muvi-fan-73
This movie picks itself all on basis of its story. John Quincy Archibald's only son faints and falls down while playing base ball. On hospitalization it is found that he will need a heart transplant to live further. John's family is however not in the position to play huge hospital bill. Even his insurance coverage is not enough. Further when it comes to his notice that John's son is will be given discharge without treatment, he decides to hold the people from hospital hostages and provide proper treatment to his son.He would have died if people won't have known his real intention via news. Moreover the gun that he holds would have carried only one bullet to kill john himself and provide his own heart for his son. This is something that made this movie one of my favorites along with the reason that even if system is not enough, u can still have justice (as happens he does not requires to die to save his sons life).Must watch, highly recommended.
ahzach-574-590248
Ugh. The whole movie is just a bunch of propaganda about free, universal health care. The story is moving and the acting not bad. In the end it actually tells you that we should have universal health care. Just liberal Hollywood propaganda. Maybe one of the most liberal films ever made. Conservatives and non-socialists don't watch it will hurt you nerves.(speaking from personal experience). Of course, the kid should not be left to die; private charity is way better than government welfare, something that the film deliberately hides. It is so one-sided and wants to present all people opposing socialist health care as evil. I know this is a film of 2002 but if it was made today it would be a good propaganda weapon for Obama's socialist policies.
videorama-759-859391
This movie has you from beginning to end, well acted by everything, little or big a role. If one film has really taken a bad rap, it would be this one, where to be honest, I found myself questioning why in an enigmatic way like if by the big Q in the film's title. It has everything going for it, and an all too real situation, I guess many people in hardship, will painfully relate to. It's the story of a good man, John Q (Washington) forced to take it upon himself, to go outside the law, to save his son, by any means possible. Washington, in a real human and believable performance, who doesn't overact, can't come up with the mooloh, to get his son on the waiting list for a new donor, where time is very short. When coming up again many brick walls, where to me, this reality was frightening, he ends up taking over the hospital, forcing the doctors to perform an operation, otherwise he'll start taking casualties. I must admit, I really love this film, the different setting on a hostage scenario, I liked very much. Ann Heche, an actress who can really surprise you, is quite a standout here as the hospital's money grabbing governor who's not willing to take John's word, that he'll reimburse her with the money. Let's face it, if everyone did that, there's no guarantee everybody would pay. It was just Heche's lack of compassion to her character at the start, which I must admit, I really didn't like. Woods as a top surgeon siding with Heche, kind of had the same affect, and my opinion of his character, finely played by the great actor, didn't really improve, except for up near the end, with John making one crazy decision, to end one life to save another. I hadn't seen a film, I enjoyed so much as this for a while, where it was richly entertaining, with even a believable ending, though the script wasn't the best, and a little ordinary at times, but this is one of those films you must see, and rule out the bad hype beforehand. The race against time climax was quite gripping for those few minutes, and the last father and son chat, an endearing, moving, and unforgettable scene.
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.
