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      The Race for the Double Helix

      1986 1 hr. 47 min. Drama List
      Reviews 50% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Based on a true story, this film focuses on the quest to discover the building blocks of DNA. American scientist Jim Watson (Jeff Goldblum) joins forces with his English counterpart, Francis Crick (Tim Pigott-Smith), and together they strive to outdo their brilliant contemporaries as they make progress towards unlocking DNA's double-helix structure. The movie captures the personalities and tenacious attitudes of the researchers, particularly Watson and his considerable eccentricities. Read More Read Less

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      Chester H bad, i dont even understand whats happening most of the time Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Patronizing interpretation. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member A factual and interesting tale about how the structure of DNA was discovered. It also touches on a few issues with women in science at that time. Pretty good and is defiantly not going to hurt to watch once Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a television movie that is worth at least a rental if you are a little geeky. Or at least a cinema enthousiast. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Great dialogues and suitable music. But there some scences which are boring and do not animate the audience to watch to the end of the run. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Based on a true story, this film focuses on the quest to discover the building blocks of DNA. American scientist Jim Watson (Jeff Goldblum) joins forces with his English counterpart, Francis Crick (Tim Pigott-Smith), and together they strive to outdo their brilliant contemporaries as they make progress towards unlocking DNA's double-helix structure. The movie captures the personalities and tenacious attitudes of the researchers, particularly Watson and his considerable eccentricities.
      Director
      Mick Jackson
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 30, 2016