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My Sister's Keeper: Movie Analysis
My Sister’s Keeper is a movie that introduces the world to the Fitzgerald family with its countless imperfections. The family carries some guilt when it comes to their youngest daughter Anna; who was genetically created to donate things such as blood and bone marrow to her older sister Kate, who has cancer. With tears and laughs, the film, My Sister’s Keeper, captured thousands of hearts across America with its incredible acting, capturing introduction, flash-back imagery and shady realness. My Sister’s Keeper has many well know actors, including Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Jason Patric, Emily DesChanel and many more. The main character, Kate Fitzgerald is played by Abigail Breslin; the Mom of the film, Sara Fitzgerald, is portrayed by Cameron
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