Jim Allison: Breakthrough

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Movie Info

A renegade, blues-playing, Nobel prize-winning Texas scientist creates a cure for the world's deadliest disease.

Rating:

PG-13 (Brief Strong Language|Thematic Material)
Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Bill Haney
Producer:

Bill Haney, Jennifer Pearce
Writer:

Bill Haney
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 27, 2019 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 22, 2019
Runtime:

1h 31m
Production Co:

Uncommon Productions LLC

Cast & Crew

Woody Harrelson
Narrator

Jim Allison
Self

Bill Haney
Director

Bill Haney
Writer

Bill Haney
Producer

Jennifer Pearce
Producer

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Critic Reviews for Jim Allison: Breakthrough

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (1)

In any other context, [a "quack"] is what he would be, except that he was right!

October 4, 2019 | Full Review…

Tim Cogshell
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
"Jim Allison: Breakthrough" offers an inspiring and heartening retort. Check it out. Take the kids. Go twice. Just see the dang thing. You won't regret it, and you'll never forget it.

October 2, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
Filmmaker Bill Haney takes an effectively straightforward approach to fashioning a respectful portrait of maverick cancer researcher James P. Allison.

September 27, 2019 | Full Review…

Joe Leydon
Variety
Getting to know Jim Allison and some of his colleagues made me feel very small and humble. This worthy film chronicles a remarkable odyssey.

September 27, 2019 | Full Review…

Leonard Maltin
leonardmaltin.com
With the colorful Allison... and narrator Woody Harrelson at his disposal, Haney could have easily done without all the glossy dramatic recreations and frequent shout-outs to Bristol-Myers Squibb...

September 26, 2019 | Full Review…

Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
An accessible introduction to James P. Allison, who, along with Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won a Nobel Prize in 2018 for discoveries in cancer immunotherapy.

September 26, 2019 | Full Review…

Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
Jim Allison: Breakthrough is a most enjoyable, and remarkable, ramble.

October 28, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Elias Savada
Film International
The Nobel speaks for Allison's extraordinary success. The movie speaks for the extraordinary man behind it.

October 20, 2019 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Al Alexander
The Patriot Ledger
What a pleasure it is to meet Jim Allison in Bill Haney's excellent documentary.

October 10, 2019 | Full Review…

Martha K. Baker
KDHX (St. Louis)
A worthy documentary, about a subject who's a fascinating, compelling character in his own right.

October 7, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Stephen Silver
Splice Today
A fascinating look at MD Anderson immunologist and Nobel laureate's fight against cancer. Significant doc with enough Texas levity to make this a real treat.

October 5, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

Joe Friar
The Victoria Advocate
Engaging portrait of a flinty Texas iconoclast out to cure cancer.

September 23, 2019 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Roger Moore
Movie Nation

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