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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Directed by
George C. Wolfe
TV-MA
2017
1h 33m
Drama
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Biography
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6.4
69%
55%
6.4
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An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
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Cast of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks
Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks
Ninja N. Devoe
Country Girl Mae
Lisa Arrindell
Aunt Ethel
Earl Poitier
Cousin Josh
L. Warren Young
Day Lacks
Patrick Walker
Cousin Fred
Jane Rumbaua
Mrs. Hsu
Sylvia Grace Crim
Mary Kubicek
Tian Richards
Lawrence (16 yrs.)
Kate Bond
Young Woman
Jazzy Ellis
Young Gladys
Jock McKissic
Carl the Mechanic
Kyanna Simone Simpson
Deborah (15-24YRS)
Tinashe Kajese
Sadie
Kayla Anderson
Johns Hopkins Student
Karen Wheeling Reynolds
Mrs. Gey
Todd Lee
Doctor
Jordan Eli Arellano
Young Sonny Lacks
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Ratings & Reviews
Andscape
Soraya Nadia McDonald
Imagine having to endure the emotional labor of seeing your own story told, without the comfort of knowing that you control it or enjoying compensation for it either. Henrietta Lacks raises questions about ethics, both artistic and biomedical.
Film Inquiry
Brian Walter
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has a vision that is as richly loving as it is clear-eyed about the racist sins that continue to dog us as a culture and a nation.
Common Sense Media
Dana Villamagna
Real-life tear-jerker shows how lies hurt, truth heals.
TV Insider
Matt Roush
Even if it sends you to the book to learn more, The Immortal Life will have done its job.
San Francisco Chronicle
David Wiegand
Henrietta Lacks achieved a kind of immortality after her death. But Skloot's book and, now, this gripping film adaptation will ensure that the world knows who she was.
The Atlantic
Lenika Cruz
Winfrey's humane and riveting performance may make this adaptation worth a watch.
The Young Folks
Anna Kopco
The idea behind The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was honorable and no doubt brought a very powerful story to the surface, but it touched base without following through on many important aspects of her story.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a good movie with a great performance.
AV Club
Caitlin PenzeyMoog
The Immortal Life is too abridged and disorderly to reveal very much.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Jen Chaney
Winfrey delivers a performance that's on another level. It can be challenging, even when she's convincing in a film or on a series, to forget that we're watching Oprah. But as Deborah Lacks... Oprah Winfrey completely disappears.
Slant Magazine
Chris Cabin
The film awkwardly and cumbersomely arrives at its revelations.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
Despite noble intentions, though, HBO has set a high bar for its movies, and the task of transforming this adaptation into something with a life beyond the printed page is where "Henrietta Lacks" proves lacking.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
Nothing feels invested in long enough to register because the narrative is constantly jumping around, almost as if it's scared there's not enough story here to carry a film.
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
So watch the film for a well acted CliffsNotes version of the book - intriguing and thought provoking, but also frustrating.
Newsday
Verne Gay
A beautiful, moving film, and Oprah (as usual) brings it.
NPR
Eric Deggans
It has deeply affecting moments, but they don't quite knit together into a consistently powerful film. But it does succeed by showcasing Winfrey in one of her best roles yet.
Washington Post
Hank Stuever
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is beautifully shot, economically told (if anything it feels too rushed) and respectful to the legacy of the HeLa cells.
IndieWire
Ben Travers
Byrne is as solid as ever, and House of Cards favorite Reg E. Cathey stops by to provide additional gravitas, but the cast can't quite make up for the idea that Henrietta Lacks feels like a misplaced movie.
Variety
Maureen Ryan
It's worth seeing in order to witness Oprah Winfrey give one of the best performances of her career.
The Hollywood Reporter
Keith Uhlich
The intentions are good, but the problems are legion.
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