Review: My Sister’s Keeper 05/07/2011

Okay, I know this movie has been out for a while, but bad marketing when it was released in Australia meant I skipped the cinematic screenings (about the only screening listed was a mums & babies screening, and I didn’t want to sit through a screening looking like the black sheep & in a room of crying babies).

So anyway, I finally got round to requesting this on my Fatso queue, and managed to watch it, and what can I say?  This movie is brilliant.

It’s complicated to understand, it doesn’t follow a beginning->middle->end storyline, it does jump around in time, but compared to films such as 500 Days of Summer, this film is rather easy to understand.  One could also argue that the film takes too long to introduce everyone, and that it’s rather slow to begin with, even though I agree that 10 minutes could have easily been shaved off, I wouldn’t want to see it removed, it sets up the mood of the film just right.

The film certainly makes up for the slightly slow beginning with excellent cinematography & musical choices, which makes me disappointed that it wasn’t nominated for any OSCAR-type awards, I really think the production crew & actors really deserved it.

The only thing I didn’t like about the film was Cameron Diaz, I don’t know if it was her or her character that makes me dislike the performance in the film, it just didn’t seem to mesh right.  Someone like Julia Roberts (main character of Erin Brockovich) for instance, to be would have been a better match of similar actors.  Of course it could be that I’ve fallen for a trap that the Director wanted viewers to fall into, hating the big evil mum that only cares about what she wants.

But really, I think the critics & IMDb are wrong, it’s far better than 7.1/10 & a Metascore of 51, I’d say 9/10 and if you haven’t seen it rent it or buy it.