My Sister's Keeper - Movie Review Example

Kate Fitzgerald was diagnosed with a terminal form of Leukemia at an early age and was not expected to live past the age of 5 without a proper organ donor to help her out. With that in mind, her parents agree to conceive a genetically engineered child whose sole purpose in life would be to "help" her sister survive. The film tries to take a deeper and more intimate look into how the illness of one child can manage to rip a family part at its seams. Sara, played by Cameron Diaz is the overly affected mother who will do anything to save the life of her eldest daughter Kate.

Keeping the above information in mind, I shall evaluate this movie based on the following criteria: - A possibility of the story actually happening in real life; - character and event portrayals in the movie as compared to the original book counterparts;  - current medical emancipation laws in the state of California in relation to the movie. All of the above questions or criteria will show us how the rights of a minor are just as important as the rights of an adult. Even more important because they rely on their parents to protect their rights.

The movie was partly based on the story of the Ayala sisters, whose parents used the placental cord cells of second sister Marissa - Eve in order to put the Leukemia of older sister Anissa into remission. However, Marissa was not conceived as a designer baby the way Anna was in the movie. The movie, took reality one step further in order to create more dramatic tension between the players which, if you ask me, was a bit of an overkill since the topic of death and survival is already morose as it is.