Why so much hype?

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

While the movie does take a few aspects from the book it fails at being a true adaptation. From leaving out critical storylines to the horrible ending, it's hard to stomach how they butchered this story. The poetic ending of the book is gone. You are left with sappy Hollywood mush.

My Sisters Keeper is a very emotional, touching film. Cameron Diaz, Joan Cusack, Abigail Breslin, and Sofia all give great performances here. The storyline was very well told and the movie never dragged it had a nice pacing all the way through. The writing here is very good and it says so much about the characters involved. Kates character here is so lovely and beautiful and it's a joy to see her on screen, especially the scenes that involve her and her love Taylor, I was so happy that she got to have the love of her life before she died, and them making love in that hospital bed was just so sweet and touching. You definitely don't want to be in the mood for a happy go lucky light hearted movie, because this movie is very heavy and deals with so many sad issues. Yes, the ending to this movie is very sad but it is also very meaningful says a lot about Kates character and what kind of person she was. This is not a great knock it out of the park movie, but it certainly is one that I suggest to people looking for a good touching drama. 8/10 for my sisters keeper.

Let's face it, some books are better not having film adaptations. This is no exception. The screenplay's a mess, the pacing is all over the place and the characters (apart from Kate and Anna) really aren't very likable. I mean I get it, the mother was supposed to be this die hard tenacious woman trying to save her daughter, but she comes off more as a maniac who is willing to kill everyone and everything to save her daughter, including the people around her. Cameron Diaz just doesn't convince me as the mother and what makes it worse is in the midst of being a maniac she tries to slip in quirky jokes that are flat as pancakes. As for the rest of the cast, I mean Abby Breslin is fine as Anna and is even right on the money with the part, but the script she's given is so bad that it squanders that talent. Sofia Vassilieva as well. She owns her part, but again the script kills her acting. The rest of the cast is just a range of big names from Alec Baldwin to Emily Deschanel to Joan Cusack to even E.G. Daily as nothing more than two dimensional characters who show up for a few scenes to pad out the movie. The film repeatedly switches between failed comedy and heavy handed emotionally manipulative scenes. Seriously, are you trying to make us laugh or cry?So I'd say avoid this. It rings hollow and most of the movie feels like filler. Like I said, there are lots of movies that do well coming off of books, but this isn't one of them.

An incredibly overrated film that I cannot see as anything but a complete mess that relies on nothing but a hard-hitting topic, in which's only existence is to produce tears. The cinematography is bland and ugly (I did not like the overuse of the soft golden lighting). The acting is often questionable, as is the scripting. Not to mention the absolute mess of a narrative that jumps all over the place constantly in a failed attempt to be arty, but doesn't have any effect other than confusing the plot. Characters are dull and have barely any actual realism to them; the same goes for the characters' relations and interactions with one another (Kate and her "boyfriend" come across as cheesy, unlikeable and totally forced; only distracting us further from the main story). I'm sorry, but the film is like a comedy that tries time and time again to make its audience laugh, but only succeeds once or twice towards the end (making a film and repeatedly trying to make it sad straight off from the moment it begins isn't making a good film - it's just like a first draft script where the producers were like "What would be a good, hard hitting scene?" and adding all of them into the first hour-or-so without making them actually work by working on making the actual characters feel real and likable). It's just not a well made film at all.Although I didn't mind the Saul Goodman-like lawyer too much :pOverall rating: 1.8/10 (...I gave the Nic Cage Wicker Man a higher rating...).