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John Q (2002)
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Reviews Counted:127
Fresh:28
Rotten:99
Average Rating:4.4/10
Consensus: Washington's performance rises above the material, but John Q pounds the audience over the head with its message.
Theatrical Release:Feb 15, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $71,026,631
Synopsis: John Q. Archibald (Denzel Washington) is struggling through a recession trying to provide for his son Mikey (Daniel E. Smith) and his waitress wife (Kimberly Elise). Mikey collapses at a Little... [More]
Starring: Denzel Washington, Robert Duvall, Anne Heche, James Woods
Director: Nick Cassavetes
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Reviews for John Q
'John Q" is a manipulative thriller, but unlike most such films, it has a worthwhile social policy point to make and some top-notch acting talent to help put the point across.
10/24/02
Beats us over the head and then expects us not to notice its cheap tricks.
10/17/02
It can be described as manipulative, derivative and heavy-handed. In spite of all that, it kinda works in a populist-fantasy sort of way.
10/15/02
While it scarcely touches on the inadequate American health care system, it's at least got something to say, rather than just gush.
10/02/02
John Q's agitprop requires audiences who think art is worthy if it affirms their moral beliefs.
08/27/02
At times, John Q. plays like Dog Day Afternoon crossed with a human resources seminar.
08/22/02
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08/12/02
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08/09/02
Top CriticDenzel is great, the movie is not.
07/09/02
...stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come even easier.
06/04/02
wastes the considerable gifts of Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Robert Duvall on a screenplay that takes serious issues and turns them into an outlandish get-even fantasy.
06/03/02
la cinta en un vaivén de emociones que pueden ir desde lo cursi hasta lo dramático.
05/20/02
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05/13/02
"What John does is heroic, but we don't condone it," one of the film's stars recently said, a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture's moral schizophrenia.
05/09/02
Great for thirty-five minutes, then drops into a dead zone and stays there for an hour and change.
05/05/02
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04/30/02
Has something to say... but it is a statement and issue worthy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller.
04/24/02
Doesn't so much need a heart as a brain transplant.
04/22/02
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