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DVD - Concussion The Movie, Will Smith (2015) Biography, Drama, Widescreen
Filmmaker Peter Landesman (PARKLAND) wrote and directed this sports-themed drama based on Jeanne Marie Laskas' GQ article "Game Brain," about the potentially horrific cost of playing football. Pittsburgh-based neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (Will Smith) discovers a degenerative brain disease now known as CTE in the autopsies of several deceased pro-football players, but after presenting his research, he finds himself under fire from the NFL. Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Luke Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Bitsie Tulloch, and Albert Brooks co-star., Writer/director Peter Landesman (PARKLAND) draws inspiration from Jeanne Marie Laskas GQ article "Game Brain" for this sports-themed drama centered on the research conducted by forensic neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (played by Will Smith in the film) that raised public awareness about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy resulting from such high-impact sports as professional football.
Product Details
Number of Discs: 1
Film Country: USA
UPC: 043396462991
Additional Details
Genre: Dramas
Format: DVD
"It's a gripping story....Smith -- flawless in accent and commitment to Omalu's worthy cause -- grips you from first to last."
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (12/22/2015)
"The straightforward telling actually serves the strong cast and taut script -- and a story that would be deemed too outrageous to believe if it wasn’t true." -- Grade: B+
Entertainment Weekly - Leah Greenblatt (12/17/2015)
"Smith puts his star wattage to clever use here, buttoning down but never attempting to hide his natural magnetism as a real-life character who’s a force of nature in his own way."
Variety - Andrew Barker (11/11/2015)
"It dramatizes a crisis that is still making headlines today: the dangers of serious brain damage caused by the violent collisions of pro football....It has unmistakable urgency..."
Hollywood Reporter - Stephen Farber (11/11/2015)