Extreme Measures (1996)
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55% of critics liked it
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38% of users liked it
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Comic leading man Hugh Grant gets serious in this drama about a physician who uncovers a truly disturbing secret. Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor serving a residence in a hospital in New York City, is very puzzled by a patient brought to the emergency room one night. Naked, disoriented,… More Comic leading man Hugh Grant gets serious in this drama about a physician who uncovers a truly disturbing secret. Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor serving a residence in a hospital in New York City, is very puzzled by a patient brought to the emergency room one night. Naked, disoriented, and bearing a hospital bracelet and a fresh surgical scar, the mystery man is suffering from a baffling variety of symptoms, and though he dies not long after he's admitted, Luthan can't get the patient out of his mind. When he asks to see the records on the patient a few days later, he's told they no longer exist, and the more he digs, the more he's convinced that someone knows something they're not telling. Against the advice of his friend Jodie Trammel (Sarah Jessica Parker), a nurse and colleague, and the instructions of his superiors, Luthan keeps digging into this and other strange cases that have come through the hospital lately. Luthan's sleuthing eventually brings him to the door of Dr. Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), a well-known surgeon who is doing research in experimental surgery that could allow patients with severe spinal injuries to walk again. While Myrick's work is done with the most noble of intentions, there turns out to be a sinister undercurrent to his research techniques. Actress Elizabeth Hurley, Grant's offscreen significant other, was co-producer for this picture, the first from their joint production company. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Apted
- Written By
- Tony Gilroy
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
R,
- In Theaters
- Sep 27, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Charlie Lyne, Ultra Culture
It's a fish out of water story in which neither the fish nor anybody else seems aware of his 'out of water' status.
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Rob Nelson, Boston Phoenix
The good liberal Michael Apted seems to think he's directing a film about society's exploitation of the homeless. In fact, the exploitation is all his.
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
If it's never as scary or provocative as it means to be, at least it's straightforward and satisfying.
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Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com
A spine-tingling suspense machine that holds you captivated from beginning to end. A much underrated, overlooked thriller.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Extreme silliness, but kind of fun.
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Cast
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Hugh Grant
as Dr. Guy Luthan
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Gene Hackman
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
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Sarah Jessica Parker
as Jodie Trammel
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David Morse
as Frank Hare
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Bill Nunn
as Det. Burke
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John Toles-Bey
as Bobby
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Debra Monk
as Dr. Judith Gruszynski
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Peter Appel
as Det. Stone
- Elizabeth Hurley
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Paul Guilfoyle
as Dr. Jeffery Manko
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Shaun Austin-Olsen
as Claude Minkins
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Andre DeSheilds
as Teddy Dolsen
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Diana Zimmer
as Helen
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J.K. Simmons
as Dr. Mingus
