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Where restraint might have raised up My Sister's Keeper, a heavy hand has brought it down.
I found the movie to be really tough and challenging and enjoyable.
I have a heart. I just don't want schlock.
My Sister's Keeper targets tear ducts so ruthlessly, it might as well be sponsored by Kleenex.
Uneven but deeply moving.
A surprisingly lovely movie about an absolutely awful subject, My Sister's Keeper features what also may be the year's first performance worthy of Oscar mention.
Tearjerker that aims for rarefied feelings as well as knee-jerk, sentimental moments.
On a second viewing, this became worse, and I began to resent the film for how gratuitous it became.
My Sister's Keeper is a committee-approved nerve-snapper that, much like its main character, has been genetically engineered to MAKE! YOU! CRY!
Strong performances, and a subtle script make director Cassavetes film one of the better tearjerkers of the year...
The film has its flaws and swims in meticulously crafted schmaltz... yet also has well-conceived tender moments hiding in the fringes.
My Sister's Keeper demands nothing less than a tidal wave of tears.
...blatantly, shamelessly gushy and gooey, playing false at every move with every character. (Blu-ray Edition)
The film has a profound and compelling premise. Regrettably, it seems intent on being about everything but that premise.
I tried to keep an open mind, hoping something would win me over. It didn't happen.
A gut-wrenching tearjerker with a decent chance of landing on this critic's annual 10 Best List.
Remarkable in concept and utterly exquisite in its execution, this domestic drama at the deeply conflicted crossroads of family wounds and medical healing, would have baffled even Solomon as to the ultimate value of a child.
[I]ntelligent, moving and even occasionally funny, although you might want to bring along a few tissues just in case.
Cassavetes...shows great skill in weaving bright moments -- even an adolescent romance -- into the gloom. It's still bittersweet, but like mass-produced crème caramel, never too bitter.
[Cassavetes] refuses to let the material speak for itself, putting a famous-for-making-women-cry song behind almost every scene, and lingering on every sentimental moment.
Bring the tissues. This film works.
What starts as an exploration of the ethics of organ-donation and genetic selection, rapidly disintegrates into a sloppy, unstructured, tear-jerking mess.
There's no question that this is a really intriguing drama and a drama that I think deserved better treatment than it gets here because I think Nick Cassevetes -- I don't think he's a very good director, really.
There is a touch of contrivance to the set-up that is not totally convincing and the film avoids much of the ethical arguments in favour of family drama. But I must admit to being affected.
A morally ambiguous tearjerker with a twist.
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