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My Sister's Keeper

Overview


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

June 26, 2009

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Nick Cassavetes

Starring :

Sofia Vassilieva, Abigail Breslin, Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Thomas Dekker

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

“..too soft, too easy, and it dissolves like a tear-soaked tissue..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
2 of 4

“..operates like an emotional pyramid scheme..”
by Michael Sragow [Baltimore Sun]
2 of 4

“..only engenders a case of duct lock..”
by James Adams [Globe and Mail]
2 of 5

“..kind of drama-deceptively earnest, aggressively well-meaning-that is, in truth, exploitation in disguise..”
by Joe Neumaier [NY Daily News]
2 of 4

“..It's not very good..”
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]
4 of 5

“..it's just a good cry..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
3.5 of 5

“..Emotion is essentially forced out of viewers..”
by Randy Cordova [Arizona Republic]
“..could be a sleeper, especially as a femme-friendly alternative to the latest "Transformers."..”
by Justin Chang [Variety]
2 of 4

“..beautifully smooth and selectively highlighted..”
by Rafer Guzman [Newsday]
2 of 5

“..an overly sentimental movie-of-the-week..”
by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Mack Bates [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Scott Tobias [Onion AV Club]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
Reviewed by John Hazelton [Screen International]

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