Review of Lorenzo's Oil (1992) by Jonathan Rosenbaum for Chicago Reader — 14 Aug 2000

In its own quiet way this is an astonishing film, both as a medical detective story that sustains taut interest over an extended running time and as a piece of cinema combining unusually resourceful acting and direction.

If any movie of recent years deserves to be called inspirational--a much-abused term that one hesitates to revive apart from exceptional circumstances--this one certainly does.