William Hurt, Christine Lahti, Elizabeth Perkins
William Hurt is perfectly cast as an arrogant surgeon who treats patients like interchangeable cogs in the machinery of his medical practice. Then he is diagnosed with throat cancer and, as the title ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004
Stats: 135 reviews
This was an interesting movie about a cocky surgeon who is diagnosed with throat cancer.
After having to deal with life as a patient for a while, he realizes how unsympathetic he was towards his patients.
I was pleased to see a lot of the major players from the TV series ...( read more)
Superb film, Hurt is brillaint as the egotistical surgeon and his fall from grace is touching and extremely well done.
Story of a doctor who discovers he has a throat vcancer and is enlightened by seeing hospital treatment trough the eyes of a patient
good movie...it really makes you think about what could happen to you.
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our professors made us watch this movie in our first year at medicine faculty.
every student who study medicine should see it before being a doctor
Great movie ,I am a doctor so watching this movie really affeted me & made me think how it would be like if the tables were turned & the doctor becomes the patient !!! how would it be like ?!! well this movie says it all ,it's very realistic & deep ,very emotional with a Moral & a happy ending ! I love it ! I saw this movie years back & would love seeing it again soon !
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