While this doesn’t detract from Dr Omalu’s towering achievements, it does lend his story an uneasy, jingoistic tone at odds with his own liberal outlook.
A middle-of-the-road drama populated by stock characters.
Polemic and melodrama crash head on in the shocking but unsatisfactory Concussion.
Based on a true story, this drama about the doctor who challenged the NFL with evidence that the game is giving its players brain damage is shallow and unsatisfying.
Will Smith saves the day – and the film – as a whistle-blowing doctor in this true-life American Football drama.
Hollywood tackles concussion head-on
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