This is film is absolutely beautiful and I think it is impossible to leave the cinema without a tear in your eye. It is based on the novel of the same name by Jodi Picoult.
Cameron Diaz is amazing in this, showing that she actually can act instead of playing the same comedic role in most of her rom-com type films. She plays Sara Fitzgerald, the mother of a child with leukaemia. When her daughter, Kate, is diagnosed with the disease, the doctor suggests having a donor child. This is where Anna comes in. She was genetically designed to have the exact same genes and blood type as Kate so that she could help her live. For example, she has given a kidney and some bone marrow. Anna has these taken away from her without being asked since she was a baby. The story begins with her asking a lawyer for help because she wants to be medically emancipated from her parents. This causes a massive rift in the family and they are torn in two. Should Sara be allowed to use her daughter for ‘parts’ like she has or should she let her other one die without them?
Throughout the film, we see how happy life was before Kate’s diagnosis and how it has changed the whole family’s life completely. Sara’s marriage is strained and she has given up her job to look after Kate full-time, which leaves Anna and her brother, Jesse feeling like they are loved less.
It really is a well told film and when you learn the concept of it, you know it will have a sad ending but I’m not giving anything anyway. Kate is such a strong character and how she gets through her ordeal is inspirational. Keep an eye out for Abigail Breslin, who plays Anna, she is absolutely brilliant, despite only being thirteen. Definitely watch this with some girls or your mum. 8/10
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