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Walter Raney | ... | |
| Sofia Vassilieva | ... | ||
| Cameron Diaz | ... | ||
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| Evan Ellingson | ... | ||
| Alec Baldwin | ... | ||
| Nicole Marie Lenz | ... |
Gloria
(as Nicole Lenz)
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| Paul Butler | ... |
Jesse age 3
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Olivia Hancock | ... | |
| Jeffrey Markle | ... | ||
| Emily Deschanel | ... | ||
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John DeRosa | ... |
EMT
(as John De Rosa)
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| Marcos A. Ferraez | ... |
EMT
(as Marcos De La Cruz)
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In Los Angeles, the eleven year old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister. She tells the lawyer the story of her family after the discovery that her older sister Kate has had leukemia; how she was conceived by in vitro fertilization to become a donor; and the medical procedures she has been submitted since she was five years old to donate to her sister. Campbell accepts to work pro bono and the obsessed Sara decides to go to court to force Anna to help her sister. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
80/100. This was so much more interesting than I was expecting. It tackles several issues and does so with finesse and without the over the top melodrama movies of this type so often have. It's touching, thought provoking and it is certainly not predictable. Nick Cassavettes deserves a lot of credit for creating a film that faces the issues without getting too maudlin and does so with sensitivity and objectiveness. The performances are good from everyone. The casting of Cameron Diaz isn't perhaps the best, but I admire the effort she put into the role. She did very well. The character development is outstanding, you get to know each character and you understand each of their perspectives. Joan Cusack is particularly affecting in an offbeat role for her. Good score, the subtle cinematography is effective.