The Heart Specialist (2011)

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Wood Harris headlines this sexy comedy following a group of young medical residents at a busy Florida hospital. Though the Chief Resident (Harris) does his best to keep moral high amongst the overworked residents, a dark secret from his past soon threatens to undermine his efforts and destroy his… More Wood Harris headlines this sexy comedy following a group of young medical residents at a busy Florida hospital. Though the Chief Resident (Harris) does his best to keep moral high amongst the overworked residents, a dark secret from his past soon threatens to undermine his efforts and destroy his reputation. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Dennis Cooper
Written By: Dennis Cooper
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 14, 2011 Limited
On DVD: Oct 4, 2011
Studio: Freestyle Releasing

Critic Reviews

Joe Leydon, Variety
A ploddingly paced and tonally dissonant mix of broadly played sitcom-style humor and shameless heartstring-yanking.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Amateurish doctors-in-training comedy/drama too blatantly reveals its television inspirations.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Dr. Dennis Cooper must have knocked off this script while watching "Scrubs" re-runs in the break room. This is "Scrubs" told totally from a black doctor's point of view.

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Remi L

Tons of celebs in this film: Mya, Method Man, Leon, Jasmine Guy. Still not a good reason to see this film. The jokes reach out and almost achieve funny but always fall short of the goal. It drags out, its corny, the funny is flat, the music is blah. Just don't waste your time.