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Critical Care

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Critical Care (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 7  Rotten:7 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Synopsis:
CRITICAL CARE, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring James Spader, focuses on a young medical doctor, Werner Ernst, who rebels against the hospital that employs him when he realizes that the doctors favor wealthy patients and those with generous medical insurance.... [More]
CRITICAL CARE, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring James Spader, focuses on a young medical doctor, Werner Ernst, who rebels against the hospital that employs him when he realizes that the doctors favor wealthy patients and those with generous medical insurance. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Helen Mirren, Margo Martindale, Jeffrey Wright

Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenwriter: Steven S. Schwartz
Story: Richard Dooling

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Feb 17, 1998

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...it emerges as a magically entertaining blend of heart, soul, mind, wit, farce and, finally, an idyllic idealism.

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...a drily funny satire about America’s health care woes...

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Lumet moves with confidence between satire and intriguing, heightened-reality spirituality.

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