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Critical Care [DVD]

James Spader (Actor), Kyra Sedgwick (Actor), Sidney Lumet (Director) | Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Helen Mirren, Anne Bancroft, Albert Brooks
  • Directors: Sidney Lumet
  • Writers: Steven Schwartz, Richard Dooling
  • Producers: Sidney Lumet, Don Carmody, Steven Schwartz
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • DVD Release Date: 1 Sep 2003
  • Run Time: 102 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B00009WVYM
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 17,013 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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When an idealistic young doctor, Dr Werner Ernst, takes on the case of a wealthy, terminally ill patient, he finds himself getting involved in more than just medicine. The two daughers of the patient cannot agree over the fate of their father, but Dr Ernst only wants the best for his patient, that is until he falls obsessively in love with one of the daughters; she has ten million reasons to let her father die and Dr Werner is entering a moral mine field.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars We Care! 15 Nov 2005
By Radiant Rose
Format:DVD
This film succeeds on some levels. As a satire on the links between dollars, litigation and the US healthcare system, it fails to say anything new. However, it is interesting to see it attempt to tackle serious medical, ethical, philosophical and even theological issues.

It is surprising to see a film which both maintains that God exists and condones euthanasia. Or maybe it is not actually standing up for mercy-killing, but merely upholding a patient's right to decide whether or not to be rescitated. If the latter, it is unclear to me how a family could make decisions on resucitation for a patient who is capable of coherent speech ... At least this could spark some debates!

Perhaps it is best just to regard this as a twisting tale of bedsores, sex, money, lies, ventilators, videotape and nuns. (Alright, one nun, played with great dignity by Anne Bancroft.) On that level, this story is both amusing and touching. Helen Mirren is particularly moving as Stella, a nurse who has survived breast cancer.

Not all the characters are nearly as convincing, which makes for a very uneven tone.

Comic highlights include the ridiculous sex scene between Felicia (Kyra Sedgwick) and Werner (James Spader), and the ridiculous outfit which Felicia is wearing when we first meet her. One assumes that she is meant to resemble "mutton dressed as lamb" in her Swinging Sixties dolly bird gear. (If not, sorry.)

The denouement is very satisfactory. This film is not as profound as one might hope, but we do end up caring what happens to Stella, Werner and their patients.

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars What a great movie ! 24 Feb 2002
By Mian Sukiman - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Sidney Lumet directed some classics (Network, Serpico, Dog Day afternoon) but lately none of his movies ever did much of a business (A Stranger among us, Guilty as Sin, Gloria) but this one is surprisingly good. It has wonderful casts that include James Spader, Kyra Sedwick, Helen Mirren and Albert Brooks.

The movie started out like a cheap hospital comedy but along way the way it got serious with issues like health care, insurance, lawsuit and whether it is ethical to let go a patient that has no chance of survival. It is funny and heart warming as well. Given the price of the DVD, it is a must buy. The DVD provided both WS and FS versions of the movie but not much of extra features but for the price, you can't complaint.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great satire on the health care system 13 July 2005
By Dr. Dave - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm a physician and I thought this was a great commentary on the health care system and not too far off the mark. James Spader gets caught in a catfight between two daughters of a dying man, either of which stands to inherit $10 million, depending on when the old man goes. Helen Mirren is the angel of Mercy/Death who is Spader's Jiminy Cricket. Ed Hermann plays the sleazy hospital attorney, and Albert Brooks is hysterical as an old physician who has the perspective of his many years. His memorable line about physicians: "We used to be gods. Now we are glorified auto mechanics."
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Starts out comedy, ends up serious. Liked it. 25 Sep 1999
By Pat (pkcrowle@aol.com) - Published on Amazon.com
I thought I wasn't going to like this movie, but I ended up liking it a lot. It started out as a comedy that was pretty silly. But about half way through, the tenor of the movie changed and it became a much more serious look at the ethics of prolonging the life of terminally ill patients. This part of the movie grabbed me and even made me cry as I watched the main character try to sort through the maze of conflicting emotions surrounding a decision of whether or not to terminate a life.
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