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201793 minDrama, History, TV Movie

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks a Hit or Flop?

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Is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks worth watching? With a rating of 6.3/10, this Drama, History, TV Movie film is a mixed-bag for fans of the genre. Read on for our detailed analysis and user reviews.

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Synopsis

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.

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Top Cast

Oprah Winfrey
Oprah WinfreyDeborah Lacks
Rose Byrne
Rose ByrneRebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Renée Elise GoldsberryHenrietta Lacks
Reg E. Cathey
Reg E. CatheyZakariyyah
Courtney B. Vance
Courtney B. VanceSir Lord Keenan Coefield
Rocky Carroll
Rocky CarrollSonny Lacks
Leslie Uggams
Leslie UggamsSadie
Reed Birney
Reed BirneyDr. George Gey
John Douglas Thompson
John Douglas ThompsonLawrence Lacks
Adriane Lenox
Adriane LenoxBarbara Lacks

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Is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks worth watching?

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has received mixed reviews with a 6.3/10 rating. It might be worth watching if you're a fan of Drama, History, TV Movie movies.

Is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks hit or flop?

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has received average ratings (6.3/10), performing moderately with audiences.

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a Drama, History, TV Movie movie that An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line ...

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Critic Reviews

RenoFeb 4, 2018
★ 6

**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_