Decoding Annie Parker (2014)

Very disappointed :(

Lack of good storyline.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Review: This movie really did touch me, because a couple of my family members have recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. The emotional strain that this terrible disease puts on a family, was shown in this movie and I must admit, it did bring a tear to my eye. The fact that they haven't found a cure for this disease, is extremely worrying for everybody in day to day life, so when Mary-Claire King found a connection through the family gene it was truly an amazing thing. More and more people are testing for the disease, especially if it's in there family, so this movie brought to light how certain cancers are passed through our siblings, genetically. The performance from Samantha Morton is excellent, especially when she was going through chemo the second time and the technical side of Mary-Claire's work is easy to understand and interesting to follow. It did seem like the film was made for TV, mainly because I have seen a lot of movies that cover this subject matter on TV but it's still an emotional drama which I thoroughly enjoyed. I will warn you to have a box of tissues next to you when you watch this film because it's an touching roller-coaster that a lot of people can relate to. Enjoyable!Round-Up: This is the first movie written and directed by Steven Bernstein, who done a great job by bringing a medical milestone to light. It didn't get the big distribution treatment like a lot of uninteresting movies that I have seen lately, which is a shame because the subject matter is becoming more popular to households across the world. I must admit, you do have to be in the right frame of mind before you watch this film because it does touch many issues which can be a bit too  emotional for people who are suffering with cancer. With that aside, it's still worth a watch, just to see what Marie-Claire had to go through to bring her findings to light.I recommend this movie to people who are into their dramatic movies starring Rashida Jones, Aaron Paul, Helen Hunt, Samantha Morten, Alice Eve, Maggie Grace, Corey Stoll and Ben McKenzie. 6/10

I watched a beautiful, touching, and powerful real life story of a film about trying to find a cure for breast cancer and map the BRCA-1 gene in the '70s called Decoding Annie Parker, whose mother and father, and sister succumbed to cancer at a time when computers were too slow to compile any real data.A brilliantly touching movie, I highly recommend.As a child growing up in the '70s, I found the movie remarkably visceral and stirring.My life was a comedy. I just had to learn to laugh. ~Annie, Decoding Annie ParkerI highly recommend this movie, we are going through a pandemic of cancer in our history, and we must find the cause, whether it's our industrialization, genetic disposition, a combination of a great many things, I feel someday we'll have eradicated cancer, looking back at all those who suffered and died, may all beings be free of suffering.

Had the privilege to review this film last night at an Asheville, NC fundraiser. Simply put, the film was remarkable - a unique combination of education and entertainment. The juxtaposition of the personal, challenging and heartfelt story of Annie Parker with the relentless pursuit of science and discovery by Mary-Claire King was inspirational and amazing. Broad distribution of this film is a must - both for movie-going audiences, for survivors, for previvors and for everyone who has ever loved, laughed and sustained.Kudos!

After attending the premiere of this newly introduced movie in Boise, Idaho, I new simply by the applause at the end that it did indeed, triumph! Steven Bernstein's 6 years in the making of this film,has certainly created a rouse. A rouse of the meticulous journey that cancer can take on one's soul. He spared no details in capturing the viewpoints of the victims and the victor.The victor, Annie Parker, who was played so delicately, so raw, and ever so convincingly by Samantha Morton, was and will always be one of my favorite "stand-out" performances by an actress. She so exquisitely captured cancer's journey which can be summarized by a simple quote from George C. Scott, "The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it." Being that this is the first review that I have taken time to write, I'm am very pleased, dare I say proud too, that it is for this movie. And, although it is a review with a few small paragraphs, I hope that it is enough to convince any and all that Decoding Annie Parker is truly a "Must-See!"