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Critical Care (1997)
Directed by Sidney Lumet
“At Memorial Hospital no one ever dies... Until their insurance runs out.”
Comedy, Drama · 1h 47m
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?
Cast
James Spader
Dr. Werner Ernst
Kyra Sedgwick
Felicia E. Potter
Helen Mirren
Stella
Albert Brooks
Dr. Butz
Anne Bancroft
Nun
Wallace Shawn
Furnaceman
Jeffrey Wright
Rafael ("Bed Two")
Margo Martindale
Constance 'Connie' Potter
Philip Bosco
Dr. Hofstader
Edward Herrmann
Robert Payne
Colm Feore
Richard Wilson
J
James Lally
Poindexter
Crew
- Director
- Sidney Lumet
- Screenplay
- Steven Schwartz
- Novel
- Richard Dooling
- Director of Photography
- David Watkin
- Editor
- Tom Swartwout
- Producer
- Sidney Lumet, Steven Schwartz
Details
- Release date
- 1997-10-31
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America, Australia
- Production
- Mediaworks, ASQA Film Partnership, Live Entertainment, Village Roadshow
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $271,000