Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

soccerbeast-89913 From the very start of the movie, I was completely indulged in the story. I felt as though I was a member of the Odone family. The story was perfectly paced and kept the viewer constantly engaged in all that was taking place. The movie did a great job making you, the viewer, feel as though you were in the given situations, both good and bad.The acting in this film was outstanding. Both Sarandon and Nolte were incredible. The love they showed for their son, Lorenzo, was special. I found the acting of young Lorenzo, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, to be especially superb. To be given the task of playing a boy with ALD cannot be easy and he portrayed it effortlessly at such a young age. This film has moments of joy and moments that pull at your heartstrings. It is a movie that everyone should see within their lifetime because it is truly inspirational and powerful! I have tremendous amounts of respect for the real Odone family.

ShelbyTMItchell Really one moving film. About a family who's only child, named Lorenzo suffered a rare disease. As the doctors and medical field after all has failed them. Decides to invent their own miracle. Hence the title.As we see the angst, sadness, and why me of Lorenzo's parents, played by Nick Nolte with an Italian accent and Susan Sarandon. It is Sarandon's Michaela who really suffers the most. As she refuses to leave his son.As Nolte's character a wealthy banker must fund the project. Despite everybody turning him down. For the record, Michaela dies in 2000 and after being told he would die in childhood, Lorenzo would succumb to his own disease eight years later.Still a moving movie and yes, get the tissues out!

Yorkie This true story is very interesting to watch. If you like adventure but don't normally go for medical films, you will like this.Lorenzo's parents show great determination to investigate the disease and try to reduce its effects, with some success. When the film was made, Lorenzo had already outlived the doctors' predictions by four years. Although he died about two years ago, it is obvious that the effort was worth it.The chemist who refined the rapeseed oil appeared as himself in this film. Peter Ustinov's performance as the doctor is also worthy of note.See this film - you will find it sad at times but you will like it.

dbdumonteil It's impossible to remain indifferent to this family's sufferings .Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte -in spite of his fake Italian accent- give superlative performances.That moment when Nolte is crying in his stairs is one of the most harrowing desperate scene I have ever seen.What's really extraordinary is that we do not always side with the parents.Sometimes ,we think they are monsters to carry on a pointless fight.Sometimes we think that maybe the nurse who reads the fairy tale as if she were reading grocery's lists might be right.Two people who did not know anything about biology (aside from what we learn in high school)and who become capable of arguing against leading medical experts after studying books night after night deserve our undivided attention."Laurenzo" is not an easy movie to watch;it's not what you would call "entertaining".For this family,the famous sentence " life is a daily struggle" takes on a terrible meaning.Recommended.