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Critical Care
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
R
1997
1h 47m
Comedy
,
Drama
5.9
59%
31%
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A hospital resident is put in the middle of a legal battle between two half-sisters on whether to pull their comatose dad's life support. But more seems to be at stake than dad's life - his inheritance.
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Cast of Critical Care
James Spader
Dr. Werner Ernst
Kyra Sedgwick
Felicia E. Potter
Helen Mirren
Stella
Albert Brooks
Dr. Butz
Anne Bancroft
Nun
Wallace Shawn
Furnaceman
Jeffrey Wright
Rafael ("Bed Two")
Margo Martindale
Constance 'Connie' Potter
Philip Bosco
Dr. Hofstader
Edward Herrmann
Robert Payne
Colm Feore
Richard Wilson
James Lally
Poindexter
Bruno Dressler
Joseph F. Potter
Al Waxman
Sheldon Hatchett
Harvey Atkin
Judge Fatale
Hamish McEwan
Hansen
Jackie Richardson
Mrs. Steckler
Barbara Eve Harris
E.R. Nurse
Sidney Lumet
Director / Producer
Steven Schwartz
Writer / Producer
Richard Dooling
Writer
Critical Care Ratings & Reviews
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
There's not much that's subtle in Lumet's tirade against the greed of the medical profession and health-care system and patients who sue.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
...it emerges as a magically entertaining blend of heart, soul, mind, wit, farce and, finally, an idyllic idealism.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The film is a stimulating mix of a medical drama and a courtroom showdown, with broad comedy from Brooks, a little sexual blackmail, and a touching subplot involving another terminally ill patient who thinks he is being visited by the devil.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
...the performances are juicy and intelligent.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
...a drily funny satire about America's health care woes...
Houston Chronicle
Jeff Millar
Lumet moves with confidence between satire and intriguing, heightened-reality spirituality.
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