adonis98-743-186503 A drama centered on the efforts of John and Aileen Crowley to find a researcher who might have a cure for their two children's rare genetic disorder. Despite some story problems and a bit of dramatic depth in parts Extraordinary Measures has a great cast of names like Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Courtney B. Vance, Jared Harris and the little kids are believable in their roles as well. The perfomances are top notch and decent in general and the overall story is interesting to keep viewers entertained, overall a decent dramatic film. (7.5/10)

ronfernandezsf A heartwarming film that has no crashes or special effects and NO foul language. For that alone, this movie worth watching. Good performances by the three leads, especially Harrison Ford who is now a character actor as opposed to his strong leading man roles. Yes, everyone ages and one can't young and handsome forever.What would have made this a little more realistic is if one or both of the parents had siblings, Mothers, Fathers or other relatives involved. They wee certainly young enough to have living parents. For sure the grandparents would have been involved in this situation and had visited often or even gone to the Hospital for the initial treatment.

rbrb This movie pretends to be a true story of how a couple with children dying of a certain disease try to help scientists to find a cure for their children.The movie gives every impression of being based on real facts. However in the film a major player is a research scientist,one Dr Stonehill, played by Harrison Ford. No such person did or does exist and the whole character and scenario is a total fabrication. Roger Ebert when reviewing the movie says:"Dr. Robert Stonehill doesn't exist in real life. The Pompe cure was developed by Dr. Yuan-Tsong Chen and his colleagues while he was at Duke University. He is now director of the Institute of Biomedical Science in Taiwan. Harrison Ford, as this film's executive producer, perhaps saw Stonehill as a plum role for himself; a rewrite was necessary because he couldn't very well play Dr. Chen. The real Chen, a Taiwan University graduate, worked his way up at Duke from a residency to professor and chief of medical genetics at the Duke University Medical Center. He has been mentioned as a Nobel candidate."It a total disgrace that the film makers produce a movie purporting to be a true account, when in reality a large slice of the film is pure invention to suit the executive producer.I sat through the whole movie and might of given 6/10, but when I discovered the unforgivable deception outlined above I took off 5 points.Unbelievable the depths of cheating the film industry will stoop to:1/10.

phd_travel This movie is no Lorenzo's Oil. I can see why it failed at the box office. It's the story of a determined fathter (a very puffy looking Brendan Fraser) looking for a cure for a rare disease that afflicts 2 of his kids. He approaches a scientist played by Harrison Ford to help him.The screenplay is not well written. The enzyme research and corporate dealings are kind of boring. In the end it just seemed to be a lot of obstacles and a rather hasty conclusion.Harrison Ford overacts terribly. He isn't convincing as a scientist he is too working man looking. He shouts too much in many scenes that don't warrant such outbursts. Time to retire Harrison.Overall not worth watching because of bad acting and a poorly written script.