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Critical Care is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film is a satire about American medicine. The screenplay by Steven Schwartz is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Dooling and stars James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Anne Bancroft, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Wright, and Albert Brooks.
Oct 31, 1997 · Critical Care: Directed by Sidney Lumet. With James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Helen Mirren, Anne Bancroft. 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.
- (2.3K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Sidney Lumet
- 1997-10-31
Oct 31, 1997 · This kind of collision between ethics and income is at the heart of Sidney Lumet’s “Critical Care,” a smart, hard-edged movie about how insurance policies essentially dictate modern medical care.
Medical resident Dr. Werner Ernst (James Spader) aspires to help sick people, but is constantly warned by his mentor, Dr. Butz (Albert Brooks), to treat only patients with good insurance...
- (17)
- Sidney Lumet
- R
- James Spader
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Directed by Sidney Lumet. Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father’s care, or over his $10 million estate?
Dr. Werner Ernst (James Spader) is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his ten million dollar estate?
