My Sister's Keeper Trailer -- Film Based on Picoult Novel Opens Tomorrow

on June 25, 2009 at 4:36 PM

Huge Jodi Picoult fan here. If there's one author a mom should read to help her feel better about herself, she's the one.

If you've read any of her books, like My Sister's Keeper, the story of a girl who is conceived soley to be a medical donor for her sick older sister, and the first of her 16 novels to be made into a major film, you know what I'm talking about.

All of Picoult's books deal with the relationships between parents and their children, who all face some type of emotional or physical harm. Her message is the same: That no matter how much we try to do the right thing, how safe we try to keep our kids, how much we think we are aware of what's going on in their lives, something always comes along to prove us wrong.

In short, we're not perfect and there are so many things we cannot control that we might as well quit trying!

My Sister's Keeper opens in theaters tomorrow, June 26, and stars Alec Baldwin, Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric, and Abigail Breslin ("Little Miss Sunshine") as "Anna," the daughter caught in the middle of a huge medical, legal and ethical dilemma.

With a cast like that it's sure to be spectacular, but I'd totally recommend reading the book first. In classic Picoult style, you just won't see the ending coming.

About the author Cynthia Dermody

is The Stir's Managing Editor who has trophies in her home for her skills at the Irish Jig. She makes cupcakes with as many fattening ingredients as possible, doesn't comb her hair for months at a time, and was probably a faerie in a former life.

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Comments (5)

CARA2008

on Jun 25, 2009 at 10:05 PM

I started the book last night and couldnt put it down. I fell asleep and woke up and started reading again a few times. It was like I fell asleep and was dreaming the story so Id wake up and start reading Ha Ha. I doubt my husband will watch it with me so it will be one I sit and cry alone which is fine!

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luckyshamrock

on Jun 25, 2009 at 10:18 PM

The book is so awesome. Have tissues. I was bawling why reading it. My dh was just staring at me. I was like, "I am ok. Really, I am ok."

Jodi Picoult is amazing!!! Read the book then see the movie.

aurorabunny

on Jun 25, 2009 at 11:00 PM

I really need to read this book, I've been meaning to forever.

I don't know if I'll watch the movie, I just can't stand Cameron Diaz.

Freela

on Jun 25, 2009 at 11:17 PM

I love Jodi Picoult. My Sister's Keeper is an excellent book. I actually read it a few months after we went through a scare when my youngest was screened for retinoblastoma (a form of cancer in the eye.) Luckily she did not have cancer. But I think that experience being so fresh made this book even more emotional for me and I was very caught up in the story and the characters. That being said, I don't know that I'll see the movie. I find that a lot of what makes her books good is in internal life of the characters... something that is hard to translate into film. Even if I liked the movie, I doubt I would feel as immersed in it as I did reading the book.

AgentBrez

on Jun 26, 2009 at 1:13 PM

this is the first Picolt book ive read. i picked it up b/c ive heard so many good things about it, even before it was made into a movie. i read it in 2 days, i couldnt put it down! i dont know when im going to see it yet, or if ill have anybody to go with me. i dont care if i have to go alone, this is the first time in a really long time that im so excited about seeing a movie.