KEEPER is a perfect match between director and source writer. Even the most jaded viewers will find it hard to keep their eyes dry in the face of this emotional family tragedy, so audiences are warned to have tissues parked next to their popcorn. This drama's stellar cast also includes Thomas Dekker as Kate's cancer-stricken love and Joan Cusack as the judge who presides over Anna's case.
DVD Features
Region 1 Note: Over 15 Minutes of Powerful Additional Scenes Dual Layer Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Spanish Subtitles - English, Spanish
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