The Doctor

The Doctor (1991)

  • 85% of critics liked it
    (13 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (3,198 ratings)

A doctor finds out the hard way that there's more to medicine than skill in the operating theater in this emotional drama. Jack McKee (William Hurt) is a gifted but arrogant surgeon who cares little about the emotional welfare of his patients and is little more than a benign stranger to his wife… More

PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Anthony Minghella
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Jul 24, 1991 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Chuck O'Leary, FulvueDrive-in.com

    An honest, well-acted and very moving drama about a cold, arrogant surgeon (a terrific Hurt) who learns about compassion when he becomes a cancer patient.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Gives a fresh appreciation of the dynamic interplay between mind, body, and soul in the art of healing.

  • Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena

    Um filme que deveria ser assistido por todos os profissionais da área de Saúde.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Alice S


    Great doctor jokes and theme of karmic retribution, but a little gaggy all throughout. I rather liked William Hurt in this performance though. Funny/ironic how he played a man teaching deaf students to speak in "Children of a Lesser God" and a man who can't speak… More

  • Jessica v


    Hurt. Nuff said. He's simply brilliant here, perfectly cast and at the top of his game. Which is a good thing, seeing as he's pretty much carrying the whole film on his own. While the film does border on the melodramatic, some moments really stuck with me. Our entire… More

  • Barry L


    Superb film, Hurt is brillaint as the egotistical surgeon and his fall from grace is touching and extremely well done.

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