Watch: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2017 123movies, Full Movie Online – An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s..
Plot: An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
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Disappointing
I was hoping for so much more. I have not read the book, so I don’t know how well the film depicted the book. I just felt utterly confused at some scenes. The editing was disjointed and parts of the story seemed to be missing, jumping from one emotion or conversation to another with no explanation. I love Rose Byrne but her character was clearly just a sidekick and there was NO chemistry with Ms. O, I wonder if they even got along during filming?
Skip the movie and read the book.
If I hadn’t read the well-written book, I would know less about the Lacks family, Henrietta in particular. In this movie, Henrietta the woman doesn’t seem to be the central character.The movie introduces the family and concerns itself mostly with their intense anger at Johns Hopkins for being kept completely in the dark about the research. Thank goodness for HeLa cells, even though no permission was granted because, at the time, it wasn’t the norm to ask.The movie’s resolution was unsatisfactory for me, but Oprah gives an intensely personal performance as Henrietta’s daughter Deborah and will probably be nominated for an Emmy. I had never seen Rose Byrne in a movie or TV show, but I thought she did well as Rebecca Skloot.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)
Budget 0
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Status Released
Rated TV-MA
Genre Biography, Drama, History
Director George C. Wolfe
Writer Rebecca Skloot, Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo
Actors Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 2 wins & 21 nominations total
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Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.78 : 1, 16:9 HD
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Laboratory Light Iron (digital dailies)
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