Gross Anatomy (1989)
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30% of critics liked it
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43% of users liked it
(5,476 ratings)
Gross Anatomy is to medical school what The Paper Chase was to law school, with perhaps a little less sobriety. Matthew Modine plays the blue-collar Joe Slovak, who's attending a posh school of medicine where everyone -- teacher and student alike -- seems to be well above his social stratum.… More Gross Anatomy is to medical school what The Paper Chase was to law school, with perhaps a little less sobriety. Matthew Modine plays the blue-collar Joe Slovak, who's attending a posh school of medicine where everyone -- teacher and student alike -- seems to be well above his social stratum. Perhaps as a reaction to the snobbery all around him, he behaves as irreverently as possible. Neither his teacher Dr. Rachel Woodruff (Christine Lahti) nor his lab partner, Laurie Rorbach (Daphne Zuniga), finds Joe's what-the-hell act appealing, but both are fully aware that he is a talented young man with a brilliant future. The climax of the film lays it on pretty thick in defining Joe as an all-around good fellow despite his cheekiness (he even delivers a baby just before taking his finals!), but Gross Anatomy strives successfully to be a "feel-good" movie -- albeit brought ever so slightly down to earth by the death of one of the principal characters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Thom Eberhardt
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 20, 1989 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Clint Morris, Mediasharx
Has real heart. Lahti gives a poignant performance
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Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)
It's an unfunny "Young Doctors in Love."
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Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
Cheesy comedy that works as background visuals at a party.
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Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
silly med-school soap opera
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
So-so med-school rom-drama.
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Cast
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Matthew Modine
as Joe Slovak
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Daphne Zuniga
as Laurie Rorbach
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Christine Lahti
as Dr. Rachel Woodruff
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Todd Field
as David Schreiner
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John Scott Clough
as Miles Reed
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Alice Carter
as Kim McCauley
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Robert Desiderio
as Dr. Banks
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Zakes Mokae
as Dr. Banumbra
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J.C. Quinn
as Papa Slovak
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Rutanya Alda
as Mama Slovak
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Russell Bobbitt
as Gunshot Victim
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Gordon Clapp
as Doctor
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O. Laron Clark
as Food Server
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Clyde Kusatsu
as Interviewing Professor
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Steven Culp
as Jerry Fanning Forrester
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Michael Flanagan
as Lecturing Professor
- Charles Fleischer
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Elizabeth Gilliam
as Nina McCauley
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Brandis Kemp
as Aunt Rose
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Tom Kurlander
as Student
- Jan Kuter
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Kay E. Kuter
as Lecturing Professor
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Angus MacInnes
as Dean Torrence
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J. Patrick McNamara
as Interviewing Professor
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Jack Murdock
as Old Patient
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Max Perlich
as Ethan Cleaver
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John Petlock
as Interviewing Professor
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Diane Robin
as Waitress
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Bill E. Rogers
as Cop
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Kimberly Scott
as Nurse Louise
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John Short
as Resident
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Michael Stoyanov
as Joel Cleaver
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Taylor Swift
as Cynthia Wilkes
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Lisa Zane
as Luann
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Don Perry
as Lecturing Professor
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Bruce Beatty
as Kelly
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Scott Allan Campbell
as Ed McCauley
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Ryan Cash
as Frankie Slovak
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Pola del Mar
as Gang Member's Mother
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Frank Foti Jr.
as Cop
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Rick Goldman
as Truck Driver
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Susanne Goldstein
as Student
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Jesse Anthony Gonzalez
as Gang Member's Brother
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Beth Hogan
as Marie
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Jan Munroe
as Interviewing Professor
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Frank Torres
as Gang Member
- Judith Weiner