
Decoding Annie Parker boasts a deep roster of recognizable faces, including Rashida Jones, Alice Eve, Helen Hunt and Aaron Paul, in addition to star Samantha Morton. This speaks to the enormous potential of its material, which is rooted in the true story of a three-time cancer survivor and the scientific discovery of the hereditary breast cancer gene. In the hands of a first-time feature director with no overarching idea of how to wrangle disparate narrative strands into the shape of anything consequential, however, this well-meaning but hopelessly disjointed period drama comes to resemble nothing so much as a Lifetime movie run amok and off the tracks, unfolding in maddening fits and starts under a series of problematic wigs and skullcaps. For the full, original review, from Paste, click here. (E One Entertainment/Ozymandias Productions, R, 99 minutes)