Gifted Hands
by Thomas Carter
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Actor: Cuba Gooding Jr., Geoffrey Beauchamp, Lesley Bevan, Loren Bass, Tajh BellowDirector: Thomas Carter
Brand: GOODING,CUBA JR.
Producer: Bruce Stein
Producer: Dan Angel
Producer: David A. Rosemont
Producer: Erin Keating
Producer: Laura Gibson
Producer: Lennox Parris
Writer: John Pielmeier
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.78:1
Running Time: 86 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-08
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Gifted Hands
Movie Review: TRUE-LIFE DRAMA MADE CONVINCINGLY & EMOTIONALLY REALISTIC--HOLD ON TO YOUR HEART STRINGS
Summary: 5 Stars
GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY could be reviewed as a documentary or at least contemporary historical/nonfiction because of the content. A young boy grows up to be a surgeon. He becomes a gifted doctor at a high profile hospital dealing with the toughest of cases. He performs miracles, and much can be attributed to the encouragement and mothering he received while he was growing up. Mom never gives up on her sons.
GIFTED HANDS could also be reviewed as a story where the underprivileged and low achiever makes good. He builds within himself, with much reinforcement from his mother, an ambition and desire for learning. He accomplishes all that is within himself. He surpasses by light years what some expect from him being a fatherless, minority, wrong-neighborhood, disadvantaged sort of kid that is expected to become a burden on society, not a Johns Hopkins pediatric neurosurgery specialist. Boy makes good times ten.
IS IT A LOW KEY CHRISTIAN DRAMA? It could be considered that because this boy uses his personal faith, and seeks God's help in overcoming his childhood frustrations and anger. As a neurosurgeon, he continues to use his faith, even admitting to the parents of his patients that he prays daily. No Bible pounding, or heavy handed preaching. As a matter of fact, most of the staunch religious will say this movie is not revealing faith at all. I disagree. It is the faith of a young boy, which grows into a man's inner strength of knowing God as a helper, and in an assuming way, not flamboyant and boastful.
REALISM--HONEST IN THE TRENCHES LIVING is what this award worthy story is about. Ben Carson, even with his skills with a surgeons knife, also knows failure, struggle, and life sorrow that comes from a human inability to control every aspect of living. But he never stops trying, and he gets support from some teachers, mom, brother, wife, classmates, and many others along the way. But in the end, it is one man's choice to do his very best, make his life "shine and sparkle" just like his mother did to floors while scrubbing and cleaning for others.
This is one powerful, inspirational, biography of one life overcoming hardship and of becoming an overachiever. Dr Carson has a goodness within always striving to help others. You will be glad you watched, regardless of your own race, religion, or educational attainment.
School counselors take note: here's one for your office shelf to loan out.
Summary of Gifted Hands
Oscar® winner Cuba Gooding Jr. (Actor in a Supporting Role, Jerry Maguire, 1996) stars in this true story about a renowned brain surgeon who overcame obstacles to change the course of medicine forever. Young Ben Carson didn't have much of a chance. Growing up in a broken home amongst poverty and prejudice, his grades suffered and his temper flared. And yet, his mother never lost her faith in him. Insisting he follow the opportunities she never had, she helped to grow his imagination, intelligence and, most importantly, his belief in himself. That faith would be his gift - the thing that would drive him to follow his dream of becoming one of the world's leading neurosurgeons.Similar DVD Movies
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