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31 October 1997 (USA)
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At Memorial Hospital no one ever dies... Until their insurance runs out.
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Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters...
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Poor ending. Fair movie.
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Spader | ... | Dr. Werner Ernst |
 | Kyra Sedgwick | ... | Felicia Potter |
 | Helen Mirren | ... | Stella |
 | Anne Bancroft | ... | Nun |
 | Albert Brooks | ... | Dr. Butz |
 | Jeffrey Wright | ... | Bed Two |
 | Margo Martindale | ... | Constance 'Connie' Potter |
 | Wallace Shawn | ... | Furnaceman |
| Philip Bosco | ... | Dr. Hofstader |
 | Colm Feore | ... | Richard Wilson |
 | Edward Herrmann | ... | Robert Payne |
| James Lally | ... | Poindexter |
| Harvey Atkin | ... | Judge Fatale |
| Al Waxman | ... | Sheldon Hatchett (a Lawyer) |
| Hamish McEwan | ... | Dr. Hansen |
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Rated R for language and a scene of sexuality.
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107 min
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Seeing patients is a waste of time.
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References Beauty and the Beast (1991)
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Dry Bones
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Movie tries to be funny but fails in its attempt. Also, the movie has such a simplistic ending.
Basically 2 sisters are fighting over their dad who is on his death bead. One sister wants the dad to be taken off life support soon so that he will die and she can collect all of his money. The other sister will receive all the money if the dad lives long enough. The hospital want's to keep him alive until his insurance runs out. The sister who wants the dad to die, seduced a doctor and is blackmailing him with a video tape and threatens to turn the video over to the hospital if he doesn't cause her dad to die.
The solution the doctor proposes is the solution most normal people would think of with only a few seconds of thought needed. And the way the doctor forces the solution and wraps up the whole film in a couple of minutes is just too simplistic. It was a dumb movie and an even worse ending. 3 stars out of 10.