This one is a keeper.

''Most babies are accidents. Not me. I was engineered. Born to save my sister's life.''

Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.

Abigail Breslin: Andromeda 'Anna' Fitzgerald

My Sister's Keeper is a detailed look at life, cancer and accepting death. Reminded me of The Fountain, but obviously this is a very true to life portrait and mirage of character and family.
We are treated to a very slow, graceful interpretation of what it is to be powerless against what will be and what is. My Sister's Keeper effortlessly does not hold back from getting it's hands dirty emotionally or playing on it's audiences hopes and fears.
We are given each character, accompanied with a title on screen and narration to help us link and study there train of thought, their mindset and focus on the goings on that entwine them.

''Do I look pretty daddy?''

I never thought I would say this but Cameron Diaz is a big surprise for me here. Cameron Diaz as the mother, Sara Fitzgerald is one of the finest roles I have seen her play. This isn't a poorly constructed comedy piece, which usually Diaz is known to grace with her presence, this isn't an animated series of diluted meaning, but a character who really comes to life, with an unprecedented anger rivaled bar none. Diaz shows us a mother unwilling to give up for her child, making choices even at the expense at her other daughter, but these choices are all valid in giving us an understanding of why and how.
Abigail Breslin shines like she did in Little Miss Sunshine and it's obvious this girl is going to grow into an adult version of talented stardom. She is absolutely compelling anytime she graces the screen, especially her interaction with Alec Baldwin who also excels with his Lawyer Campbell Alexander role.
Sofia Vassilieva as Kate Fitzgerald, is really the sinking of the titanic, she is so believable, and so tear inducingly ill-like in her performance you can't help but share anguish that her and her family feel as events transpire. This is a selfless character brought to life in an array of tragedy and remorse, of energized spirit and a hope that precedes any obstacle.

I could safely say My Sister's Keeper would be a hard film for anyone to watch again due to it's upsetting nature. At times I felt I could not watch due to the slow pacing, for example a picture album is repeatedly shown which really for me slowed the story down. Another thing that annoyed me was the amount of time spent showing Kate and her boyfriend Taylor, but this was only a few circumstances, the romance was a vital part of a bigger story, the content another version entirely.
Overall My Sister's Keeper is a moving tale of life, controversial issues such as test tube baby donors, and the moral implications of choice and free will. The frailties of our bodies and the time we have alloted can never be fully known, My Sister's Keeper reminds us that none of us know how much time we have, how much time our loved ones have, but it teaches us that we should be happy with the time we have been given and to cherish every last moment. The action of fighting up river against a raging torrent of water is sometimes easily conquered by not engaging in a fruitless battle, but merely going along with the flow, accepting what is and rejoicing in the present.

''Life goes on...''

8/10