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from Hbo Home Video
starring Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward
directed by Mike Nichols

Features:

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Gut wrenching
  This movie was gut wrenching. As a nurse it opened my eyes to how a patient perceives us. I had some of my nursing students watch it. Yes I made them cry, but it helped them grow.

• too passionless and didactic
  The most moving scene for me is close to the end when the extraordinary actress (Eileen Atkins?) reads a children's book, THE RUNAWAY BUNNY, to the dying Dr. Vivian Bearing. But much as I love the poetry of John Donne (and I do), I found the endless quoting of his work all through the movie to be passionless, intrusive, and didactic. Too many points were too self-consciously made, although the routine inhumanity of hospitals was very well evoked and many of the minor actors were terrific. Particularly... more info

• Powerful, Brilliant, Heartfelt
  There are so many fine reviews here that another detailed commentary isn't needed. The film inspired some wonderful comments. I just want to add my five star vote.
  The idea is brilliant, the script, written by Thompson and Mike Nichols is brilliant, the acting and directing are all brilliant.
  I can't imagine another actress doing what Thompson does here!! The supporting cast is excellent. Eileen Atkins, as Thompson's teacher, will bring tears to the hardest heart in what has to be one of the most... more info

• Worth watching
  This movie is a requirement for one of my nursing classes. Although, it is exaggerated (for effect), the desensitization displayed by the medical employees makes the movie relevant for those of us in healthcare.
  The theme is somewhat overstated and dramatized, not much subtly to the movie, still I enjoyed the movie. Certainly preferred it over other classroom assignments.

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