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'Critical Care' is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film is a satire about American medicine.[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/31/movies/film-review-take-two-aspirin-but-don-t-dare-call.html "Take Two Aspirin, But Don't Dare Call", New York Times, 31 October 1997][https://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/23/magazine/sunday-november-23-1997-questions-for-sidney-lumet.html New York Times Magazine, 23 November 1997] 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.

Cast



*James Spader ... Dr. Werner Ernst

*Kyra Sedgwick ... Felicia Potter

*Helen Mirren ... Stella

*Anne Bancroft ... Nun

*Albert Brooks ... Dr. Butz

*Jeffrey Wright ... Bed Two

*Margo Martindale ... Constance "Connie" Potter

*Wallace Shawn ... Furnaceman

*Philip Bosco ... Dr. Hofstader

*Colm Feore ... Wilson

*Edward Herrmann ... Robert Payne

*James Lally ... Poindexter

*Harvey Atkin ... Judge Fatale

*Al Waxman ... Lawyer Sheldon Hatchett

*Hamish McEwan ... Dr. Hansen

*Jackie Richardson ... Mrs. Steckler

*Barbara Eve Harris ... Nurse Lucille

*Conrad Coates ... Dr. Miller

*Bruno Dressler ... Mr. Potter

*Caroline Nielsen ... Nurse Luscious

Reception



Writer Steven Schwartz was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay.

References




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