Lorenzo's Oil Movie Review

LORENZOS OIL

        Lorenzos Oil is based on the true story of Augusto Odone (Nick Nolte) and his wife, Michaela (Susan Sarandon), as they fight to spell the life and sanity of their son, Lorenzo (Zack OMalley Greenburg). Lorenzo, was diagnosed in premature 1984 as a victim of A.L.D. A.L.D. is an incurable disease in which the brain slowly deteriorates till the body is left wholly immobilized, the disease was beyond the help of conventional medicine. His pargonnts, unwilling to weaken up the struggle even after participating in several failed therapies, began their own investigation of the disease. Lorenzos Oil follows the triumphs and tragedies of this search.

        The film is unparalleled in that it avoids becoming a tear-jerking soap opera. Instead of stress solely on a family being torn away by guilt and pain of the disease, Lorenzos Oil follows Augusto and Michaelas struggle to attend their sons disease and discover a method of treatment to save their sons life. The search is very complicated and intriguing, but with the help of simple-minded metaphors, such as those of a kitchen sink and a reach of paper clips to represent the enzymes that affect Lorenzo, the viewer clearly understands the causes and personal effects of A.L.D.

        The characters of Augusto and Michaela are developed successfully through the many scenes they are involved in. Lorenzo is less of a person than a fragment in the plot (we know little about him, demur that he is a good-natured boy who has come surmount with a rare disease), and most of the characters in the film are as well-rounded as the story demands. The actors are desirable in their roles. Sarandon and Nolte have both given more effectual performances in the past, and Noltes Italian accent is hard to get use to. Only Zack OMalley...

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