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Decoding Annie Parker

Decoding Annie Parker

Drama · 2014

The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.

Movie details

Decoding Annie Parker

“Everyone thought they were crazy, until they proved everyone wrong.”

2014 Drama 1h 31m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.2 / 10

3.3K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

54 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

56 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

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The lives of a breast-cancer patient and a researcher who is trying to prove a genetic link to cancer intersect in a groundbreaking study.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Steven Bernstein

Written by

Steven Bernstein · Adam Bernstein

Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

Annie Parker

Helen Hunt

Helen Hunt

Mary-Claire King

Aaron Paul

Aaron Paul

Paul

Alice Eve

Alice Eve

Louise

Maggie Grace

Maggie Grace

Sarah

Rashida Jones

Rashida Jones

Kim

Corey Stoll

Corey Stoll

Sean

Court is in session

Put Decoding Annie Parker on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.