In the movie “Breakthrough,” a Midwestern Christian mother, played with uncanny realism by Chrissy Metz of NBC’s prime-time hit “This is Us,” relentlessly prods doctors to save her son ...

The actress, 38, tells PEOPLE she was a bit intimidated to take on the role of a real-life person, her first, but that the experience proved to be “really emotional” in all the right ways.

When Chrissy Metz was filming her first scenes for “Breakthrough,” she prayed like she had never prayed before. She cried, she wailed, she pleaded with God. She wept over her onscreen son’s ...

'Breakthrough,' based on real St. Louis events, has its miraculous moments – but not enough of them Daniel Neman | Post-Dispatch Apr 17, 2019 ...

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Though it draws on a real rescue mission, there’s plenty in “Breakthrough” that all but begs for a suspension of disbelief: when John suddenly starts breathing after nearly an hour without a ...