Why Did This Not Find An Audience?

Rating: 8/10 (12 June 2019)

Concussion (2015)
Plot In A Paragraph: The true story of how Pittsburgh pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (Smith) uncovered the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.
The sad thing is, I knew more about the mocking of Will Smith's attempted Nigerian accent, than anything else about the movie. Even him saying "Tell the truuuth" was all I could recall from the trailers. I vaguely knew the plot of the movie and that was it.
I missed out on one of the best movies of 2015. Smith delivers a great performance, as does everyone else Alec Baldwin who I have never been a fan of is great, as is Albert Brooks David Morse and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
You don't need to follow American Football to understand what is going on, as I have never watched a full game in my life, let alone played it. The science is all easy to understand as is the frustration and sadness you feel watching this. It's a slow burner for sure, and I'm sure some people may find it boring, but I never did. It reminded me a bit of The Insider, instead of Tabacco companies it's the NFL who are the moral bad guys.
Concussion is Will Smith's best movie since Seven Pounds, and sadly like that movie, this one did not find an audience either. Concussion grossed $34 million at the domestic box office, to end 2015 as the 75th highest grossing movie of the year.