Breakthrough (2019) on Netflix
John Smith goes through the ice on a frozen lake and is pulled out with no pulse. At the hospital, his mother Joyce prays as a team works to save him.
- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb6.3/1012,073 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes63%
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Plot summary
John Smith, fourteen and Guatemalan, is raised in Lake St. Louis, Missouri, by Brian and Joyce, the parents who adopted him. He feels abandoned by his birth parents and rebels at home. A failed class presentation puts his place on the basketball team at risk. He goes onto a frozen lake with his friends Josh and Reiger, ignoring a neighbor's warning, and all three fall through the ice. Josh and Reiger are rescued. First responder Tommy Shine lifts John from the water with no pulse, and at the hospital a team fights to save him while Joyce prays.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Breakthrough (2019)
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- Breakthrough was the first film released by 20th Century Fox under the ownership of The Walt Disney Company, reaching United States cinemas on April 17, 2019, less than a month after Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox closed on March 20, 2019.
- The Easter weekend on which it opened had the lowest box office receipts since 2005, because rival studios avoided any major release that week rather than compete with Disney's Avengers: Endgame the following weekend.
- An official trailer released on December 5, 2018 drew more than 30 million views within two days, which made it the most-viewed trailer for a religious film within that timespan.
- The story comes from a real emergency: a Lake St. Louis teenager slipped through an icy lake on January 19, 2015 and was underwater for 15 minutes before resuscitative efforts were started.
- Metz sang "I'm Standing with You" from the film's soundtrack at the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards, sharing the stage with Carrie Underwood, Lauren Alaina, Maddie & Tae and Mickey Guyton.
