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Bad Medicine (1985) -- Unable to gain acceptance into an American medical school, aspiring physician Jeff Marx studies abroad in a small Latin American medical program run by the country's dictator.

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Writers:
Steven Horowitz (novel) and
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Release Date:
22 November 1985 (USA) more
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An inside look at the best student in the world's worst medical school. more
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Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Steve Guttenberg ... Jeff Marx

Alan Arkin ... Dr. Ramón Madera
Julie Hagerty ... Liz Parker
Bill Macy ... Dr. Gerald Marx

Curtis Armstrong ... Dennis Gladstone
Julie Kavner ... Cookie Katz

Joe Grifasi ... Gómez

Robert Romanus ... Carlos

Taylor Negron ... Pepe the Cab Driver

Candi Milo ... María Morales
Gilbert Gottfried ... Tony Sandoval
Arturo Venegas ... Jesús the Gunman
Arne Gordon ... Bruno the Witch Doctor
Manuel Pereiro ... Dr. Miguel Cervantes
Eileen Way ... Sra. Madera, Ramon's Mother
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98 min
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Not All Bad., 8 June 2002
Author: tfrizzell from United States

Steve Guttenberg took some time off from his "Police Academy" films with this sleight comedy that has the youngster going to medical school in Mexico after being rejected all over the U.S. There are truly some really funny moments and there is enough interest built up to make the finale feel appropriate, even if it is somewhat forced. Watchable and not a total waste from the sorry genre that dominated the 1980s. 2.5 out of 5 stars.

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