Decoding Annie Parker
Entertainment One | Release Date: May 2, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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5
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75
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreApr 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. Read full review
70
Village VoiceChris KlimekMay 1, 2014
Decoding Annie Parker is a better living-with-disease drama than medical mystery. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMay 1, 2014
Decoding Annie Parker is considerably better than the kind of disease-of-the-week fare that used to be a television cliché. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMay 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. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineJordan OstererApr 27, 2014
This isn't a film of bedside conversions or radical emotional transformations, nor is it a story about laughing at one's own hardships as a coping mechanism. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyMay 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. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMay 2, 2014
Decoding Annie Parker is not a movie to which this critic can give a favorable review. I’d feel more like a heel about it if the movie hadn’t actually irritated me to the extent that it did. Read full review
50
Washington PostJen ChaneyMay 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. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartMay 1, 2014
Well-intentioned, if ultimately underwhelming, ode to the ongoing fight for a cure. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyApr 30, 2014
As hackneyed as the movie’s portrayal of Parker’s life might be, it seems subtly shaded in comparison to the King narrative, which mostly consists of people in lab coats saying things aloud that they should already know, using easy-to-follow metaphors while pointing to a conveniently posted chart or diagram. Read full review
20
The DissolveDavid EhrlichMay 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. Read full review
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