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Synopsis

Jim Allison: Breakthrough is the astounding, true story of one warm- hearted, stubborn man's visionary quest to find a cure for cancer. The film traces Allison's remarkable life from his school-boy days in Friday Night Lights, Creationist Texas all the way to Stockholm where, in December of 2018, he accepted the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Cast

  • Jim Allison
  • Woody Harrelson

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Dr. Allison is such an inspiration & has devoted his career to using the immune system to combat and ultimately cure cancer.

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Metacritic

100
Oct 2, 2019

This is a “just see it” movie, as in: Forget flowery language, redundant synopsis, clever paraphrasing or hyperbolic praise. Just see the dang thing.

Metacritic review by Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
60
Sep 26, 2019

With the colorful Allison — he’d fit right into one of KFC’s revolving Colonel spots — and narrator Woody Harrelson at his disposal, Haney could have easily done without all the glossy dramatic recreations and frequent shout-outs to Bristol-Myers Squibb, which occasionally create the undesirable effect of a corporate promo video.

Metacritic review by Michael Rechtshaffen
Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
75
Sep 23, 2019

The film is a portait in dogeddness and going against the current thinking in cancer treatment and research.

Metacritic review by Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Movie Nation