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By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Moving Pictures Magazine (113) on 25 Mar 2010

If this this sounds like movie-of-the-week fodder, it is, but Extraordinary Measures hits all the right dramatic notes without tipping into…

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By Jonathan F. Richards (111) for Film.com (1,892) on 02 Mar 2010

Harrison Ford still retains enough of his old movie star magic to ramp up the electricity a bit when he's onscreen, but this only makes you…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 26 Feb 2010

A watchable drama enlivened by strong performances from Ford and Fraser but it's essentially just a starrier version of a made-for-TV disease-of-the-week…

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By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 26 Feb 2010

A heart-on-sleeve weepie which takes extraordinary liberties with the truth to fashion a conventional Hollywood narrative…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Time Out (7,510) on 26 Feb 2010

Moderately illuminating in parts, but the clichÃ (C)s of cinematic suffering tend to overwhelm it…

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By Kate Muir (612) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 26 Feb 2010

Harrison Ford is the clichÃ (C) of a scientist who cares more for equations than humans, and works to atrocious rock music…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 26 Feb 2010

Fraser's blandness makes for a deeply uninteresting fit with Ford's supposedly adorable grumpiness. Very ordinary…

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By Tom Seymour (42) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 26 Feb 2010

Vaughan and scriptwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs have plumped for the â~one man against all oddsâ(TM) plotline, the most reassuringly inoffensive…

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By Tim Evans (725) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 26 Feb 2010

Possibly the biggest medical poser on offer is why Brendan Fraser had to put on 20lbs to play the role…

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By Kate Stables (138) for Total Film (3,532) on 26 Feb 2010

An extraordinary story receives a decidedly ordinary treatment in this worthy weepie, which can't get either Ford or Fraser to catch fire…

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By Karen Krizanovich (126) for Radio Times (2,421) on 26 Feb 2010

The film manages to balance its weepie and thriller elements without ladling on the emotion or wallowing in sentimentality, but ultimately…

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By David Edwards (979) for Daily Mirror (UK) (1,133) on 26 Feb 2010

If you've seen Lorenzo's Oil, you'll know how it goes, but you're advised to tone down your expectations…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 26 Feb 2010

The acting is good, the true-story imprimatur a help…

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By John Walsh (29) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 26 Feb 2010

The film's combination of gloopy sentiment, macho horns-locking and recondite enzyme research isn't a winner; and the slushy music, by Andrea…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 26 Feb 2010

Despite the heavyweight presence of Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, the film feels too much like a television production than something that…

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By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 26 Feb 2010

The A-list cast raises this film above its unsophisticated TV-movie style, helped by the remarkable facts of the true story…

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By Grant Lauchlan (65) for Daily Record (UK) (215) on 26 Feb 2010

Science and research is rarely sexy on film so the necessary drama and conflict to drive the plot come from a volatile working relationship…

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By David Nusair (3,363) for Reel Film Reviews (3,339) on 13 Feb 2010

the actors' uniformly stellar work ultimately [alleviates] the movie's made-for-television proclivities…

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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 12 Feb 2010

Not a film staged in an Earth-shattering manner, merely coasting along on a gentle hum of featherweight medical and domestic urgency; it's…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 04 Feb 2010

Minus its above-the-name stars and theatrical distribution, it is largely indistinguishable from any number of made-for-TV melodramas…

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