Critical Care
Summary:
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 ({... Full Summary >>
Cast:
James Spader - (Dr. Werner Ernst)
Kyra Sedgwick - (Felicia Potter)
Helen Mirren - (Stella)
Margo Martindale - (Connie Potter)
Jeffrey Wright - (Bed Two)
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Review:
For those viewers who haven't seen The Hospital (1971) or Brittania Hospital (1982), this darkly comic satire about people dying in a money-hungry hospital might seem fresh and wickedly funny. Others may find the tale of a doctor (James Spader) caught in the middle of a lawsuit between half-sisters over the fate of their comatose father ta... Continue >>
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