My Sister's Keeper (2009)

7.3PG-13109 minDirector: Nick Cassavetes

2009 film by Nick Cassavetes

My Sister's Keeper is a 2009 American legal melodrama film directed by Nick Cassavetes and starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Sofia Vassilieva, and Joan Cusack. Based on Jodi Picoult's 2004 novel of the same name, which is also based on Marissa and Anissa Ayala.

On June 26, 2009, the film was released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film grossed $92.7 million against a $30 million budget while receiving mixed reviews from critics.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is My Sister's Keeper about?
My Sister's Keeper (2009) — In Los Angeles, the eleven year old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister. She tells the lawyer the story of her family after the disco
Is My Sister's Keeper based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is My Sister's Keeper scary?
Content rating: PG-13. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.