6.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.1
Overview
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The parents' desperate decision raises both ethical and moral questions and rips away at the foundation of their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that threatens to tear the family apart, while revealing surprising truths that challenge everyone's perceptions of love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores the complex ethical dilemma of a 'savior sibling' and a minor's right to bodily autonomy, consciously balancing the desperate love of parents with the individual rights of their child, thereby focusing on the emotional and human aspects of an impossible situation rather than promoting a specific political ideology.
The movie primarily features traditional casting with a predominantly white main cast, without explicit race or gender swaps for traditionally white roles. Its narrative focuses on a family drama, neither critiquing traditional identities nor making explicit DEI themes central to the story.
Secondary
The film "My Sister's Keeper" primarily focuses on a family's struggle with a child's illness and ethical dilemmas. There are no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes present in the narrative, resulting in no depiction of queer identity.
My Sister's Keeper does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or explore themes related to transgender identity. The narrative is entirely focused on a family's medical and ethical challenges, rendering the framework for trans portrayal inapplicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "My Sister's Keeper" is an adaptation of Jodi Picoult's novel. All major characters, including Anna, Kate, Sara, Brian, and Jesse Fitzgerald, retain their established genders from the source material in the movie adaptation.
The film adapts the novel without altering the established racial identities of its main characters. All key characters, including the Fitzgerald family, are consistently portrayed as white in both the source material and the screen adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.3
7.4
Critic Ratings
4.7
5.1
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