
‘Concussion’ Writer: ‘The Beats of the Story Are Accurate’
Jeanne Marie Laskas, the writer of the article that serves as the basis of ‘Concussion,’ tells Breitbart Sports that the film relies on storytelling and does not play as a documentary.

Jeanne Marie Laskas, the writer of the article that serves as the basis of ‘Concussion,’ tells Breitbart Sports that the film relies on storytelling and does not play as a documentary.

“Tell the truth,” a frustrated Will Smith repeats in ‘Concussion.’ If only the makers of the film followed that sound advice.

The scientific claims made by the company partly owned by Dr. Bennet Omalu, portrayed by Will Smith in the Christmas Day film release “Concussion,” elicited a rebuke from the Food and Drug Administration and a rebuttal in the scholarship of an unlikely source: Dr. Bennet Omalu.

A tax-exempt nonprofit established by Dr. Bennet Omalu, portrayed by Will Smith in the film Concussion, funded a study on a product subsequently licensed exclusively by Omalu’s for-profit business.