"...First Do No Harm"
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Movie Reviews of "...First Do No Harm"
Movie Review: It was a great movie
Summary: 3 Stars
I remember watched it when it first came to lifetimes or ABC, I am not sure. I was battling with seizure, I couldn't take my eyes off that movie. It seems so true. I thought that diet might helped me, but guess what? I am healed! I had never tried diet, I am healed by the LOVE of GOD. no joking, it is a size of mustard seed in faith...He shall heal you. Everyone thought it is mediences but come on, it is not as effeciently as His power.Movie Review: 'First Do No Harm' is just OK
Summary: 3 Stars
Lorenzo's Oil is a much better screenplay and compelling story.
I am surprised Meryl Streep agreed to do this film with such a weak screenplay. The story is significant, but the rendering is just OK.
Too bad there isn't a more compelling film that deals with epilepsy.
Movie Review: A diatribe based on a (incomplete) true story
Summary: 2 Stars
As a medical student working closely with pediatric and adult neurologists specializing in epilepsy, I felt like I needed to say something to level the thinking this movie seems to inspire in viewers. First, it is based on a true story. The true story, however, does not involve a family battling incredible odds and hardship in seeking treatment. It involves a wealthy Hollywood producer with no monetary restrictions and an epileptic child who was TEMPORARILY helped by the ketogenic diet. The movie doesn't go on to explain that after a time, his child regressed and suffered from more and more frequent seizures. The diet is not a cure-all that forever changed the child's life.The ketogenic diet is not an "alternative" therapy. It pre-dates current anticonvulsive drugs by decades, when it was noted that starvation prevents seizures. That is the key word: starvation. It is an extremely rigid and difficult diet to maintain, and even the sugar from a cookie or piece of cake sneaked at a birthday party or school can negate all positive effect. When medications were developed that were far safer than those previously available and easier to stick to than the rigorous ketogenic diet, it fell out of favor. Of the many drugs available now, the vast majority of epileptics benefit greatly from either one or a combination of them. This, without the great ordeal of maintaining the ketogenic diet. It does, however, work for many who are able to stick to it with the great support of family, school, physicians, etc. But as with ANY treatment, it isn't perfect.
It's always important to approach these things with caution. From TV shows and movies, to books, even to scientific articles and texts, everything is colored by the creator's experiences and biases. This movie is one such example of artistic license and strong emotions clouding and distorting the portrayal of an important aspect of health care for individuals unfortunate enough to be affected with epilepsy.
Movie Review: This movie was unbearable to watch...
Summary: 1 Stars
I was forced to watch this movie during a wellness and alternative medicine class and abhorred every minute. I seemed to be the only one in the room who felt this way. The plot, though "based on a true story," is highly contrived and obnoxious with its metaphors. I hated the musical montages. I had zero empathy for every boring character, and this movie begs for your empathy. Meryl Streep is always either wildly emotional and bitchy, or trying very hard to be cute. Her love scene with her character's redneck husband made me cringe in disgust. Worst of all was her screaming and crying little creep of a son. If you have a low tolerance for incessantly yelling and screaming children (as I do) this movie will test the limits of your patience. I now take a double helping of birth control and punch myself in the uterus every morning just to be safe. I saw the ending coming a mile away: will little Robbie come to symbolize the little boy in The Emperor's New Clothes, and will the movie end with him victoriously riding atop his new horse (which throughout the movie he ceaselessly demands to ride)?
SPOILER ALERT!
Yes.