BoardChiri
Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay
Micah Lloyd
Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.
Isbel
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
muzzypatmn
This business about insurance companies ripping off people is so appropriate to our country and to the situation the GOP wants to take us back to. Health care for those that can pay for it and the heck with the rest. Here we are 16 years later and the same crap is going on. The ACA was a good start but all the GOP wants to repeal it. We need healthcare improved and made universal. Re-release it and make the GOP watches it.
Vadim Mihailov
This is the movie about real life, about real people. This could happen with anybody, even if you think that you insured. Who are we? Home sapiens? Zombies? Slaves of the God? Fellows? People? Nevermind. We are mortals! This is 100% true. We are human beings with minds and hearts. Keep this legacy all your time. This is very important to remember who you are and understand a reason to being here near to other human beings. Of course this is important to find the way, but the main point is keep it right. Sorry for my English. Thank you guys for this movie.
SnoopyStyle
In Chicago, John Quincy Archibald (Denzel Washington) and wife Denise (Kimberly Elise) are struggling financially. Their son Mike collapses at the baseball game. Rebecca Payne (Anne Heche) is the hospital president and Dr. Raymond Turner (James Woods) is their cardiac surgeon. Mike needs a heart transplant but the HMO won't cover the minimum $250k. They can't get any help no matter how hard they try. In desperation, an armed John takes over the emergency room. Police Lt. Frank Grimes (Robert Duvall) negotiates with him.It's an over-the-edge melodrama. The problem is that everything is pushed to the edge. Denzel is crying in the first 15 minutes. I appreciate the message but it's lost in the montage of frustration. Denzel is pushing so hard to be hyper angry that it's difficult to root for him. If Denzel and Kimberly could calm down early on, the audience could embrace them. In fact, everybody seems to be yelling in this movie. It's a hard movie to like.
mattkratz
This is a movie that draws out the phrase, "desperate times call for desperate measures." Washington plays a guy whose son collapses during a little game of a heart condition and needs a serious operation and, when his insurance won't cover it, takes everyone in the emergency room hostage till he can work something out. Robert Duvall plays the hostage negotiator. They work beautifully together. The kid was good in it too. I think this was a good movie, and Washington was terrific, as always. My favorite line:when asked if anyone is hurt, Washington says, "It's an emergency room. They're all hurt." The cast works well together, and it builds up steam & suspense well. A good way to spend a few hours watching a movie.** 1/2 out of ****
