My Sister's Keeper

The Sisters

The most recent movie I have watched.
This movie is based on its novel.

The Story

The movie start with Anna (the youngest sister) narrating on her views on pregnancy, it is either coincidence or planned. Anna is basically a genetically engineered child. She mentioned she had a purpose to come into this world.

Kate (the eldest daughter) suffers from leukemia. Anna is genetic copy of her sister Kate. Kate basically needs Anna as a genetically live support. As early as Anna was born months after they have started taking whatever sister Kate needs to save her elder sister.

The Fitzgerald family includes their Dad Brian a fireman, Mother Sara was a lawyer and Brother Jesse. The decision of bring Anna to this world is suggested by the doctor of Kate. Anna is basically an engineered donor child. To donate her organs to help Kate live on.

The movie shows us the views and the past of each role. Jesse is often alone as the family has to watch over Kate.

It also include love story of Kate. Kate met Taylor during 1 of her treatment. They felled in love and went out together after exchanging contact numbers. Unfortunately Taylor passed away not long after.
Anna went to a well known lawyer to sue her parents and want to have rights of her own body and not to let her mother taking away her organs anymore. The lawyer accepted her case.

Of course, they went to law court, her mother was self defending, the Father soon to realise that Anna is also a child a normal child who wants to live life like other kids enjoying the world. Brian and Jesse appeared in the court and the truth of suing Sara also made known after lots of quarrel.

Kate directed Anna to do so, she wants Anna to live a proper life and she suffered a lot from the illness and she does not want to suffer anymore.
After Kate’s death, the family live on and every year on her birthday they go to Montana, which was her "most favorite place in the world".


My Views

I think that the story is quite true; when there is a family member who are seriously ill, similar things will happen. Whether to struggle and live on or let go of the burden, brings a lot of dilemma. Donating of organs from loved ones is alright. But I am against of creating a child for specially donating to someone even if it is a relative working like a “dedicated” donor. Kate protected her sister, release her family from “troubles” and also stop her long battle with the illness. Before her death, she had an enjoyable moment at the beach with her dearest family. I felt that Anna is somehow continuing her life for Kate and herself. Her parents also put more attention on both Anna and Jesse after years of battle for their eldest sister.
Actually, there is difference in the story in film and the novel. In novel, Anna met an accident and had brain dead, donates her organ to Kate. Kate lives on.