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MPAA Rating - NR

Length:
    99 Minutes

Genre:
    Drama

Original Release Date:
    Jun 18, 2002

Director
    Ron Lagomarsino

Cast
    Kathy Bates, Elizabeth Perkins, Lynn Redgrave

 
Movie Summary
Based on a true story, My Sisters Keeper stars Kathy Bates as Christine, who since childhood has suffered from a debilitating mental illness. Spending most of her life in and out of various institutions, Christine has long yearned for independence, but is unable to wrest free of her controlling mother, Helen (Lynn Redgrave). Upon Helens death, her other daughter, Judy (Elizabeth Perkins), a successful, self-absorbed art director who has deliberately distanced herself from her family, is appointed trustee of the troubled Christine. The rest of the film chronicles Judys frustrated efforts to balance her sisters needs with her own, and Christines ongoing ambition to stand on her own two feet. Though the filmed studiously avoids false sentiment and pathos, it still manages to touch even the hardest of hearts. Adapted from a book by Margaret Moorman, My Sisters Keeper was first seen as a CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation on January 27, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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