Justin Isfeld, Susan Sarandon, Nick Nolte

A boy develops a disease so rare that nobody is working on a cure, so his father decides to learn all about it and tackle the problem himself.

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PG-13, 2 hrs. 9 min.

Directed by: George Miller

Release Date: December 30, 1992

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DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004

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  • July 12, 2008
    what a depressing movie
  • February 3, 2008
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  • November 24, 2007
    This movie was not very dynamic but I still found it fascinating. It is a drama based on the true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone, two parents who found a way to stave off their son's rare disease (ALD) with a certain type of oil.
  • June 23, 2007
    A very powerful film though so much of the text was whispered around the sick child that it was difficult to keep up with the text in places.
    I'm not so sure I liked Nick Nolte's italian accent but I'm sure many will disagree with me there.
    A couple of heart-wrenching scenes th...( read more)ough I thought the beginning could have been taken at a slower pace.
    I would recommend this film to parents of terminally ill children, just to give them hope.
  • May 13, 2007
    Criminally underseen and astonishingly powerful.
  • October 8, 2009
    A very touching and heartbreaking true story about two very determined parents on a quest to treat their terminally ill son with ALD. The film questions the conventions of medical testing with the Andone's defying medical experts and coming out with an oil treatment with no backg...( read more)round biochemistry and medicine.
    It has the love of the parents to cure their son up against doctors wanting to treat ALD and having to experiment on the children to gain more knowledge of the previous unknown disease.
    Susan Sarrandon was terrific as courageous mother on the verge of breaking down. She really held the mission of curing Lorenzo together. Nick Nolte was good with moments of brilliance but there were many times where it felt like he was overacting in his characters Italian nationality and you could tell it wasn't genuine.
    But all together this is an amazing true story of the human spirit and the devotion of loving parents. Its very informative of the ALD disease and makes you question how far you could go for a loved one.
  • September 29, 2009
    Superb! Very moving.*****
  • September 17, 2009
    A very heartwarming and sad true story. I applaud the parents of Lorenzo for the sheer determination they had in helping to push the research for this disease and for discovering the oil to help All ALD children. God Bless them all.
  • September 15, 2009
    Very dramatically sad.
  • September 6, 2009
    ...unbelievable...but still this kind of story really happens in real life !...sometimes,medicine is too straight to accepts another kind of help !

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  • sugababe45
    June 30, 2008
    It was a very touching movie with brought tears to my eyes i can't believe that lerenzo recently died. sooo sad :( R.I.P Lerenzo Odone
  • princessfayefaye
    October 8, 2006
    It really hit home for me. Its alot like what we have gone through with my daughter. Its really realistic and truthful.

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