Director: Tom Vaughan. Cast: Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Keri Russell, Dee Wallace, Courtney B. Vance. 106 min. Rated PG. Drama.
Films like Awakenings and Lorenzo's Oil have set the bar on the enzyme-deficiency genre so high, any similar attempt would pale in comparison - even if Harrison Ford plays the scientist. Ford is famous for making almost any role believable, but even he cannot save this cliche-filled tearjerker of a movie, about people desperately searching for a cure for Pompe's disease before the movie's child hero dies. The dialogue gets so boring and predictable at times, I would recommend you pass on this one, and instead, watch Awakenings again.
Mo says: 
Wow, I didn't know there was an enzyme-deficiency genre. At least I can now boast that I have seen all the movies in the genre.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe I should correct that. I've seen all the American enzyme-deficiency movies. I'm not really into European arthouse enzyme-deficiency movies.
Modern cinema has become too subspecialized.
:-D
Actually, they used to call them medical dramas, but it seems nowadays there's an amino acid missing in every one of them. Except for "The Exorcist".
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