Synopsis
A troubled 15-year-old boy attempting to cope with the recent death of his mother sets out to research Dr. Max Gerson's claims of a diet that can cure cancer as his first assignment for home-schooling in this documentary from filmmaker Steve Kroschel (Avalanche, Dying to Have Known). Garrett is a boy who has always been close to nature. He lives on a reserve with a menagerie of orphaned animals, and over the years he's become especially sensitive to the nutritional needs of the diet-sensitive animals he's charged with caring for. When Garrett's mother suffers a tragic and untimely death, the boy falls into a dangerous downward spiral and nearly flunks out of school. Increasingly concerned for Garrett's well-being and determined to strengthen their bond despite the many challenges on the horizon, his father makes the decision to begin home-schooling the distressed teen. Garrett's first assignment: study a controversial book written by Dr. Max Gerson, a physician who claims to have discovered a diet that's capable of curing cancer. Is Dr. Gerson's therapy truly the legitimate, alternative cure it appears to be? In order to find out the truth behind this long-suppressed treatment, Garrett interviews not only Dr. Gerson's family members, but various doctors, skeptics, and cancer patients as well. His studies completed and his findings revelatory, Garrett now sets out to tell the entire world about The Gerson Miracle.
Scores
Popularity Percentile (Year)
85.5%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
11.5%
Critic Consensus
74.2% Fresh • 213 critic reviews
Critic reception is mixed, with 74% of 213 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize thin plot, character-driven, historical. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.
thin plotcharacter-drivenhistoricalemotionalupliftingsuspensefulstylizedpsychologicalvisually strikingromantic
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|
| Russell Crowe | 2008 | $3,691,000 | $5,378,000 | (est) |
| Ed Harris | 2008 | $2,272,000 | $3,310,000 | (est) |
| Jennifer Connelly | 2008 | $1,711,000 | $2,492,000 | (est) |
| Paul Bettany | 2008 | $1,399,000 | $2,038,000 | (est) |
| Adam Goldberg | 2008 | $1,196,000 | $1,743,000 | (est) |
| Judd Hirsch | 2008 | $1,053,000 | $1,534,000 | (est) |
| Josh Lucas | 2008 | $945,000 | $1,377,000 | (est) |
| Anthony Rapp | 2008 | $861,000 | $1,254,000 | (est) |
| Christopher Plummer | 2008 | $793,000 | $1,155,000 | (est) |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score74.0
RT critic review count214
Rotten Tomatoes audience score93.0
RT audience rating count250,000
IMDb rating6.9
IMDb votes659
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Domestic | 2008 | $15,387 | $22,419 |
| International | 2008 | N/A | N/A |
| Worldwide | 2008 | $15,387 | $22,419 |
Earnings / Profitability
Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|
| Revenues |
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2008 | $7,694 | $11,210 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2008 | $225,000 | $327,833 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2008 | $80,000 | $116,563 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2008 | $1,866,000 | $2,718,830 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2008 | $3,867,000 | $5,634,361 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2008 | $75,000 | $109,278 |
| Total Revenues | 2008 | $6,120,694 | $8,918,075 |
| Expenses |
| Budget ? | 2008 | $250,000 (est) | $364,259 (est) |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2008 | $80,000 (est) | $116,563 (est) |
| Participations | 2008 | $245,000 | $356,974 |
| Residuals ? | 2008 | $431,000 | $627,983 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2008 | $50,000 | $72,852 |
| Total Expenses | 2008 | $1,056,000 | $1,538,631 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2008 | $5,064,694 | $7,379,444 |
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Tooltips
- Budget Estimated using Machine Learning
- Digital Rentals: PVOD, VOD, & On-Demand
- Marketing & distribution costs to release Movie in Theaters. Includes: Online & Offline Ads, Posters, Trailer Production, and physical or digital copies (formerly "prints") sent to cinemas.
- Net Digital Purchase Revenue
- Net Revenues for Physical Rentals: VHS, DVD, BluRay (when appropriate)
- Physical Purchases: VHS $0, DVD $3,522,000, BluRay $345,000
- Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
- Theatrical box office grosses split into Domestic, International, and Worldwide totals.
- Union-modeled residuals using SAG-AFTRA and WGA schedules as a simplified estimate proxy.
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Budget Tooltip
Reported or Estimated Net Budget (after tax, product placements, & grants)
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