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...First Do No Harm

She went looking for help... and found a miracle

1997 · PG-13 · 1h 30m

Directed by Jim Abrahams

6.8

TMDB audience score
41 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie 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.

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Cast

  • Meryl Streep
    Lori Reimuller

  • Fred Ward
    Dave Reimuller

  • Allison Janney
    Dr. Melanie Abbasac

  • Seth Adkins
    Robbie Reimuller

  • Margo Martindale
    Marjean

  • Tom Butler
    Dr. Jim Peterson

  • Leo Burmester
    Bob Purdue

  • Mairon Bennett
    Lynne Reimuller

  • Michael Yarmush
    Mark Reimuller

  • Damir Andrei

  • Millicent Kelly
    Self

  • Oni Faida Lampley
    Marsha Williams

  • Philip Akin

  • Philip Williams

  • Sean McCann