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Rated:

PG (for thematic material, language and a mild suggestive moment)

Running time:

106 minutes

Synopsis:

Supported by his beautiful wife Aileen 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. Crowley teams up with scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill. 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, when it appears that a solution has been found, the relationship between the two men faces a final test.

Release date:

January 22, 2010

Website:

http://www.extraordinarymeasuresthemovie.com/

Capsule review:

A father (Brendan Fraser) struggles for a treatment for his terminally ill children. Though inspired by a gripping, true-life story, it’s a slack, well-meaning disease-of-the-week drama of the sort one might encounter on the Hallmark Channel. Harrison Ford co-stars as a scientist as prickly as Fraser is tender.