Lorenzo's Oil
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- Common Sense Age 13+
- Critics Consensus 92%
- HD
- CC
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- Drama
- 2 Hours 15 Minutes
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4.5 • 40 Ratings
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Oscar® nominee Nick Nolte and Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon star in this powerful and unforgettable drama based on a true story. For Augusto and Michaela Odone (Nolte and Sarandon), the news that their five-year-old son, Lorenzo, has a rare terminal disease is sobering, to learn there is no known cure is devastating. Despite the prognosis, the Odones embark on an extraordinary mission of love, consulting and sometimes colliding with the world's top doctors and scientists in the quest to save their son. Their relentless struggle tests their marriage, their beliefs and the boundaries of conventional medicine in this critically acclaimed hit from director George Miller (The Witches of Eastwick).
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Oscar® nominee Nick Nolte and Academy Award® winner Susan Sarandon star in this powerful and unforgettable drama based on a true story. For Augusto and Michaela Odone (Nolte and Sarandon), the news that their five-year-old son, Lorenzo, has a rare terminal disease is sobering, to learn there is no known cure is devastating. Despite the prognosis, the Odones embark on an extraordinary mission of love, consulting and sometimes colliding with the world's top doctors and scientists in the quest to save their son. Their relentless struggle tests their marriage, their beliefs and the boundaries of conventional medicine in this critically acclaimed hit from director George Miller (The Witches of Eastwick).
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $14.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: A harrowing tribute to the heroism of parental love, Lorenzo's Oil is kept from abject misery by George Miller's sensitive direction and outstanding performances from Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon.
Intense film about a boy's fatal illness has heavy themes.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- George Miller
- Producers
- Doug Mitchell
- George Miller
- Screenwriter
- Nick Enright
- George Miller
Information
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Genre
- Drama
- Released
- Copyright
- © 1992 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo, CC)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.