Cheese, and not the good kind. I watched this movie accidentally, and without expectations. In fact, I'd never even heard of it before I saw it. Like many of us, I'm home, with the tv on in the background. "Breakthrough" just happened to come on following a program I'd been watching. The script and dialogue seem like a made-for-tv movie, and I was shocked to discover that it was a medium-budget, theatrical release.

Upside: decent cast, including Crissy Metz Josh Lucas and the guy from the Allstate insurance ads. Downside: cheese, schmaltz, and a religious theme that is delivered with all the subtlety and charm of a PETA anti seal-clubbing campaign.

Based on a "true story" but massively embellished. In actuality, the ER team never stopped trying to resuscitate the teen. The doctor has stated that he was trying to decide how to tell the mother that further efforts would be futile, when the teen's pulse returned. But of course, it's more dramatic and miraculous in the movie version. This is the kind of plot device that makes a compelling story unbelievable, and cheapens what could have been a decent movie.