2003 | UK | Christine Shields, who works in a senior capacity for a bank, begins informing a series of doctors that her son appeared to develop autism soon after he received the MMR vaccine, but she receives no sympathy from them, her boss, or even her husband. However, this all changes when she meets Dr. Wakefield, who shares her opinion of the MMR vaccine causing her son's autism. Shields is highly relieved at finding someone who believes her.

At the press conference at which Wakefield announces his research findings, mysterious figures are shown already plotting. Fictional government officials want to achieve Wakefield's "demise", which they intend to bring about by portraying his research as flawed. Although never demonstrated as being based on fact, the film depicts Wakefield being targeted by the government: his phone is tapped and his files are stolen.