Doc Hollywood (1991)
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74% of critics liked it
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44% of users liked it
(43,300 ratings)
A big city doctor is stranded in a small rural town, where he finds love, professional challenges, and a pet pig, in this comedy. Fresh out of residence at a Washington D.C. hospital, hot-shot plastic surgeon Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) hops in his Porsche and is headed for California, where a… More A big city doctor is stranded in a small rural town, where he finds love, professional challenges, and a pet pig, in this comedy. Fresh out of residence at a Washington D.C. hospital, hot-shot plastic surgeon Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) hops in his Porsche and is headed for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. However, Ben accidentally plows into a fence in Grady, South Carolina; the wreck puts Ben's car out of commission, and the town's mayor, Nick Nicholson (David Ogden Stiers), sees to it that Ben is sentenced to perform community service while he's waiting to get his car back on the road. For a week, Ben will serve as the community's general practitioner, filling in for the aging Dr. Hogue (Barnard Hughes). Many of the locals go out of their way to make Ben feel welcome, since they need a new full-time doctor and hope he'd be interested in staying on a permanent basis. Ben isn't especially interested until he meets Lou (Julie Warner), a beautiful, intelligent, and feisty local woman he first meets as she's enjoying a morning skinny-dip. Ben now finds himself wondering what the odds are of winning her away from her less-than-brilliant boyfriend Hank (Woody Harrelson). Bridget Fonda has a memorable supporting role as Nancy Lee, who doesn't make much of a secret of her attraction to Ben. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Written By
- Neil B. Shulman, Laurian Leggett, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Daniel Pyne
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Aug 2, 1991 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 6, 1998
- Studio
- Warner Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Has no real taste of its own, but, in its mildness and predictability, offers the reassurance of a fast-food or motel chain.
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, Time Out
The whole thing bubbles along nicely in a fresh, witty, unselfconscious manner, making you forget the dated Capra-corn message.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
While retaining his boyish appeal, Mr. Fox also seems a shade more substantial this time, possibly because he is seen making life-or-death decisions when not fielding comic lines.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
This isn't a bucolic, small-town romance. It's "Porky's."
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
The picture, which was directed by Michael Caton-Jones, is corny and filled with quaint country eccentrics, but it has a redeeming sweetness of spirit.
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Cast
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Michael J. Fox
as Ben Stone
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Julie Warner
as Lou
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Barnard Hughes
as Dr. Hogue
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Woody Harrelson
as Hank
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David Ogden Stiers
as Nick Nicholson
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Frances Sternhagen
as Lillian
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George Hamilton
as Dr. Halberstrom
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Bridget Fonda
as Nancy Lee
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Mel Winkler
as Melvin
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Helen Martin
as Maddie
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Roberts Blossom
as Judge Evans
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Tom Lacy
as Cotton
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Macon McCalman
as Aubrey Draper
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Raye Birk
as Simon Tidwell
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Edye Byrde
as Nurse Packer
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William Cowart
as Lane
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Amzie Strickland
as Violet
- Time Winters
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K.T. Vogt
as Mary
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Jordan Lund
as John Crawford
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Robert Munns
as Mortimer
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Douglas Brush
as McClory
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Barry Sobel
as Shulman
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Amanda Junette Donatelli
as Emma
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Billy Gillespie
as Zeb's Father
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Kathy Poling
as Zeb's Mother
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Eric Bechtel
as Zeb
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Cristi Conaway
as Receptionist
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Kelly Jo Minter
as Mulready
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Michael Caton-Jones
as Maitre d'
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Michael Chapman
as Shooting Gallery Operator
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Ted Davis
as Taxi Driver
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Melanie MacQueen
as Woman with Spider
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Adele Malis-Morey
as Woman with Glasses
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Darrell Jay Cook
as Huge Man
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Dan Charles
as Boy at Shooting Gallery
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Kirsche Smith
as Nurse
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David Thompkins
as Medic
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Dan Bell
as Patient
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Karen Hartman-Golden
as 1st Loonie
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Roxanne Benseman
as Farm Lady
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Kelly Roland
as Squash Queen
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Janis Bjorkland
as Girl with Spider
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Daniel Cerny
as Boy with Spider
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Emily Lester
as Housewife
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Vince Burnes
as 2nd Loonie
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David H. "Dutch" van Dalsem
as Man with Rash
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Tim Winters
as Kyle
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David Dupre
as Distressed Man
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Martin Alan Johnson
as Orderly
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Ken Josefsberg
as Doctor
- Owens Hill
- Marion Dougherty
- Bernard Hughes
