I was probably one of the last people to see this film on its limited theatrical release. Its a shame to me that big budget films like Harry Potter, Star Trek and Terminator get all the headlines and box office while an excellent art house film like this is lost in the shuffle. A movie about a dying child doesn't have mass appeal and in fact if Cameron Diaz hadn't been in this film, I probably wouldn't even have gone to see it. I'm glad I did however because it is an awesome experience and the reason why people should go to the movies. I have always loved Cameron Diaz ever since I saw Charlie's Angels, in fact she is the only actress I have ever had a crush on. I think she is one of the most beautiful actresses of all time, if not the most and she proves in this film she is also an excellent actress as well. She plays a mother suffering a mother's worst nightmare, having a child dying of cancer. She finds out her daughter has leukemia at an early age and she and her husband bear another child for the express purpose of saving the first. Her young daughter eventually grows tired of the constant needles, pain and hospitals and seeks medical emancipation. Diaz's character just cannot accept the fact her child is dying and there is nothing anyone can do. She really makes you FEEL this poor woman's anguish. She has so many mind blowing scenes in this film I hope they remember her at Oscar time. At the same time, I am not taking anything away from the two young actresses who play the daughters. They really do an awesome job as well. They really do an awesome makeup job for the sick girl and she really LOOKS sick. After listening to his hate filled rant against his daughter, Alec Baldwin will never be a favorite of mine, however the jerk is a good actor and he has a great turn as the lawyer who helps the emancipated girl. Catch this film when it comes out on DVD and please have a box of tissues close by. I need to warn you that even though this is technically an excellent film, its very very sad. SPOILER ALERT, the young actress playing the sick girl has a touching deathbed scene in the end when she shows her mother the beautiful scrapbook she has put together.
Review of My Sister's Keeper
