Joy (2024)

Directed by

Ben Taylor

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 178 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the 1960s and 1970s, a nurse and embryologist named Jean Purdy teams up with scientist Robert Edwards and surgeon Patrick Steptoe to develop the first in vitro fertilization baby. The film follows their struggle against skepticism as they work to make this medical breakthrough happen.

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What happens

Joy is a 2024 British biographical drama film starring Bill Nighy, Thomasin McKenzie and James Norton. Directed by Ben Taylor from a screenplay by Jack Thorne, it is the true story of the world's first in vitro fertilisation baby Louise Brown. It was produced by Wildgaze and Pathé for Netflix. Based on real events in the 1960s and 1970s, nurse and embryologist Jean Purdy, visionary scientist Dr Robert Edwards and innovative surgeon Patrick Steptoe work to develop the first 'test tube baby'. The film was released on Netflix worldwide on 22 November 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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