The film adaptation to the novel My Sister’s Keeper was very sentimental and touching. The film began with a medium shot of the main character Anna. Since the book was written in different point of views for each section, the first to narrate the story was Anna. Afterward to allow us to understand the story behind why she was born, we see extended flashback shots of memories that the family, mainly the two sisters had together. She narrates how she was an engineered baby who was brought to the world to save her sister. The music that was used during these particular scenes was sounds that gave you a very relaxing sense, allowing you or perhaps the characters in the movie to remember their memories.
When dialogue begins through the characters, we see Anna going to the local pawn shop to sell the necklace that was given to her for doing so many things for her sister. The use of a close up allows us to see the reaction of Anna when she was giving away the special necklace that was given to her. Whenever something occurs or bad news is given, the close up shot allows us to see the reaction of the character.
As Anna goes to Campbell Alexander to sue her parents for medical emancipation, we view this scene through medium shots. The use of the medium shot allows us to see the reaction as well as the actions they do when they hear the news. When the family hears the news of Kate locking her in her room they all ran up to the room and a dolly shot was used to show them running and the camera is following them. Since Kate was now in relapse again, the parents were talking to the doctors in the room about Kate so they could do something to help benefit her, a long shot is used to show Kate all the way in the room as well as frame within a frame to attract your eyes toward Kate.
Toward the end of the film Anna and her mother are together and her mom is saying sorry for everything she did to Kate, but Kate tells her mom not to be sorry of anything she did because Kate lived a good life. A long shot was given to zoom out to show Kate and her mother laying together, and that night was the night when Kate stopped breathing and died.
Differences from the Book:
In the film, there were many changes from the book. Some of the difference that I noticed was that in the book Judge DeSalvo is a man, referred to as he or him. In the movie, Judge DeSalvo is a woman. I feel as though I understand why they chose a woman to play this role because a woman would be able to understand the emotional level of this story and of the Judges daughter’s death better. A major difference from the book was toward the end of the movie, in the book Anna dies of a car crash and Kate survives using Anna’s kidney. In the movie, Kate dies and the rest of the family continues on living their life such as the mom returning to work to become a successful lawyer, the father taking an early pension and counsel’s troubled youth, and Jesse, Anna’s brother goes back to school and gets a scholarship to an Art Academy.
Final thoughts:
Overall, I really enjoyed reading and watching My Sister’s Keeper. I love watching movies or books that are emotional/sentimental because I am able to really be focused on the details and even get a personal reaction toward it. Between the book and the film adaptation, I would chose the movie because it has a better outcome in the end. Although Kate dying is not a better outcome, I feel as though it is worse then the surprising twist of having Anna die when she was also the one suffering the whole time. Personally, the movie is better and makes me tear up a little less than the book.
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