Extraordinary Measures Review

So I was at the cinema the other week, and we were trying to decide on a movie to see. Neither my friend nor I had actually seen any recent previews, so that left us with the posters to decide. We settled on Extraordinary Measures, because it depicted a dramatic looking Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford.

We knew we were about to see a drama but we didn't know what kind. I half expected a political thriller, and I guess to a degree that's true, but it was really a story centering on Fraser's character, John Crowley, and his children. Two of his children are affected by a rare but fatal genetic disorder, and Crowley scrambles in search of a researcher who might have a cure. This is how he comes across Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford). Naturally, Crowley encounters a variety of obstacles in his attempts to save his soon-to-be extinguished children.

All in all, I found the movie to be engaging. The acting was quite good, and I didn't feel there were any issues with suspension of disbelief. Granted, dramas aren't for everyone, and this may not be an instant classic, but it's worth seeing once.