So much average

Great Film overall

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

What an outstandingly Moving film I had tears rolling out of my eyes through the whole feature. I can't remember seeing a film as riveting and as moving as Lorenzo,s Oil in a very long time and the cast was awesome the 2 leading were Nick Nolte a Ten star actor if ever there was one and Susan Sarandon an actress of absolute star power. If I were in charge at the Academy awards I would give them both Emmys for best Actor and actress and the Boy Zack O'Malley Best supporting actor. Now having said all that I have to say this is not a suitable film for children under 13 due to the complex subject matter Ie the emotions involved here and the scientific Lingo,being used is beyond anyone under 13.Please use good judgement when allowing your kids to see this film not that it is violent or has bad language it is that the Emotions here are very TENSE I am still shaking after seeing Lorenzo suffering like he was that will take me some time to get over. But all In all it was a Awesome movie experience. I would recommend it to any one who likes tear jerker's .

Talk about being caught in an emotional wringer. This film very accurately describes the ups and downs of looking after someone you love who you know may not be long for this world. Despite all the doctors and experts telling you you should make your peace and get ready to say goodbye, you just can't. You're not ready. So you scour every avenue you can to find a miracle cure, spend every spare penny you have, put your life on hold during this fruitless search... But, nothing. And every time it LOOKS like they're making progress and, for a few blessed hours you feel a sense of rapture, the next day you're back to the drawing board. One step forward, two steps back. For the Odone's it was their son Lorenzo, for me it was a pet.Fortunately in their case, after painstaking research going on for months, and a belligerent attitude that flew in the face of medical science at the time, they were able to find an answer that kept him alive for decades longer than doctors predicted he would. Lorenzo died just one day after his 30th birthday in 2008... outliving his mother in the process. If this isn't a testimony to parental love, I don't know what is. AND they helped many other families who were struggling the same way. I think it's safe to say, without their contribution, the world would be a much more depressive place than it is.Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon are 100% perfect as the committed father and mother who don't take 'NO' for an answer... Nolte in particular has one scene, where after reading about the devastating symptoms of deterioration his son will experience during his illness, he has a public breakdown on the steps of the library... Which is almost Oscar worthy by itself. That Italian accent he puts on could do with some work, though. There are dull patches... but these tend to work in favour of the film, as they bring home even more what it must be like, sitting next to a family member, attached to a life-support machine, waiting for the slightest sign of optimism...But, NEVER give up. 7/10

Really one moving film. About a family who's only child, named Lorenzo suffered a rare disease. As the doctors and medical field after all has failed them. Decides to invent their own miracle. Hence the title.As we see the angst, sadness, and why me of Lorenzo's parents, played by Nick Nolte with an Italian accent and Susan Sarandon. It is Sarandon's Michaela who really suffers the most. As she refuses to leave his son.As Nolte's character a wealthy banker must fund the project. Despite everybody turning him down. For the record, Michaela dies in 2000 and after being told he would die in childhood, Lorenzo would succumb to his own disease eight years later.Still a moving movie and yes, get the tissues out!

Movie Critique by: Gaurav Paul Jonathan Liss Musaab HabibPlot Summary: The movie begins with a boy named Lorenzo Odone, who was normal until his 7th birthday. After that birthday, he began to have many problems, such as blackouts, memory lapses, and many other mental problems. After a while, he is diagnosed with a condition known as ALD, which is a brain disorder that could not be cured by modern medicine and is extremely rare. Basically the saturated fats, which would normally be destroyed by the body, build up in the brain depleting the myelin in the brain and therefore rapidly making simple functions of the body inoperable. Since many of the doctors in the area where he lived were not helpful to his condition, Lorenzo's parents began to learn more about the disease and how they can help Lorenzo. His parents looked at Lorenzo's disease the way they had prepared for journeys to foreign countries in the past; by studying their subject. In order to do so, both of his parents worked extremely hard reading up on biochemistry and other subject matter related to the disease. After much research and many long nights, his parents discover that what may be the secret to curing this disease is a purified olive oil. Unfortunately, they were literally only half right. Because of this mere 'half-success' in curing the disease his parent's studying continued until they found that a different oil, purified rapeseed oil, in combination with the purified oil would produce the chemicals needed to bring Lorenzo's saturated fat levels back to normal.THE CRITIQUE**Powerful Scenes *1st SceneScene begins with Augusto Odone speaking to Professor Nikolias - Augusto asks the professor if any progress was being made with any of the other kids who have ALD Then, the professor said that it is too early to tell whether any progress is being made with Lorenzo, and says that they have to wait six months After this, Augusto asks in an angry manner whether waiting six months will produce any results *2nd SceneScene begins with Augusto speaking to Michaela about what they first did when they went to the Comoros Augusto says that they got to learn the country, what resources it had, its laws, and many other things-Then, Augusto compares that with ALD and says that it also has many dimensions, so in order to learn more about it, one must know about many branches of science, such as chemistry, biology, and neurology-Then Michaela says that they don't have time to learn about all those branches of science Augusto then argues that the doctors don't know anything and that they need to take the treatment of Lorenzo into their hands Scene ends with Augusto saying that Lorenzo expects them to take care of him**Recommendations for how the movie could have been better, and what was good about the movieThe movie was supposed to be about poverty, but did not talk about the five dimensions of poverty, which are food, shelter, clothing, education, and health care - this only under the assumption that the movie would relate to the topic that we'd been given (poverty) directly The movie showed that they didn't have good health care or education, and not it was not only them they didn't have these things, as even the doctors in their area did not have a good education as they knew nothing about the disease that Lorenzo had. This, though was not directly stated as a main point of the movie and it was left to the viewer to deduce this. Also, the whole movie focused on how they could cure Lorenzo's disease, but didn't talk about poverty as much, or how they were trying to end poverty; again under the assumption that the movie would relate to poverty directly However, the movie, indirectly, showed that without the money that Lorenzo's parents had, Lorenzo would not have had the resources to cure - or at least help - the disease he was suffering from. For instance, someone in a much lower income family than Lorenzo's wouldn't have been able to afford a personal nurse or health-care in the hospital good enough to attend to the patients ALD needs.