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Thursday, July 2, 2009
Movie Trailers / CL-TV Originals My Sister's Keeper: Worthy weeper
Posted By Christian Yoder on Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:24 PM
by Matt Brunson
Making a weepie for mass audiences can't be that hard: Just place a person in a tragic situation and steer clear of the resultant flood. But making a weepie that doesn't feel manipulative, exploitive or sloppily sentimental is another matter altogether. With My Sister's Keeper, an adaptation of Jodi Picoult's novel, director-cowriter Nick Cassavetes largely succeeds in respecting both his subject matter and his audience.
For the full review, click here.
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