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Desperate Father’s Plea to a Detached Scientist

“Extraordinary Measures,” a movie about a medical breakthrough, is not especially eager to break new ground of its own. Directed with care and competence by Tom Vaughan ( “What Happens in Vegas” ), the film hews closely to familiar themes and patterns. One strand is a drama about a family in crisis, with parents facing the illness and possible death of two of their children, who suffer from a fatal genetic disorder. Another piece is a buddy picture, in which a mismatched pair of guys — one earnest and emotive ( Brendan Fraser ), the other gruff and solitary ( Harrison Ford ) — set off on an unlikely adventure, hoping to find a cure. [...]

di A. O. Scott, articolo completo (5303 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 22 gennaio 2010