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Extraordinary Measures

Play trailer Poster for Extraordinary Measures PG Released Jan 22, 2010 1h 46m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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29% Tomatometer 141 Reviews 53% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) is a man on the corporate fast-track, with a beautiful wife (Keri Russell) and three children. Just as his career is taking off, he learns that his two youngest kids have a fatal disease. John leaves his job and devotes himself to saving their lives. He joins forces with Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford), a brilliant but eccentric scientist. Together they battle the medical and corporate establishment, racing against time for a cure.
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Despite a timely topic and a pair of heavyweight leads, Extraordinary Measures never feels like much more than a made-for-TV tearjerker.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: B+ Feb 18, 2012 Full Review Jonathan F. Richards Film.com Harrison Ford still retains enough of his old movie star magic to ramp up the electricity a bit when he's onscreen, but this only makes you want to see him do something that makes better use of his gifts. Brendan Fraser just seems to grow bigger over the Mar 2, 2010 Full Review Ian Freer Empire Magazine Soapy and unemotional, this makes a hash of an interesting true story. Rated: 2/5 Feb 26, 2010 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Harrison Ford is enjoyable in just about everything, but somehow he plays an unlikeable character in this film. Rated: 2/10 Nov 29, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com A disappointingly ordinary film. Rated: 1.5/4.0 Sep 7, 2020 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES is an extraordinary story about some extraordinary people. An intelligent film that shoots an IV of humanity straight into your heart. Nov 6, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Rick M The 'critics' are gd mindless morons. I would give this movie 12 stars if I could. What's the problem, people, not enough blood and guts, guns going off, and sex? Get a brain and a soul. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/17/25 Full Review bama b This was a great heart warming movie! I highly recommend! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/24 Full Review georgan g Interesting but too schmaltzy. Harrison Ford yelled more than acted. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member its a great movie, brenden frazer gives amazing movies. also keri russell a great actress. i hope they both have breaks for series and movies Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review steve d The story is far better than the script. The two leads are well matched but the dialog seemed stilted. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review nilufer e Well the cast was promising and the title made it sound like an action movie so I watched it without having a clue but it was pretty boring to be honest. Even the acting was off. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Tom Vaughan

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Brendan Fraser

John Crowley

Harrison Ford

Dr. Robert Stonehill

Keri Russell

Aileen Crowley

Meredith Droeger

Megan Crowley

Diego Velázquez

Patrick Crowley

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Synopsis John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) is a man on the corporate fast-track, with a beautiful wife (Keri Russell) and three children. Just as his career is taking off, he learns that his two youngest kids have a fatal disease. John leaves his job and devotes himself to saving their lives. He joins forces with Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford), a brilliant but eccentric scientist. Together they battle the medical and corporate establishment, racing against time for a cure.
Director
Tom Vaughan
Producer
Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Carla Santos Shamberg
Screenwriter
Robert Nelson Jacobs, Geeta Anand
Distributor
CBS Films
Production Co
Double Feature Films, CBS Films
Rating
PG (Suggestive Content|Language|Thematic Material)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 22, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.9M
Runtime
1h 46m
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