Missouri teen John Smith was lifeless for an hour ... Chrissy Metz Is a Grieving Mother in Emotional Breakthrough Trailer As John’s mother, Joyce, arrived at the hospital, doctors prepared ...

Joyce Smith prayed over her ... started beating again The phone call Joyce Smith received on Jan. 19, 2015 was every mother’s nightmare. Her son, John, then 14, had been playing with friends ...

"I'm just excited to see how 'Breakthrough' is going to change the world." John's pastor ... The 20th Century Fox movie is based on Joyce Smith's book, The Impossible, and was adapted for the ...

Joyce and Brian Smith had adopted John from Guatemala when he was five ... which was adapted for the new movie and re-released with the title Breakthrough. "It seems as if we're inundated with ...

Despite the odds of John surviving being next to nothing ... would be working on an adaptation of the book written by Joyce Smith. Breakthrough will be in theaters in April 2019.

Metz stars as distraught mother Joyce Smith in Breakthrough. Based on a true story ... But in the case of Smith and her son John (played by Marcel Ruiz), it's actually both. Read on to discover ...

"Breakthrough" tells the true story of ... So he got down on one knee and broke the news to John's mom, Joyce Smith: Her son, he said, was dead. But that didn't deter Joyce, a devout Christian ...

RELATED: DeVon Franklin produces faith films while guiding men through #MeToo movement “Breakthrough” dramatizes ... years ago when he met Joyce and John Smith and their pastor, Jason Noble ...

The first official trailer for Breakthrough was released ... we stared death in the face," said John. RELATED: Miracle on ice becomes a book, movie His mother, Joyce Smith, wrote a book about ...

Roxann Dawson’s feature directorial debut “Breakthrough” buries the lede ... woefully uninspiring.John Smith (Marcel Ruiz, Netflix’s “One Day at a Time”) is a regular 14-year-old ...

The phone call Joyce Smith received on Jan. 19 ... RELATED: Chrissy Metz Is a Grieving Mother in Emotional Breakthrough Trailer John was immediately stabilized and airlifted to Cardinal Glennon ...