| D+ Directed by Peter Landesman Starring Will Smith Review by Jon Kissel |  |
Peter Landesman's Concussion, released in the thick of the NFL season, had the potential to grab onto a cultural discussion about football that puts the future of the sport in jeopardy. The link between CTE and football continues to get stronger, rules are changing throughout the US, and the NFL itself has admitted the link. Into that environment, where most people are aware of the risk, Concussion plays it safe. Boring would be a less generous term. Functioning as a bland primer on CTE and its discoverer, Bennet Omalu (Will Smith), Concussion is essentially a dramatized segment of a Rolling Stone article.
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