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Jan 20, 2010 · Life has been reduced to a Lifetime movie. The story, based on fact, is compelling: Two sick children have no more than a year to live when their father determines to seek out a maverick scientist who may have a cure.
Jan 22, 2010 · Despite a timely topic and a pair of heavyweight leads, Extraordinary Measures never feels like much more than a made-for-TV tearjerker. John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) is a man on the corporate...
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- Tom Vaughan
- PG
- Brendan Fraser
Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 0–100 reviews from film critics, has a rating score of 45 based on 33 reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.
Mediocre medical drama is too heavy for young viewers. Read Common Sense Media's Extraordinary Measures review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Tom Vaughan
- Sandie Angulo Chen
- Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Keri Russell
Jan 22, 2010 · Extraordinary Measures: Directed by Tom Vaughan. With Brendan Fraser, Harrison Ford, Keri Russell, Meredith Droeger. A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder.
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- Drama
- Tom Vaughan
- 2010-01-22
Movie Review. Disease kills by inches. For years, John and Aileen Crowley have watched Pompe disease—a rare genetic disorder—whittle at their children, piece by piece. Megan, a feisty 8-year-old with a fondness for bowling and a passion for pink, is wheelchair bound, too weak to walk, stand or even hold her head up without help.
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Oct 14, 2010 · Since “Extraordinary Measures,” a tremulous medical drama about a father trying to save the lives of his children, is the first feature released by the newly constituted CBS Films, it’s all ...