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John Q

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Time Out says

Washington rubbed off his customary sheen of integrity in Training Day, and picked up an Oscar. In this misbegotten blend of populist rabble-rouser and medical tearjerker, he plays blue collar hero John Quincy Archibald. True, John Q - a desperate industrial worker on shortened hours who takes over a hospital ER at gunpoint to secure his sick kid a heart transplant - is the best thing in the film, a beacon of acting sincerity in a sea of thespian bemusement. However, enveloping a significant political issue like healthcare provision in the US in such a psychologically crude, Dog Day Afternoon-style siege drama gives the film an unsavoury exploitative dimension. It also leaves Washington with a credibility problem, not helped by director Nick Cassavetes' standard over-emphasis, guilelessness and poor timing.

Release Details

  • Duration:116 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Nick Cassavetes
  • Screenwriter:James Kearns
  • Cast:
    • Denzel Washington
    • Robert Duvall
    • James Woods
    • Anne Heche
    • Eddie Griffin
    • Kimberly Elise
    • Shawn Hatosy
    • Ray Liotta
    • David Thornton
    • Ethan Suplee
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