Lorenzo's Oil

I saw this film several years ago. And yet it remains with me. I am not sure that it is "great film-making"; I do know, however, that it conveyed the story so effectively that even after 5 or 6 years... Full review

This is the true story of Lorenzo Michael Murphy Odone, who, at the age of seven, suffered from a rare, incurable brain disease called ALD. The doctors said there was nothing they could do and that he would die within... Full review

Lorenzo's oilA true story about a battle for the life of Lorenzo who suffers from ALD. A rare disease which destroys all basic functions like speech and movement and in the end takes the life of the person. In this... Full review

LORENZO'S OIL (1992) **** Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Peter Ustinov, Zack O' Malley Greenburg, Kathleen Wilhoite. Powerful and educational true life story of Augusto and Michaela Odone who learn their young son is stricken with a devestating and rare disease... Full review

The directors with real master-level technique are few and far between. Great technique does not, all on its own, make a film great, but it can certainly make it watchable, and all of George Miller's movies are at least that.The... Full review

[CONTAINS SPOILERS] Our story beings in July, 1983. 5-year-old Lorenzo Odone and his parents are on vacation in Africa. Lorenzo has made friends with all members of the Comoria tribe. Among them is Omouri. When it was time for the... Full review

No doubt Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon are two great actors who have been part of wonderful movies. In "Lorenzo's Oil" they're even better than usual. The story is about a boy who has a rare disease that kills him... Full review

Wow!,what a film.Based on a true story about little boy Lorenzo who gets an incurable disease called ALG.Parents never gives up to get a cure for the disease.And a cure there is,in form of an oil.This is an heartwarming,interesting and... Full review

"Lorenzo's Oil" is a movie about the triumph of human spirit and dogged determination. This movie is based on the true story of Michaela and Agusto Odone, whose child Lorenzo was diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a degenerative nerve disorder that... Full review

A family returns to the U.S. from Africa only to discover that their son has acquired a very rare disease called A.L.D. While told to give up and let their son die because there is no cure in sight, the... Full review

they transform a complex case history into gripping cinema.....Watching her proved right makes Lorenzo's Oil an invigorating adventure.....In Lorenzo's Oil , she delivers a stunning, emotionally direct performance as the mother of a five-year-old boy the doctors have given two years to live..... ... Full Review

Lorenzo's Oil" is a true story, a case study of parental love as Augusto and Michaela Odone (Nick Nolte and Sarandon) refuse to roll over and let their child suffer without a fight. Not only will Sarandon be nominated as best actress, I'm guessing she will win. ... Full Review

Lorenzo's Oil" is a true story, a case study of parental love as Augusto and Michaela Odone (Nick Nolte and Sarandon) refuse to roll over and let their child suffer without a fight. Not only will Sarandon be nominated as best actress, I'm guessing she will win. ... Full Review

Knowing the real Lorenzo Odone -- the boy on whom "Lorenzo's Oil" is based -- makes reviewing the movie acutely subjective. The last time I saw Lorenzo, he was a happy, precocious child of 3 or 4. Don't go to it for a Hollywood happy ending. ... Full Review

But for Lorenzo, paralyzed and profoundly unresponsive, it's almost too late. Indeed, it suffers from nearly as many infirmities as Lorenzo Odone, who inherits a rare degenerative nerve disease from his mother. ... Full Review

WE USED TO FEEL LIKE THE LUCKIEST people in the world," says Vicki Margus, in the living room of her Boca Raton, Fla., home. "We would go places with the boys, and old ladies would stop me and say, 'How... ... Full Article

Virginia Boy was Subject of Oscar-Nominated FilmHe lived just one day past his 30th birthday.Lorenzo Michael Murphy Odone, who suffered from adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), was the subject of a 1992 Oscar-nominated film, Lorenzo's Oil, starring Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon as... ... Full Article

I've had my fill of cute, computer-generated critters, but I'm still looking forward to "Happy Feet," due out Nov. 17, because this animated penguin musical comes from the always-interesting filmmaker George Miller ("Babe: Pig in the City," "Lorenzo's Oil," the... ... Full Article

Pittsburgh's sputtering economy was awash in Hollywood money. Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito ("Hoffa"), Bruce Willis ("Striking Distance") and Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon ("Lorenzo's Oil") were just a few of the stars living among us. Hollywood came because of ... Full Article

Aug. 17, 2008 My wife and i watched the movie last nite and were moved by the courage of Lorenzo's parents.I was wondering if the brave man was alive but have just read of his death. ... Full Article

When the film "Lorenzo's Oil" came out nearly a decade ago, Augusto and Michaela Odone were depicted as crusading parents who fought the medical establishment to discover a life-saving dietary oil for boys who had the same rare disease as... ... Full Article