Talk:My Sister's Keeper (film)

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Donating a Kidney[edit]

So, I haven't seen this movie, but I do have experience with kidney transplants. Donating a kidney would not prevent or impede anyone from being a cheerleader, donating a kidney, playing soccer, or the like. I'm modifying the text to reflect this. RickO5 (talk) 07:06, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The wording now is "She also realizes that she may not be able to live the life she wants to lead – she will not be able play sports, drink alcohol, or be a mother in the future."

I don't have any experience with the subject, but this sounded wrong to me and a quick search suggests it is weird. Having a single kidney will obviously increase risks, but provided the kidney is functioning probably it's generally no barrier to pregnancy. Likewise while some suggest and some people embrace complete abstinence, if the kidney is functioning fine moderate alcohol consumption is not a major risk. (Drinking excess is somewhat riskier even if the liver is the key organ, in part because messing up your liver may increase problems for the kidney.) Sports is a trickier one. People with a single kidney should still ensure they get enough physical activity but some do suggest refraining from contact sports and considering carefully the risk of each activity since you'll have major problem if you damage your one kidney. But even then it's still not completely unable to play any sports.

Anyway so given all that, what this article says is a little weird. We have to reflect the plot of the story so if in the story she really claims she won't be able to play sports, drink alcohol or me a mother, there is nothing we can do about this and this is probably too minor that even if we could find a source mentioning it's not accurate I'm not sure if it's worth mentioning. However I wonder if our wording properly reflects the plot. Did the movie really say she thought she couldn't consume alcohol etc? Did it just say she felt it might limit her activities and she thought of sports etc without specifically saying she thought she could never do those things? Or what? We should accurately reflect the movie but should not make silly claims if the story never makes them.

Nil Einne (talk) 11:24, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What does this mean?[edit]

"whereas in the book he joins the police force as a drug bust"--Filll (talk | wpc) 16:44, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Roger Ebert[edit]

Roger Eberts comments on pro-life and pro-choice beliefs does not present pro-life correctly and therefore may not be helpful to the article. See http://www.worldmag.com/articles/15612 71.37.41.8 (talk) 08:08, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Farquhar[edit]

Anyone whose name is Farquhar knows it's not pronounced "farkwar"... -- Derek Ross | Talk 04:22, 29 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Possibility[edit]

I just wondered if there should be more of a mention of Sara's portrayal, as she is clearly portrayed as being over-protective and tunnel-visioned (metaphorically speaking). I understand that it may be seen as "speculation" and would like to clarify that I don't mean that we should explicitly describe her as a person "who is portrayed as over-protective and tunnel-visioned." I just mean that we should use one of these adjectives when mentioning her. I think tunnel-visioned is the better description. Grieferhate (talk) 18:57, 16 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress[edit]

There is a move discussion in progress which affects this page. Please participate at Talk:My Sister's Keeper - Requested move and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RM bot 11:01, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]