Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot
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An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
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| Homepage | http://www.hbo.com/movies/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks |
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| Release Date | 2017-04-22 |
| Runtime | 1h 33m |
| Directors | George C. Wolfe, Sofian El Fani |
| Producer | |
| Writers | Peter Landesman, Rebecca Skloot, George C. Wolfe, Alexander Woo |
You will know everything, but Henrietta Lacks!
It's a good biographical drama, but the only problem is its not what exactly the title says. If you believed to learn about Henrietta Lacks and went to see it, you might end disappointingly. Because she was the only topic of the story, not the actual story, except a few glimpses. It is like you watched 'Infamous' or 'Capote', instead of 'In Cold Blood'. That's what like this film. Yet not a bad film.
A writer pursuing the family members of a person who lived in the mid 20th century, because she was a medical phenomenon. Her cells used to treat cancer, despite she had died of cancer, leaving her young kids behind. Her descendants not aware of how things work in the medical research, only misguided by others, finally, set to discover the truth themselves about all the fuss.
It was nominated for the Emmy, but did not win. Oprah was okay, but Rose Byrne impressed me. Except a misleading title, it is a good film, but I really wanted/want to know the Henrietta Lacks. That's funny, because they have told us an unnecessary story. I hope somebody would make a film about actual Henrietta Lacks!
5.5/10
— Reno