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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

Genre: Comedies

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... 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]

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

Starring: James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Helen Mirren, Margo Martindale, Jeffrey Wright, Wallace Shawn, Anne Bancroft, Albert Brooks, Philip Bosco, Edward Herrmann, Colm Feore, Al Waxman, Harvey Atkin

Director: Sidney Lumet

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

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Washington Post

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

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David Armstrong
David Armstrong
San Francisco Examiner

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

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

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