It doesn't matter whether you cry or not, life is beautiful

Lucile 2022-04-21 09:02:18

My sister's keeper... A test-tube baby born to save my sister from leukemia. She has provided her with various medical support and various cells since birth. When her sister's condition continued to deteriorate and her kidney failure needed a kidney transplant, the 11-year-old girl sued her mother to court to fight for control of her body and refused to give her sister a kidney transplant. In the final trial, the elder brother couldn't help but tell the truth. It was the elder sister who didn't want to continue doing unnecessary struggles and taught her how to help herself out of the pain. Through the monologues and memories of each family member, the film gradually forms a complete story. They all love each other deeply and are saving the family in their own way. It's not a tragedy, and I don't use crying as a sensational purpose. After reading it, I just feel that life is really beautiful! Cameron Diaz has few non-comedy roles, and the acting bursts seem to be very close to the actress.

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Extended Reading
  • Marvin 2022-03-27 09:01:09

    The death of a loved one is a test for everyone, and your choice determines your future life.

  • Madie 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    Touching; family; ethics; novel adaptation.

My Sister's Keeper quotes

  • [first lines]

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: When I was a kid, my mother told me that I was a little piece of blue sky that came into this world because she and Dad loved me so much. It was only later that I realized that it wasn't exactly true. Most babies are coincidences. I mean, up in space you've got all these souls flying around looking for bodies to live in. Then, down here on Earth, two people have sex or whatever, and bam, coincidence. Sure, you hear all these stories about how everyone plans these perfect families. But the truth is that most babies are products of drunken evenings and lack of birth control. They're accidents. Only people who have trouble making babies actually plan for them.

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: I, on the other hand, am not a coincidence. I was engineered. Born for a particular reason. A scientist hooked up my mother's eggs and my father's sperm to make a specific combination of genes. He did it to save my sister's life. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened if Kate had been healthy. I'd probably still be up in heaven or wherever, waiting to be attached to a body down here on Earth. But coincidence or not, I'm here.

  • Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: I want to sue my parents for the right to my own body.

    Campbell Alexander: Would you repeat that, please?

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: I want to sue my parents for the right to my own body. My sister has leukemia. They're trying to force me to give her my body parts.

    Campbell Alexander: You're supposed to give her a kidney?

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: She's been in renal failure for months now.

    Campbell Alexander: Well, no one can force you to donate if you don't want to, can they?

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: They think they can. I'm under 18, they're my legal guardians.

    Campbell Alexander: They can't do that.

    Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald: Well, I want you to tell them, because they've been doing it to me my whole life. I wouldn't even be alive if Kate wasn't sick. I'm a designer baby. I was made in a dish to be spare parts for Kate.