MY SISTER’S KEEPER
MY SISTER’S KEEPER is another stunning acting triumph for the mature beyond her years Abigail Breslin. Also commendable in an acting stretch is Cameron Diaz who plays Sara Fitzgerald, an iron willed mother who abandons her successful law career to devote full time care to her oldest child Kate after her diagnosis of leukemia at a very young age. Kate has survived at least 10 years longer than expected thanks to her younger sister Anna (Breslin) who was genetically engineered by her parents to be the perfect match for Kate for whatever medical procedure prove necessary. However when Kate requires a kidney transplant the 11 year old Anna pulls in the reins and sues her parents for “medical emancipation” so they can no longer use her as a perpetual vault of sibling spare parts. Lost during all this infighting is middle child Jesse (Evan Ellingson) who is largely ignored at the expense of the symbiotic sisters and this causes a sidebar of teen angst. Also noteworthy is Sofia Vassilieva as Kate the stricken child who delivers a believable sunny disposition for her character whose daily challenge is just to survive. The story is emotional but not synthetic and rather than being an upgrade of a disease-of-the-week TV movie, there are complicated ethical issues on both sides of the argument so that it becomes difficult to point out the bad guy.