Lorenzos Oil (1993)

Editor's Note Based on a true 1985 story, "Lorenzo's Oil" chronicles a couple's search for a cure for their son's fatal disease. After diagnosing 5-year-old Lorenzo Odone's condition as an extremly rare degeneration of the nervous system known as Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), the doctors tell his parents that there is nothing that can be done, and that he has only two years to live. Refusing to accept the word of the medical establishment, the Odones begin researching ALD themselves. As her husband desperately seeks a cure, the boy's mother devotes herself to keeping her child alive with a single-minded fanaticism that alienates everyone around her, including, at times, her husband. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best (Original) Screenplay, Best Actress--Susan Sarandon.

	Gerry Bamman
	Kathleen Wilhoite
	Margo Martindale
	Nick Nolte
	Peter Ustinov
	Susan Sarandon
	Zack O'Malley Greenburg
	Doug Mitchell - Producer
	George Miller - Director
	George Miller - Screenplay
	George Miller - Producer
	John Seale - Cinematographer
	Marcus D'Arcy - Editor
	Nick Enright - Screenplay
	Richard Francis-Bruce - Editor

Rolling Stone
"...[Sarandon] delivers a stunning, emotionally direct performance..." 01/21/1993 p.54-5

USA Today
"...[A] cinematic wonder....An exhilarating experience akin to watching a breathless mystery thriller unfold..." -- 4 out of 4 stars 12/30/1992 p.1D

Chicago Sun-Times
"...It takes a heartbreaking story and pushes it to the limit, showing us the lengths of courage and imagination that people can summon when they must. The performances, by Susan Sarandon and Nick Nolte, are daring, too..." 01/15/1993 p.39

James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
Much of Lorenzo's Oil is based on true events, but there are at least a few moments when Holl

Chicago Sun-Times 10 of 10
You may have heard that Lorenzo's Oil is a harrowing movie experience. It is, but in the best - Roger Ebert