Show My Sisters Sister's Keeper will keep you crying Stephen Walker alker Contributing u Writer All those currently currently currently cur cur- unaware of Jodi critically ac claimed tear tear jerking jerking novel My Sisters Sister's Keeper get ready to be put on an emotionally emotionally- vivid roller vivid roller of a ride A film inspired by bythe bythe bythe the novel may go down downin in history as one of the biggest tear-duct tear drainers drain drain- ers of all time That is for those who haven't read the best seller which has a dramatically dramatically dramatically cally different ending I was one of the only guys who viewed the film during the given showing The audience which consisted mostly of middle-aged middle wo women en tended to be distracting distracting distracting distract distract- ing with their weeping honking nose blowing and sobbing Like Twilight Twilight Twilight Twi light with its obnoxious obnoxious obnoxious ious squealing teenage girls the m movie vi may be 1 better H once t 11 1 IS out Ull on DVD far away from all of the sobbing women Motion pictures based on books tend to upset many readers when they are drastically ly changed If you are a afan afan afan fan of the original novel the films film's ending may prove a disappointment The film follows Anna Fitzgerald Abigail Breslin a genetically genetically- conceived tube test-tube baby born with the sole purpose of saving her sister Kates Kate's life Kate Sofia suffers suffers suffers suf suf- fers from a deadly form of leukemia and needs constant donations from her younger sister to live Kates Kate's life is totally dependent on her younger sister The year old Anna grows tired of constantly being under the knife and wants to live the life she wants She hires an acclaimed attorney Campbell Alexander Alexander Alexander Al Al- Alec Baldwin for a mere to sue her parents for medical emancipation and the rights to her own body We VVe observe as Kates Kate's greatest and most tragic memories are flashed back to watching watching watching watch watch- ing her journey through her difficult life life from from chemotherapy appointments appointments appointments appoint appoint- ments to a new boyfriend boyfriend boyfriend boy boy- friend to the death o othe of f the boyfriend and trips with family to the beach Her mother Mrs Sara Fitzgerald Cameron Cameron Cameron Cam Cam- eron Diaz gives up her law career and dedicates dedicates dedicates dedi dedi- cates her life to trying to save Kate from dying Furious at Anna blaming blaming blaming blam blam- ing her for not loving her sister she resumes her law and challenges her daughter in Judge De Salvos Salvo's Joan Cusack Cusack Cusack Cu- Cu sack courtroom Meanwhile Meanwhile Meanwhile Mean Mean- while Kate is suffering from kidney failure and near death Warning in this movie motives change and things are never what they seem The Director Nick Cassavetes The Notebook Alpha Dog overdid the cuts between present and fu future future future fu- fu ture and he also over- over tt J J dd i th M f sAr T Th I tr tre e i UIG un e UV l 1111 is caused the film to be confusing at times The cutting between past present and future made the plot difficult to fol fol- low The stopped the emotional flow of the film and drew the audience away from what was happening not allowing the film build upon itself Nevertheless less the films film's s 's extremely talented cast cast made up for forthe forthe forthe the directors director's blunders The most notable notable notable no no- table Sofia The Medium on NBC is likely to receive some Oscar nods of approval for her authentic performance performance performance mance as Kate In order to play the role she had to shave all her hair and eyebrows off She not only looked the part but she acted the part with disturbing precision She appears so fragile and vulnerable Her radiating radiating radiating ing of physical pain and the emotional pain as she blames herself for her nonfunctional family family family fam fam- ily can be felt through the big screen Kate becomes someone up- up close and personal someone who shouldn't have to go through what she is going through Actors Breslin Diaz Baldwin and Cusack Cusack Cusack Cu- Cu sack also break through on screen with a passion and emotional connection connection connection tion I have never seen them display on cam cam- era This is Diaz's first deeply dramatic role and she plays the most convincing overprotective overprotective overprotective obsessive and worried mother since Frances McDormand's role in the critically acclaimed acclaimed acclaimed ac ac- claimed 2000 hit film Almost Famous Mrs Fitzgerald Diaz comes to life on onscreen onscreen onscreen screen when she finds out that her husband breaks Kate out from the hospital to take her to the beach Mrs Fitzgerald goes ballistic She rants and raves trying to force him to take Kate back The emotion is tive Mrs Fitzgerald screams and cusses at atthe atthe atthe the top of her lungs Mr F Tt 1 I o t-m t i A o b hl r ro o k lajU argues ua ac 1 that he will divorce her unless she comes with them as Kate is desperate desper desper- ate to have one more day with a happy family Prepare to get knocked off your pedestal tal upon the viewing of My Sisters Sister's Keeper The film contains striking striking striking ing realism that brings both the pain and terror of disease front and cen cen- ter The film presents the audience with the notion that these events could happen to any family It also chews over ethical issues like genetic In Vi Vitro tro fertilization and controversially controversially controversially con con- the correct age when parents should lose control over their childs child's medical issues For the people out there looking for an emotional emotional emotional emo emo- outlet this weekend weekend weekend week week- end My Sisters Sister's Keeper Keeper Keeper Keep Keep- er is the movie for you My Sisters Sister's Keeper is minutes minutes minutes min min- utes long and is rated PG 13 for mature thematic thematic thematic the the- matic content some disturbing images sensuality sensuality sensuality sen sen- language and brief teen drinking |