Extraordinary Measures

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244659/

I liked it but it certainly wasn't great. No where near as heartfelt or as moving as My Sisters Keeper.

Overall I would say wait and rent it. Its worth 3 or 4 bucks but not 11.
 

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This looks like a Lifetime movie that got theatrical distribution simply because Harrison Ford sleepwalks through it.
 
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This looks like a Lifetime movie that got theatrical distribution simply because Harrison Ford sleepwalks through it.

Harrison Ford was the best part of the movie. He also produced it.
 

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Extraordinary Measures

Release Date: January 22, 2010
Studio: CBS Films
Director: Tom Vaughan
Screenwriter: Robert Nelson Jacobs
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG (for thematic material, language and a mild suggestive moment)
Website: ExtraordinaryMeasuresthemovie.com

Starring: Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Courtney B. Vance

Plot Summary: In the tradition of great inspirational dramas like the Academy Award nominated film "Erin Brockovich" and "The Pursuit of Happyness," "Extraordinary Measures" is inspired by the true story of John Crowley, a man who defied conventional wisdom and great odds, and risked his family's future to pursue a cure for his children's life threatening disease.

From his working class roots, John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) has finally begun to taste success in corporate America. Supported by his beautiful wife Aileen (Keri Russell) and their three children, John is on the fast track. But just as his career is taking off, Crowley walks away from it all when his two youngest children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with a fatal disease. With Aileen by his side, harnessing all of his skill and determination, Crowley teams up with a brilliant, but unappreciated and unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford). Together they form a bio-tech company focused on developing a life-saving drug. One driven to prove himself and his theories, the other by a chance to save his children, this unlikely alliance eventually develops into mutual respect as they battle the medical and business establishments in a fight against the system – and time.

But, at the last minute, when it appears that a solution has been found, the relationship between the two men faces a final test - the outcome of which will affect the fate of John's children.

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