My Sister's Keeper
New Line Cinema | Release Date: June 26, 2009 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
18
Negative:
2
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88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The movie never says so, but it's a practical parable about the debate between pro-choice and pro-life. If you're pro-life, you would require Anna to donate her kidney, although there is a chance she could die, and her sister doesn't have a good prognosis. If you're pro-choice, you would support Anna's lawsuit. Read full review
88
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
The strength of the acting and the modulation of the screenplay transforms what could have been a run-of-the-mill Lifetime disease-of-the-week movie into something more insightful and intelligent. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
For all its awkward structure, the film is heartfelt and deeply affecting. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
A high-class weepie for adults who disdain the lower forms of four-hankiedom. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
If you're going to make a weepy, there's no reason you can't make it with intelligence and insight as the makers of My Sister's Keeper have done. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianStan Hall
The interesting ethical and moral issues of the situation are hashed out in courtroom scenes (with Joan Cusack as the judge!) that devolve into hysteria in jarring contrast to a sensitively handled death scene that soon follows. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Diaz gets her own voice-over monologue, as does Patric - the different points of view functioning like stanza refrains, born in shared familial anguish. Read full review
63
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike Scott
There's no point mincing words: My Sister's Keeper is a difficult film to watch. That's not to say it isn't well-assembled, well-cast or well-acted. Read full review
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