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  • 2014
  • R
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Annie Parker (Samantha Morton) has a personal relationship with breast cancer. Her mother and her sister died of the disease and ultimately she is diagnosed with it too. Naturally affable with an offbeat sense of humor – even in the face of her own mortality, she struggles to hold her family and life together, as her body betrays her. M...

Directed By: Steven Bernstein

Written By: Adam Bernstein, Michael Moss, Steven Bernstein

  • 2014
  • R
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • Entertainment One
  • 1 h 31 m

Decoding Annie Parker

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
56
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Annie Parker (Samantha Morton) has a personal relationship with breast cancer. Her mother and her sister died of the disease and ultimately she is diagnosed with it too. Naturally affable with an offbeat sense of humor – even in the face of her own mortality, she struggles to hold her family and life together, as her body betrays her. M...

Directed By: Steven Bernstein

Written By: Adam Bernstein, Michael Moss, Steven Bernstein

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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45% Positive
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45% Mixed
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9% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews
56
45% Positive
5 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
9% Negative
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75
Apr 29, 2014
The film tells Annie Parker’s story with heart and wit, and finds a few funny insights into the stubborn, brusque woman, Dr. Mary-Claire King, whose lonely quest to find proof would bear fruit.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
May 1, 2014
Decoding Annie Parker is considerably better than the kind of disease-of-the-week fare that used to be a television cliché.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
70
May 1, 2014
Morton is outstanding. The rest of the cast, which includes Rashida Jones and Bradley Whitford, is also good. Bernstein does a nice job moderating the tone of the film, which could have been depressing, but isn't.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW
60
May 1, 2014
The division between the personal and scientific stories is not a clean one. It gives the film an uneven rhythm as it at times lurches between the two women's very separate lives.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
50
May 1, 2014
Decoding Annie Parker could have shown much more effectively and deeply that the fight against an often ruthless disease can be won by women attacking it from multiple sides. Instead, it sticks mostly to one track, taking audience members on a journey that, sadly, via the movies or their own lives, they already may know a little too well.
By Jen Chaney FULL REVIEW
50
May 1, 2014
Well-intentioned, if ultimately underwhelming, ode to the ongoing fight for a cure.
By Sara Stewart FULL REVIEW
20
May 1, 2014
Cross-cutting the story of a cancer victim who’s struggling to maintain her agency with the story of the woman who’s trying to cure her should compellingly enhance both threads, but Bernstein refuses to take advantage of his film’s structure and draw meaningful connections between the two.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Decoding Annie Parker, Media House Capital, Ozymandias Productions, Unified Pictures
Release Date May 2, 2014
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Two women. One of them is going to change her life, the other is going to change the world.
Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Decoding-Annie-Parker/218537534833277
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Awards

Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Seattle International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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