For any Jodi Picoult fans, the news that one of her most famous novels, 'My Sister's Keeper', was being made into a film was welcomed worldwide. The novel - the epitome of a "tearjerker" - featured all the factors that we knew would translate onto the silver screen.

It had a family crisis, a courtroom drama and characters which could only be portrayed by some of Hollywood's hottest stars. Step forward Abigail Breslin, of 'Little Miss Sunshine' fame, and none other than Cameron Diaz. While Cameron has recently been starring in more comedies ('What Happens In Vegas') and romcoms ('The Holiday'), she was keen to extend her acting repertoire and chose the role of the mother in 'My Sister's Keeper'.

The film tells the story of the Fitzgerald family, who have been struggling to cope with the news that eldest daughter Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) is suffering from leukemia. Kate's parents Sara (Cameron Diaz) and Brian (Jason Patric) decide, after much consideration, to genetically engineer another child to help Kate survive, via blood transfusions, organ donations etc.

But the family is thrown into more trouble when the genetically engineered Anna (Abigail Breslin) decides she has had enough of being solely a transplant machine for her sister, and goes to legendary lawyer Campbell Alexander to sue her parents for the right to her own body. But, as with all Jodi Picoult tales, there is a twist!

And while some people thought Cameron Diaz wouldn't be able to pull such a serious and mature performance out the bag, she undoubtedly did. She was amazing in the role as a mother, whose one aim in life is to ensure the survival of her daughter, and also as a wife, whose single-minded approach to helping Kate is causing problems in her marriage.

Sofia Vassilieva, who was pretty much an unknown before starring in this film, is amazing as leukemia suffering Kate, and manages the gruelling scenes in hospital with ease - but at the same time provoking extreme reactions in the audience. That's the only thing about this film. It does feel a little as though the whole film is aimed at making the audience cry - from the very beginning to the very end. And it worked. There was an incredible amount of sniffling, crying and attempting to disguise full-on sobbing in the cinema when I went to see the film (and most of that was from me!), so remember to take your tissues when you go and see 'My Sister's Keeper'.

To catch this amazing, but very sad, movie this weekend, check out FR2DAY's cinema guide below:

Les Arcades cinema,
77 Rue Felix-Faure, Cannes.
Tel: 04 93 39 10 00
Showing times: Friday at 1.45pm, 3.45pm, 7.30pm and 9.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 10.30am, 1.45pm, 3.45pm, 7.30pm and 9.30pm

Pathé-Masséna,
31, av. Jean-Médecin, 06000 Nice.
Tel: 08 92 69 66 96
Showing times: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11.30am, 2.15pm, 4.40pm, 7.50pm, 10.10pm

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