Extraordinary Measures
2010 · 106 min · Director: Tom Vaughan
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
A Portland couple have two children with Pompe disease, a genetic anomaly that kills most before a child's tenth birthday. The husband, John, an advertising executive, contacts Robert Stonehill, a researcher in Nebraska who has done innovative research for an enzyme treatment. He has little money to fund his laboratory, and a thorny personality that drives away colleagues and funders. John and his wife Aileen raise money to help Stonehill's research and the required clinical trials. John takes on the task full time, working with venture capitalists and then rival teams of researchers. Time is running short, Stonehill's angry outburst hinder the company's faith in him, and the profit motive may upend John's hopes. The researchers race against time for the children who have the disease.
Emotional fingerprint
Extraordinary Measures (2010) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Hope 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Hope, Sadness. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Hope and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 66/100.
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Emotional journey
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- Relief
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Relief
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Hope | Relief | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Joy | 36 % | 11 % | 8 % | 5 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Tension | 48 % | 15 % | 17 % | 26 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Sadness | 66 % | 26 % | 28 % | 54 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 19′ | Sadness | 66 % | 40 % | 18 % | 59 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Sadness | 62 % | 53 % | 11 % | 49 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Hope | 61 % | 50 % | 11 % | 38 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Tension | 59 % | 36 % | 4 % | 29 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 40′ | Tension | 57 % | 36 % | 8 % | 16 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Hope | 56 % | 44 % | 21 % | 10 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Tension | 57 % | 40 % | 28 % | 16 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Tension | 64 % | 28 % | 21 % | 34 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 61′ | Sadness | 64 % | 21 % | 9 % | 48 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Hope | 58 % | 24 % | 3 % | 46 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 72′ | Sadness | 61 % | 29 % | 5 % | 48 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 77′ | Tension | 62 % | 38 % | 10 % | 44 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 82′ | Hope | 64 % | 50 % | 28 % | 35 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Relief | 74 % | 61 % | 56 % | 24 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Relief | 82 % | 72 % | 72 % | 13 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 103′ | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence | Not enough subtitle evidence |
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Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
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Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Megan Crowley
Patrick Crowley
Niles
Vinh Tran
Cal Dunning
Renzler Scientist #1
Researcher
Night Nurse (Marcy)
Dr. Waldman
Details
- Directed by
- Tom Vaughan
- Written by
- Robert Nelson Jacobs, Geeta Anand
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2010
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Country
- United States
- Genres
- Drama
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Empathy
- Data updated
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