Gross Anatomy

Gross Anatomy (1989)

  • 30% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 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

PG-13,
Directed By
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Oct 20, 1989 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Clint Morris, Mediasharx

    Has real heart. Lahti gives a poignant performance

  • Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)

    It's an unfunny "Young Doctors in Love."

  • Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

    Cheesy comedy that works as background visuals at a party.

  • Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

    silly med-school soap opera

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    So-so med-school rom-drama.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    rather ordinary film with an extraordinary performance by the great Christine Lathi.

  • Deb S


    In spite of its misleading name, this is no horror film but a romantic drama with comedic elements. Daphne Zuniga and Matthew Modine play students in med school surrounded by other med students who, are all driven to excel. Zuniga is very much work focused and rigidly serious but… More

  • Leo L


    A great film! A favorite.

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