The Heart Specialist

2006, Comedy/Romance, 1h 39m

3 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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Movie Info

After following a former girlfriend to Florida, Ray Howard (Brian J. White) winds up as an intern in a not-so-prestigious teaching hospital. An unapologetic Lothario, Ray tries to work his charms on nurse Donna (Zoe Saldana), but she's already involved with the chief resident, Dr. Sidney Zachary (Wood Harris), who is also Ray's instructor. Sidney, who moonlights as a standup comic, decides that Ray needs to learn about true love, as well as medicine.

Rating:

R (Language|Sexual Content)
Genre:

Comedy, Romance
Original Language:

English
Director:

Dennis Cooper
Producer:

Dennis Cooper, Kristin Overn
Writer:

Dennis Cooper
Release Date (Theaters):

Jan 14, 2011 wide
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 4, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA):

$1.1M
Runtime:

1h 39m
Distributor:

Freestyle Releasing

Cast & Crew

Wood Harris
Dr. Sidney Zachary

Zoe Saldana
Donna

Brian White
Dr. Ray Howard

Mýa
Valerie

Scott Paulin
Dr. Graves

David S. Lee
Dr. Propper

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Audience Reviews for The Heart Specialist

Aug 01, 2012

If Tyler Perry decided to make a bad parody of "Grey's Anatomy" meets "Funny People", then you would have "The Heart Specialist". This is a black "dramedy" that I had never heard of, and there is a good reason for that, it isn't good. Wood Harris stars as a Dr. who moonlights as a comedian, trying to bring laughter into people's lives as medicine. Only problem is, he nor the movie, are funny at all. The only laughs come from a female patient who is a little mental. This wants to be something along the line of a Tyler Perry movie, but fails miserably. The characters are all lame and one dimensional, and the story just isn't that good.

Everett J Super Reviewer
Mar 15, 2011

Tons of celebs in this film: Mya, Method Man, Leon, Jasmine Guy. Still not a good reason to see this film. The jokes reach out and almost achieve funny but always fall short of the goal. It drags out, its corny, the funny is flat, the music is blah. Just don't waste your time.

Remi L Super Reviewer