Extraordinary Measures

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$15.1M

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.

🏆 1 win total

Director

Tom Vaughan

Cast

Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Harrison Ford

Released

22 January 2010

Runtime

1h 46m

Certificate

PG

IMDb rating

6.4 / 10

Votes

18,113

Metascore

45

Rotten Tomatoes

29%

Box office

$12,068,313

Budget

$31,000,000

Edition

Base