Critical Care (1997)

Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 43 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A doctor gets caught in a feud between two half sisters over their sick father's medical care. The movie mocks the American healthcare system.

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What happens

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. Rick Baker provided special makeup effects. The film is about a doctor who finds himself involved in a fight with two half sisters over the care of their ailing father. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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