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Jun 24, 2009 · The spare child. 109 minutes ‧ PG-13 ‧ 2009. Roger Ebert. June 24, 2009. 4 min read. Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva and Evan Ellingson in "My Sister's Keeper." “My Sister’s Keeper” is an immediate audience-grabber, as we learn that an 11-year-old girl was genetically designed as a source of spare parts for her dying 16-year-old sister.
The tale, told from multiple points of view, centers on a teenager with leukemia, Kate, and her younger sister, Anna, who was conceived solely to be a possible donor match for her dying big sister ...
Jan 15, 2024 · This movie is, on the surface, about an 11-year-old girl named Anna Fitzgerald (Abigail Breslin) who is trying to legally bar her parents from forcing her to donate any more of her body to her leukemic sister, Kate (Sofia Vassilieva). However, deeper beneath, this story is actually about grief and death, and what not coming to terms with those things can do to people and families.
A new spin on the disease of the week Lifetime movie has been scripted by Jeremy Leven and Nick Cassavetes (based on the best-selling novel by Jodi Picoult) in My Sister’s Keeper. Instead of just tossing about how a family copes with a sick or dying loved one, this adds in a twist of also having a genetically engineered child whose sole purpose is to donate organs to help the ailing sibling.
- Nick Cassavetes
- PG-13
- Abigail Breslin
- Introduction
- Plot
- My Sister’S Keeper Ethical Analysis
- Conclusion
- Works Cited
‘My Sister’s Keeper’, directed by Nick Cassavetes, was released in June 2009. The film is an emotional journey. It revolves Anna Fitzgerald, a teenage girl conceived for her gravely ill sister as a blood and marrow donor who has endured countless operations and medical procedures. While the life of Kate, the oldest daughter, has been extended, Anna...
Kate was diagnosed with leukemia when she was two years old. She has a difficult time performing her responsibility as a ‘big sister’ because Anna is repeatedly the one giving to her. Anna is known as the ‘savior baby,’ the one able to keep Kate alive, which explains the chosen title, ‘My Sister’s Keeper.’ Anna starts out leading the audience to be...
This film poses complex moral issues, from the ethics of genetic engineering. The film does not promote ‘savior babies,’ but it does question the genetic engineering activity to generate a new life. Anna’s existence is ethically and morally questionable. Savior babies are described as ‘infants born to have HLA compatible sections of the body, usual...
This film poses several medical, ethical, and social concerns but is justified. The film values life, despite the hardships of fate. Anna issues the lawsuit, not for herself, but Kate, although it raises concerns, and was excruciating for her to make the choice she took. She did the ethical thing to do for Kate. Under a situation like this, the fil...
Cassavetes, N. (Director). (2009). My Sister's Keeper [Motion picture]. Warner Bros. Pictures.Daniels, M. (2004). Moral conflict and metaphysical ambiguity in "My Sister's Keeper". Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine, 3(2-3), 183-197.Delaney, C. (2009). "My Sister's Keeper": A moral exploration. American Journal of Bioethics, 9(8), 52-53.Fletcher, J. C. (2005). Moral virtues and moral principles: A dialogue from the movie "My Sister's Keeper". Ethics, 116(2), 377-397.Jun 13, 2014 · Amanda’s Adaptations – My Sister’s Keeper: Book Vs Film. by. Amanda Keats. Jun 13, 2014. Jodi Picoult is a bestselling author and with good reason. She has broken the mould of nice and neat ...
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If you haven't seen/watched it, the basic plot involves the main character, 13-year-old Anna, suing her family for medical autonomy. Her sister Kate has leukemia, and Anna was specifically born to provide blood/marrow donations and similar things to Kate.
