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Decoding Annie Parker (2014)

May. 02,2014
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The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.

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Cubussoli
2014/05/02

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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BeSummers
2014/05/03

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

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Keeley Coleman
2014/05/04

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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Loui Blair
2014/05/05

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

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SnoopyStyle
2014/05/06

Annie Parker (Samantha Morton) suffers many losses. Her mother, father, and older sister all died from cancer. It's the 1970's. She is obsessed with checking for lumps and eventually she also gets breast cancer. Her husband Paul (Aaron Paul) is a pool cleaner. Louise (Alice Eve) is her younger sister. Dr. Gold (Corey Stoll) suspects a genetic cause but he is refuted by more experienced doctor. At UC Berkeley, research genetic scientist Mary-Claire King (Helen Hunt) is trying to map the human genome but the task is overwhelming. Her team is on a long, winding search for the cause of breast cancer and the discovery of the responsible gene.Morton and her side of the story is very compelling with surprising humor and infinite humanity. The Helen Hunt side is less compelling. I can think of several ways to increase the tension but her side is inherently less dramatic. It's more scientific and less humane. It could have enlightened some of the science but that may be asking too much. It leaves me to wonder if concentrating solely on Annie Parker would be more intriguing.

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stevepat99
2014/05/07

I viewed and enjoyed this film. Samantha Morton, as Anne Parker was riveting. Helen Hunt playing Dr. Mary-Claire-King looked tired and yet offered a credible performanceSomething bothered me as I thought about the film. I had read some reviews, one in particular that talked about Dr. King 'confirming' Mary's theory. Another suggested their paths would eventually cross. The meeting of Annie and Dr. King seemed strange in its rushed, happenstance manner. Then there was Dr. King and her life's work which was totally disengaged from any personal connection to Annie. I could not recall other films running on two tracks that never actually linked-up. After all, the very title of the film connotes linkage. The two films remain firmly on their tracks never to actually link at all. Title aside, Dr. King is not decoding Annie Parker, she is decoding for all women. The rushed meeting was the fictional ''glue' since it never happened. Annie and Dr. King met one time only and that was in 2013 at the Seattle premiere of the film. Nor was Annie part of Dr. King's research group likely because they were separated by thousands of miles and hence it is said they lived totally different lives.Assuming Annie, as portrayed, was hell bent on proving her cancer's genetic connection her efforts were noble but bore no fruit. Annie's story on track #1 is solely a story of survival and her 'effort' to learn the genetic truth behind her family's curse. Annie's role is that of an awesome survivor with a 'suspicion' and quest to learn more. It was inspiring but this is not any sort of Lorenzo's Oil tale. On track #2 is Dr. King who is solely credited with discovering the cancer causing gene. During Dr. King's quest she neither met nor communicated with Annie. Yet two shining examples of human endurance and spirit. I give 9 stars to Annie's movie and 7 stars to Dr. King's movie. Two fine movies for the price of one. My hat's off to Annie who has to be the all time poster woman for cancer survival!

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lmadelson
2014/05/08

I just saw this movie tonight in Indianapolis with a sellout crowd through gathr.us. I hope it will be released to more theaters so more people can enjoy it. Many audience members tonight were touched somehow by the BRCA gene or hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, and we were anxious to see this movie and share it with friends and family. The writing, directing and acting is superb, and it is never corny or overly melodramatic despite the cancer theme. The funeral scenes really hit home for me. It was also a story of hope, and of never giving up. Dr King and her team are my heroes, as are patients like Annie Parker, and many of us may be alive today because of them. Discovery of the BRCA gene mutation is one of the most important advances in science, and this brings it to the public in a way that can be understood. I loved ALL the actors, the music, the scenery, and the shifting of the two parallel stories, one of the search for the genetic link to cancer and the other a patients personal belief (in spite of what her doctors tell her ) that something runs in her family. Bravo to everyone involved in the making of this movie!

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ricardoduncan
2014/05/09

There is no one definition that describes all cancers. They are a large family of diseases which form a subset of neoplasms, which show some features that suggest of malignancy. A neoplasm or tumor is a group of cells that have undergone unregulated growth, and will often form a mass or lump, but may be distributed diffusely. Six characteristics of malignancies have been proposed: sustaining proliferative signaling, evading growth suppressors, resisting cell death, enabling replicative immortality, inducing angiogenesis, and activating invasion and metastasis. The progression from normal cells to cells that can form a discernible mass to outright cancer involves multiple steps

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