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My Sister's Keeper (2009) Rank 4 Reviews
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News Blaze
Remarkable in concept and utterly exquisite in its execution, My Sister's Keeper is a domestic drama at the deeply conflicted crossroads of family wounds and medical healing, that would have baffled even Solomon as to the ultimate value of a child. ...read the complete My Sister's Keeper movie review at News Blaze
News Blaze
Easily the most poignant picture of the year, achieved without resorting to manipulative soap opera devices. ...read the complete My Sister's Keeper movie review at News Blaze
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"My Sister's Keeper" is an immediate audience-grabber, as we learn that an 11-year-old girl was genetically designed as a source of spare parts for her dying 16-year-old sister. Yes, it's possible: in vitro fertilization assured a perfect match. ...read the complete My Sister's Keeper movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
Navigates a minefield of emotional explosives intelligently and sensitively, with excellent performances that strike the right balance between heartfelt and hand-wringing. ...read the complete My Sister's Keeper movie review at Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (Bruce Bennett)
Star Tribune
Uneven but deeply moving. ...read the complete My Sister's Keeper movie review at Star Tribune
Reel Film Reviews
...consistently manages to rise above its similarly-themed, undeniably low-rent brethren... ...read the complete My Sister's Keeper movie review at Reel Film Reviews
Toronto Star
With solid performances and an intelligent script, My Sister's Keeper offers a moving and powerfully realistic portrait of a family stalked by tragedy that somehow manages to emerge from crisis battered but intact. ...read the complete My Sister's Keeper movie review at Toronto Star
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
...consistently manages to rise above its similarly-themed, undeniably low-rent brethren... ...read the complete My Sister's Keeper movie review at Reel Film Reviews (David Nusair)
Kansas City Star
A film that overcomes an obscenely melodramatic setup to come by its tears honorably. ...read the complete My Sister's Keeper movie review at Kansas City Star
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by Tetramobile on July 17, 2009 New York, New York
My problem with this movie is that they changed it from the book. I don't know why they did it. Maybe they didn't think the audience could handle the real ending of the story, but why make a movie if you're going to change what people ...
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