The Healer (2017)
1h 53m | PG-13
The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.
Director: Paco Arango
Studio: Topsail Entertainment
Genre: Family, Drama, Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
as Alec Bailey
Camilla Luddington
as Cecilia
Kaitlyn Bernard
as Abigail
Jonathan Pryce
as Raymond Heacock
Jorge Garcia
as Father Malloy
Adrian G. Griffiths
as Tom Ackhurst
Reviews
This is actually quite an engaging, optimistic film with the 6" 3', handsome, OJC as an electrician who sets up a business in a small town - only to discover that the residents think he can cure their ailments. As it transpires through his uncle - Jonathan Pryce - there is a scintilla of truth to the yarn and he has to deal with some quite heart-rending emotional struggles as he faces his new reality. One has to be careful not to confuse this innocent fantasy with any misleading, dangerous, medical mysticism; but the script and direction from Paco Arango keep it clear that fictional and fanciful the whole thing is. It's got a bit of a burgeoning romance and some touching moments with a young, terminally ill, girl as well as nice scenery to complement it too, and though hardly strenuous on the little grey cells, it is still worth a watch.