Nic says:
Extraordinary Measures is a touching "based on true events" story about how far a husband and wife will go to save the lives of their children. The story is incredibly inspiring when it comes to risking everything for a chance at happiness and life. However, Dr. Stonehill, played by Harrison Ford and John Crowley, played by Brendan Fraser, fall short of creating a believable friendship in the film. It was hard to imagine that the two characters would ever successfully work together to bring about a cure.
Overall, I found the science and business side of the story very monotonous, but if you can see past that you'll find a greatly inspiring story that will challenge your own thoughts on how far you might go given a similar scenario.
Amy says:
The movie was a bit slow at times, but the characters each truly filled the shoes of their roles. When the parents of the sick children, Fraser and Keri Russell, have emotional breakdowns over the possibility of losing their children to illness, it feels real. It was interesting to have highly emotional scenes mixed in with dry scientific ones. Switching between hot and cold made this move jarring and also seem a little drawn out. It was a good story, but could have been a better movie.
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