...First Do No Harm (TV)
1997 · Movie · 94 min. · United States
When Lori Reimuller (Meryl Streep) learns that her young son Robbie (Seth Adkins) has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and desperate, and so does her own research into the existing literature on treatments. When she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic Diet, devised long ago by a doctor from Johns Hopkins, she is met with narrow-minded resistance from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared to take legal action to prevent Lori from removing him from the hospital. This movie is an indictment of those in the medical profession who discuss only the treatment options they favor. Several of the minor characters are portrayed by people who have been not just helped, but cured by the Ketogenic diet.
Direction Jim Abrahams
Cast Meryl Streep · Fred Ward · Seth Adkins · Allison Janney · Margo Martindale · Oni Faida Lampley · Leo Burmester · Tom Butler · Mairon Bennett · Michael Yarmush · Austin Strugnell
Soundtrack Hummie Mann
Screenplay Ann Beckett
Cinematography Pierre Letarte
Original title ...First Do No Harm (TV)
5.4
172 votes (FilmAffinity)
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