Cameron Diaz

Her mother, Sara (Cameron Diaz), has given up a law practice to care for her full-time, although Kate's firefighter father, ­Brian (Patric), sees his wife's all-consuming drive toalleviate Kate's pain as damaging to the rest of the family.

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...ethical debate and legal restraint on what can and should be done to save a life. Sara (Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric) are the perfect couple, with two perfect children, Jesse (Evan Ellingson) and Kate, until Kate is diagnosed with...

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...Ellingson) and daughter Kate (Vassilieva). When Kate is diagnosed with leukemia, they decide to have a third child, Anna (Abigail Breslin), whose bone marrow can be harvested to help Kate. At 11, Anna rebels and seeks to become...

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When the actors did get teary, Cassavetes nearly always cut it out of the movie. Though Diaz might be the shiniest name on the marquee, "My Sister's Keeper" is an ensemble piece in which the perspective in the drama shifts through each...

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...lost soul but his role was meatier and darker on the page. Patric provides quiet support as Brian, a firefighter, while Diaz is the backbone of the battle to keep Kate alive. It's a welcome departure for Diaz, who wraps herself in a daily...

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...clearly referred to the predator sitting in wait for a child's life. Yet Diaz's performance reminds us just how ferocious a parent can become when a child falls ill. The impossible rub is that, engaged in the fight of her life, Sara loses...

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...organic. Very healthy. She's totally cool to hang out with. She's so nurturing and took care of us." Diaz also loved being a big kid. "I brought my paintball gun on set and she wanted to use it," says Ellingson, 20. "They were getting...

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