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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5014138298203
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Sales Rank: 185250
Theatrical Release Date: October 31, 1997
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - FIVE STAR INDEPENDENT FILM
Lumet does it again. Inspirational and enlightening, Lumet highlights the struggle between what is right and what is expedient. he focuses on the weakness of expediency, the strength of the almighty dollar, and the pull of conscience (for some who have one), always cast aside by profiteers and how the choices are the test of character which most people fail. A great cast: Helen Mirren, James Spader, Kira Sedgewick, Albert Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Ed Herrman, and more, weigh in on profit versus Goodness, ... Read More
Rating:  - Smart Esoteric Movie
If you are medical doctor involved in making life and death decisions, you will really appreciate the ideas in this movie.
Rating:  - Good Description of Our Medical System in the USA
I'm not sure about the movie itself, but it addresses the real issues of today's medical system where no one cares about patients and all they want is money.
In reality, however, it does not end like this movie. In the movie two parties come to an agreement convinced by a doctor, but I am sure people are kept alive just for a cash flow to be running. It is very sad, but that's how it is.
I like some of humors seen in the movie. Independant Film Channel has given this movie two ... Read More
Rating: - Great satire on the health care system
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 ... Read More
Rating: - What a great movie !
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 ... Read More
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