Concussion (2015)

Name: Concussion
Director: Peter Landesman
Genre: Drama
Released: 2015-11-12
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Cast: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Drama

Director: Peter Landesman

Cast: Will Smith, Alec Baldwin, Albert Brooks, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Runtime123 min

Rating12

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A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

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Concussion is a 2015 American biographical sports drama film written and directed by Peter Landesman, based on the exposé "Game Brain" by Jeanne Marie Laskas, published in 2009 by GQ magazine. Set during the 2000s, the film stars Will Smith as Bennet Omalu, a forensic pathologist who fights against the National Football League trying to suppress his research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) brain degeneration suffered by professional football players.