Breakthrough

May. 19,2022      
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Breakthrough tells the story of a renegade scientist’s quest to find a cure for cancer, the disease that killed his mother. Texan Jim Allison is a 2018 Nobel Prize winner for discovering how to prompt a cancer patient’s own immune system into defeating their disease, but for decades he waged an often-lonely struggle against the painful skepticism of the medical establishment.

Woody Harrelson as  Narrator (voice)

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Reviews

Mandeep Tyson
2022/05/19

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Ella-May O'Brien
2022/05/20

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

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Gary
2022/05/21

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

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Guillelmina
2022/05/22

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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