CONCUSSION Starring Will Smith Needed CPR

CONCUSSION is an admirable, but forgettable film based on the life of Dr Bennet Omalu who tackles the NFL with his unsurprising, but irrefutable findings that NFL players are subject to brain damage from repetitive head impact.  I'm a strong proponent of bringing the "beautiful Shakesperian sport" of tackle football to its knees and to its final demise.  Coach Mike Ditka is telling parents to steer their children away from football.  The film directed by Peter Landesman, an award winning filmmaker & author is off his game with a movie that should have resonated.  Nigerian born pathologist Bennet Omalu (played by Will Smith) is first to uncover (or is he?) unrefutable evidence of brain damage (CTE) that led to several major NFL player's dementia & early deaths.  The question of when & what the NFL knew is obliterated by their powerful organization "which owns a day of the week that used to belong to the church) and their undisclosed settlement.  The David & Goliath story should have been fascinating but put me fast to sleep.  Except for when Albert Brooks appears.  Brooks should be playing more roles.  He knows how to steal a scene and if no one told him this was a serious film, he scores bonus points.  As for Smith, he's teary eyed in every shot and runs the same play over & over.  Regrettably, this movie was a missed opportunity and the message seems to have been intercepted.