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Show fie-- ff a I WESTMINSTERFORUM.NET No inspiration in depressing tear jerker A staff writer's review of "My Sister's Keeper" Whitney Roseborough Staff Writer Looking for a great escape? Go to the movies. In these hard economic times, we are all looking for a place to escape the harsh realities of real life, to get away from the troubles of school, work and social life. What better way to escape than at the movies, where you can immerse yourself for two hours in a world that is not your own. Whether its a comedy to lift your spirits, a romance to make you believe in love again or a drama to help you realize you do not have it so bad, every movie allows for a chance to get away. As college students, the dollar theater gives us a chance to go enjoy a good flick without paying the $8.50 ticket price. I went to Sugarhouse Movies 10 for a little escape to see My Sisters Keeper, the latest film from the director of The Notebook, Nick Cassavetes. The film stars Cameron Diaz (What Happens in Vegas), Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin (The Cooler, TVs 30 Rock), Jason Patric (In the Valley of Elah), Sofia Vassilieva (TVs Medium) and two-tiAcademy Award nominated Joan Cusack (In and Out, Working Girl). The movie is based on the novel My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult. The movie portrays a family struggling with a daughter, who is dying of leukemia. Sara Fitzgerald, played by Diaz, is an overprotective mother, who is willing to do anything, even give birth to a genetically engineered child, Anna (Breslin). Anna will give her sister, Kate (Vassilieva) organs, tissues and bone V me marrow to keep her alive. The younger sister, Anna is forced to be a human pin cushion from birth to help her sister stay alive. Anna, at age 11, seeks legal help from a lawyer (Baldwin) to be medically emancipated from her parents. With complex emotional and ethical twists and turns the film shows a family torn apart and brought together by the same terrible disease. In her tme form Abigail Breslin as Anna, brings a sweet, warm and fun spirit to the screen. But unlike s t I previous films, she shows a new side of maturity and transforms from a child star into a wonderful young actress. Diaz also comes out of her usual element of the pretty, successful socialite and takes on a complicated and sophisticated character. She makes Fitzgerald very real to life and relatable. I loved her because she was a strong, passionate mother fighting for her daughter, and I hated her at the same time, because of that same else in her family. passion she couldnt see the pain she was causing everyone The acting was beautifully done. However, I believe the story was trying too hard to pull on the heart stings of the audience. It was as if the only goal of the movie was to make me cry. I understood when I went to see this movie that it was feel uplifted and inspired. To going to be sad, but I was also hoping in the end to to sad then back to depressing my disappointment the movie went from depressing with no light at the end of the drama filled tunnel. the My Sisters Keeper is not the movie to go see, but bottom line going to movies is always a good experience to get away from reality even if the movie isnt a break and go see a quite up to par. So whatever flick you choose, give yourself movie. Its only $1.50, what have you got to lose? re i n j Sofia Vassilieva and Abigail Breslin show the meaning of sisterly love in SEPTEMBER 15, 1 k My Sister's Keeper. 2009 |