I really wanted this to be a great movie ....

Rating: 6/10 (9 January 2016)

Concussion isn't a bad movie - however, with the real-life implications of the story and subject matter this could have been a hard hitting dramatic tour de force.
Instead it is a passable drama. There were many missed opportunities for making it even more dramatic without taking overdramatizing. Some of the scenes with one Dr. explaining the medical condition another Dr.in the most simplistic terms - clearly the writer chose this format for explaining the condition to the audience, but it just seemed strange.
Will Smith's acting was top notch.
The writing was not. Landesman is probably a very good investigative journalist, but needs to hone his chops as a dramatic writer.
I found Alec Baldwin unconvincing as his character - this could have been either a deficit in directing or acting.