1997 · comedy · drama · medical
Critical Care
Directed by Sidney Lumet1h 47m1997
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? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?
Our read: Critical Care (1997) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded comedy · drama · medical entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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