Critical Care (1997)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 7
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Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 10
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 2
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Sidney Lumet filmed this hospital satire at a Canadian studio. Alcoholic Dr. Butz (Albert Brooks in old-age makeup) advises younger Dr. Werner Ernst (James Spader) to only treat patients with much insurance. "When the lawyers start crawling all over you," says Butz, "that's when you know you're a doctor." Ernst, a second-year resident working in the ICU with head nurse Stella (Helen Mirren), winds up in the middle of a dispute between two sisters (Kyra Sedgwick and Margo Martindale). One wants
Oct 31, 1997 Wide
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James Spader
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Kyra Sedgwick
Felicia Potter -
Helen Mirren
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Margo Martindale
Connie Potter -
Jeffrey Wright
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Wallace Shawn
Furnaceman -
Anne Bancroft
Nun -
Albert Brooks
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Philip Bosco
Dr. Hofstader -
Edward Herrmann
Robert Payne -
Colm Feore
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James Lally
Poindexter -
Al Waxman
Sheldon Hatchett -
Harvey Atkin
Judge Fatale
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...it emerges as a magically entertaining blend of heart, soul, mind, wit, farce and, finally, an idyllic idealism.
Top CriticLumet moves with confidence between satire and intriguing, heightened-reality spirituality.
There's not much that's subtle in Lumet's tirade against the greed of the medical profession and health-care system and patients who sue.
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