I watched The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks online recently and liked, didn't love it. As is usually the case with movies based on books, I prefer the book. The story of the family dealing with a relative's cells being collected for research without permission is interesting, and the performances are good in my opinion. However, the movie focuses on the family's anger at the medical establishment (John Hopkins specifically). That is an issue in the book, but isn't really the point or focus of the author. The book discusses other issues that aren't brought up in the movie that are important also.
This is a movie worth watching at least once, but I doubt I'll go out of my way to watch it again.
