Adapted from Jodi Picoult's novel, the movie actually had a very different ending from the book. It was quite an emotional movie to watch, as i see how the family have to deal with a terminally ill daughter/sister.
Although i was filled with empathy for Kate, i felt more for Anna. Throughout the movie, i only saw how much their mother wanted Kate to live, to the extent of refusing to let go of Kate even when Kate was dying. How a mother's love can give her so much strength to go through the effect of the illness with Kate. But what about Anna?
The main reason why they conceived Anna through IVF in the first place was to save Kate, but after Anna was born, did the mother love Anna as much as she loved Kate?
They always say, no mother will not love their own children. But all i could see was that Anna was being by-passed in many areas of her life. She had to go through so much and when Kate went into renal failure, the mother wants Anna to donate her kidney to Kate. Does she even think about how Anna is gonna live in future? Or does she only have Kate in her mind?
Well, i kinda like the ending in the movie than in the book. At least it was a fair ending.
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Quoted from http://klessinthedaisies.blogspot.com/The mother in the movie did all she could to preserve the life of her daughter, even to the extent of sacrificing another of her child’s happiness. Can anyone really say that the mother did the wrong thing? Was she wrong in wanting to keep her child alive? Was it fair to the other child who grew up donating her blood, cells, marrows to her sister to keep her alive? I guess no one can give a firm answer. What touched me most from the movie was the great love of the mother and how she wanted to hold on to her daughter so badly. No mother would bear to let go of her child, no matter what happens.Cherie~` True, nobody can give her firm answer.