EssenceStory Well Deserved Praise

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

joanneandkidz No where near as good as the book, the film misses most of the key points and changes far too much of the story!

aarongrierson-79741 *WARNING - MASSIVE SPOILERS IN BOTH BOOK AND MOVIE AHEAD!!!*Well, we're watching this movie in school because we're talking about donor siblings. There were, give or take, 10 girls in my class, and I think all of them cried at some point. But I just sat there, mouth agape, wondering how this movie could be worse than "The Notebook".Its main problem is that it doesn't really follow the book at all. In the end of the book, Anna is involved in a car crash after winning her case and, while she is brain dead, her lawyer, turned attorney, makes an arrangement to give Kate her sister's kidney. Kate recovers but Anna dies. In the movie, Kate dies. There, that's it. Maybe they thought Anna's death in the book was too upsetting for the movie, and by all means I can understand that, but it's a core part of the book that Kate recovers. It would have given the movie a feel-good look, that cancer doesn't always equal a death sentence. Instead, they kill off Kate, and it doesn't feel right.Cameron Diaz isn't very convincing either. The movie seems much more interested in making you cry than giving a story that seems believable.All in all, this isn't the worst movie I have ever seen, but there are some very major flaws. I wouldn't recommend it if you're a big fan of the novel, because they botch it up here in the movie.

Davis P My Sisters Keeper is a very emotional, touching film. Cameron Diaz, Joan Cusack, Abigail Breslin, and Sofia all give great performances here. The storyline was very well told and the movie never dragged it had a nice pacing all the way through. The writing here is very good and it says so much about the characters involved. Kates character here is so lovely and beautiful and it's a joy to see her on screen, especially the scenes that involve her and her love Taylor, I was so happy that she got to have the love of her life before she died, and them making love in that hospital bed was just so sweet and touching. You definitely don't want to be in the mood for a happy go lucky light hearted movie, because this movie is very heavy and deals with so many sad issues. Yes, the ending to this movie is very sad but it is also very meaningful says a lot about Kates character and what kind of person she was. This is not a great knock it out of the park movie, but it certainly is one that I suggest to people looking for a good touching drama. 8/10 for my sisters keeper.

leatantrum I've read the book, of course the ending in the movie disappointed. Don't get me wrong it is a very good movie and the acting is breathtaking, but the characters aren't seen in as much depth as the book and that does ruin it a bit. (for example Jesse's drug issue, Brian's love of astronomy, how Sara initially sent Anna away to give blood to Kate right after her birth). the fact that Kate dies is predictable and Sara's character in the book is very different from the one in the film, in the novel Anna dies, it is a painless death, how she went from healthy to on the verge of death in one page shows how death is unpredictable on the other hand Kate looks like a corps, you already know she is dead before she actually is. do you get me? Now i am not saying this film isn't good, because it is, but as a person who has read the book it didn't meet my expectations. the prologue of the book is haunting,