"...First Do No Harm" (1997)

A financially strapped family face a decision involving their son, and must overcome incredible odds to make the right choice.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 3-SEP-2002
Media Type: DVD Product Description

Healing is often in natural products

This story tells us that healing is often in natural products. Taking a lot of medicines is not always the way 'the cure'. Being aware of what we eat and drink. So I see this story not only for those who are sick. Going back to the basic (for example what we eat) can help a lot. A good story with a child acting so bravely. July 19, 2008

A MUST SEE

EVERY PARENT SHOULD WATCH THIS MOVIE. EXCELLENT MOVIE WITH GOOD ACTORS. THE MESSAGE IS POWERFUL AND THIS SORT OF THING HAPPENS MORE THAN YOU WOULD THINK. January 29, 2008

This movie was unbearable to watch...

I was forced to watch this movie during a wellness and alternative medicine class and abhorred every minute. I seemed to be the only one in the room who felt this way. The plot, though "based on a true story," is highly contrived and obnoxious with its metaphors. I hated the musical montages. I had zero empathy for every boring character, and this movie begs for your empathy. Meryl Streep is always either wildly emotional and bitchy, or trying very hard to be cute. Her love scene with her character's redneck husband made me cringe in disgust. Worst of all was her screaming and crying little creep of a son. If you have a low tolerance for incessantly yelling and screaming children (as I do) this movie will test the limits of your patience. I now take a double helping of birth control and punch myself in the uterus every morning just to be safe. I saw the ending coming a mile away: will little Robbie come to symbolize the little boy in The Emperor's New Clothes, and will the movie end with him victoriously riding atop his new horse (which throughout the movie he ceaselessly demands to ride)?

SPOILER ALERT!

Yes. December 22, 2007

Don't take no for an answer

A great film. It makes you realise that you have to keep trying. If you are prepared to look into things, you can possibly change things. This film keeps you hoping and praying for the child, and parents. November 22, 2007

Note to 2003 Medical Student

Just to clear things up. You wrote that the movie was not based on a family struggling to make ends meet(etc.) but on a Hollywood film directors family. This movie was based on a true story about a family that was struggling financially. It was not based on Jim Abrahams son Charlie. The boy this movie was based on is in his early forties today and is seizure free. As a matter of fact he make a living as a roofer. He and his family attribute his cure to the Ketogenic Diet. I know this for a fact because I know the family this story was based on. I have also witnessed the effect the diet has had on many different children with Epilepsy and it does work for most. If you would like to know more about the diet go to the Charlie Foundation and see what you can do to help further the cause. This movie has touched many lives in a very positive way and was truly a labor of love on everyones part that had anything to do with the movie. August 26, 2007

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