Lorenzo's Oil 1992

Janet Maslin, New York Times: This film has an appealingly brisk, unsentimental style and a rare ability to compress and convey detailed medical data. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more

Entertainment Weekly: There has never been a medical drama quite like Lorenzo's Oil. With indelible fervor, it captures the will - the need - to heal. Read more

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It takes a heartbreaking story and pushes it to the limit, showing us the lengths of courage and imagination that people can summon when they must. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: The film comes over as a tour de force version of the disease-of-the-week TV movie: half scientific detective story, half domestic drama, replete with scenes of suffering. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Sarandon ... convincingly conveys a fierceness and tenacity that is almost frightening. The character never lets up, and neither does the film. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Don't go to it for a Hollywood happy ending. Go to it to learn what it can take to be alive. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Definitely a remarkable story, but as told by Miller it isn't really an uplifting one. Read more