Movie Cosmos - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Rose Byrne

As Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

As Henrietta Lacks

Oprah Winfrey

As Deborah Lacks

Ninja N. Devoe

As Country Girl Mae

Lisa Arrindell

As Aunt Ethel

Earl Poitier

As Cousin Josh

L. Warren Young

As Day Lacks

Patrick Walker

As Cousin Fred

Jane Rumbaua

As Mrs. Hsu

Sylvia Grace Crim

As Mary Kubicek

Tian Richards

As Lawrence (16 yrs.)

Kate Bond

As Young Woman

Jazzy Ellis

As Young Gladys

Jock McKissic

As Carl the Mechanic

Kyanna Simone Simpson

As Deborah (15-24YRS)

Tinashe Kajese

As Sadie

Kayla Anderson

As Johns Hopkins Student

Karen Wheeling Reynolds

As Mrs. Gey

Todd Lee

As Doctor

Jordan Eli Arellano

As Young Sonny Lacks

Mary Shaw

As Woman at Pump

Tatom Pender

As Johns Hopkins Nurse

Christopher Robert Escobar

As Chris the Intern

Clint Edwards

As Scientist

De'Marco Arrington

As Young Joe

Jaylon Gordon

As Alfred

Tashaun Stanfill-Perry

As Henrietta Lacks Neighbor

Matthew Bernard

As Johns Hopkins Student

Sage Mayer

As Young Boy

Elizabeth Hackler

As Rebecca's Co-worker

David Shae

As Reporter

Jaedon Godley

As Davon Lacks

Tyvonna Jones

As Elsie Lacks

Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.

As Young Sonny

Miguel Angel Marrero

As Scientist

Courtney B. Vance

As Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Reed Birney

As Dr. George Gey

Alpha Trivette

As First Administrator

Terrence V. Walker

As Church Patron

Sean Freeland

As Charlie

Reg E. Cathey

As Zakariyyah

Gabriel Ebert

As Christoph Lengauer

Top Crew >

George C. Wolfe

Director, Screenplay

Caroline Hanania

Production Design

Alexander Woo

Writer

Cindy Tolan

Casting

Aaron Yanes

Editor

Paul Tazewell

Costume Design

Peter Landesman

Adaptation

Rebecca Skloot

Book

Mateo Márquez

Digital Intermediate Assistant

Sofian El Fani

Director of Photography

Carla Martinez

Assistant Art Director

Sarah Carter

Set Decoration Buyer

Brittany Upchurch

Set Decoration Buyer

Reviews:

Reno (6/10)

You will know everything, but Henrietta Lacks!

It's a good biographical drama, but the only problem is its not what exactly the title says. If you believed to learn about Henrietta Lacks and went to see it, you might end disappointingly. Because she was the only topic of the story, not the actual story, except a few glimpses. It is like you watched 'Infamous' or 'Capote', instead of 'In Cold Blood'. That's what like this film. Yet not a bad film.

A writer pursuing the family members of a person who lived in the mid 20th century, because she was a medical phenomenon. Her cells used to treat cancer, despite she had died of cancer, leaving her young kids behind. Her descendants not aware of how things work in the medical research, only misguided by others, finally, set to discover the truth themselves about all the fuss.

It was nominated for the Emmy, but did not win. Oprah was okay, but Rose Byrne impressed me. Except a misleading title, it is a good film, but I really wanted/want to know the Henrietta Lacks. That's funny, because they have told us an unnecessary story. I hope somebody would make a film about actual Henrietta Lacks!

5.5/10

2018-02-04