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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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In 1951, cancerous cells from Henrietta Lacks lead to breakthroughs that change the face of medicine forever. The movie chronicles her daughter's search, along with a journalist, to learn about the mother she never knew.
Genre:
Drama
Actors:
Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney, Karen Wheeling Reynolds, John C. Vennema, Chasiti Ferrell, Chelsea Ferrell, Rose Byrne, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Oprah Winfrey, Jaedon Godley, ...»
Director:
George C. Wolfe
Country:
United States
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The Young Folks
April 24, 2017 The idea behind The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was honorable and no doubt brought a very powerful story to the surface, but it touched base without following through on many important aspects of her story.
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Guardian
June 13, 2017 If the film pushes Henrietta to the edges, it is at least to make room for a performance from Winfrey that tells us all there is to know about the damage that loss, lies and injustice can do to a child, to an adult, to a family and to a society.
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TV Insider
April 26, 2017 Even if it sends you to the book to learn more, The Immortal Life will have done its job.
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The Atlantic
April 24, 2017 Winfrey's humane and riveting performance may make this adaptation worth a watch.
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Uncle Barky
April 21, 2017 Ninety minutes on the origins of the so-called HeLa cell line sound about as dramatically inviting as a teeth-cleaning. But Winfrey's performance, as Henrietta's tormented youngest daughter, Deborah, is jump-off-the-screen terrific.
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New York Magazine/Vulture
April 21, 2017 Winfrey delivers a performance that's on another level. It can be challenging, even when she's convincing in a film or on a series, to forget that we're watching Oprah. But as Deborah Lacks... Oprah Winfrey completely disappears.
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Film Inquiry
May 25, 2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has a vision that is as richly loving as it is clear-eyed about the racist sins that continue to dog us as a culture and a nation.
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Chicago Sun-Times
April 21, 2017 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a good movie with a great performance.
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San Francisco Chronicle
April 25, 2017 Henrietta Lacks achieved a kind of immortality after her death. But Skloot's book and, now, this gripping film adaptation will ensure that the world knows who she was.
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AV Club
April 21, 2017 The Immortal Life is too abridged and disorderly to reveal very much.
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Common Sense Media
May 02, 2017 Real-life tear-jerker shows how lies hurt, truth heals.
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Daily Telegraph (UK)
June 13, 2017 As a portrait of unlikely female friendship and impassioned campaigning it did justice to little-known heroine Lacks.
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