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November 29, 2024

At The Movies: Netflix's ‘Joy' is a loud cheer for fertility, for never giving up — and science

By MARK KENNEDY
AP Entertainment Writer

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Netflix’s “Joy” charts the decade-long true story of how the world’s first IVF baby was born in England in 1978.

Toward the end of Netflix's “Joy,” the muffled cry of a newborn baby prompts a man and woman in a hospital to embrace out of pure bliss. They aren't the parents, but they had as much to do with the birth as the mom and dad.


 
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