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Director:
Writer (WGA):
James Kearns (written by)
Release Date:
15 February 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
Give a father no options and you leave him no choice.
Plot:
A down-on-his luck father, whose insurance won't cover his son's heart transplant, takes the hospital's emergency room hostage until the doctors agree to perform the operation. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins
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7 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(41 articles)
Blu-ray Review: My Sister's Keeper
(From BuzzFocus.com. 29 November 2009, 3:16 PM, PST)
Hollywood and the Art of the Lowest Common Denominator
(From CinemaSpy. 13 November 2009, 9:20 PM, PST)
(From BuzzFocus.com. 29 November 2009, 3:16 PM, PST)
Hollywood and the Art of the Lowest Common Denominator
(From CinemaSpy. 13 November 2009, 9:20 PM, PST)
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John Q. is solid.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gabriela Oltean | ... | Beautiful BMW Driver | |
| Denzel Washington | ... | John Quincy Archibald | |
| Kimberly Elise | ... | Denise Archibald | |
| Ron Annabelle | ... | Tow Truck Driver | |
| Daniel E. Smith | ... | Michael 'Mike' Archibald | |
| David Thornton | ... | Jimmy Palumbo | |
| Barry G. King | ... | Employee Manager | |
| Laura Harring | ... | Gina Palumbo (as Laura Elena Harring) | |
| Kevin Connolly | ... | Steve Maguire | |
| Larissa Laskin | ... | Dr. Ellen Klein | |
| Vanessa Branch | ... | Registered Nurse | |
| Stephanie Moore | ... | Admitting Nurse | |
| James Finnerty | ... | Nurse Reggie | |
| Anne Heche | ... | Rebecca Payne | |
| James Woods | ... | Dr. Raymond Turner |
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Also Known As:
John Q. (USA) (poster title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, language and intense thematic elements.
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Runtime:
116 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Venezuela:PG-13 |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #38323) |
Iceland:L |
Malaysia:U |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Manitoba) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia) |
France:U |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Finland:K-15 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Brazil:12 |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
South Korea:12 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15
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Director Cameo: [Nick Cassavetes]A reporter on the courthouse steps at the end.
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Revealing mistakes: In the opening scene, "beautiful woman" sticks her head out of her car window, and her hair does not move.
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References The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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Soundtrack:
Justice of the Heart
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Starring: Denzel Washington, Kimberly Elise, Robert Duvall, and ray Liotta.
John Q. is basically what the tagline says it is. You leave a father no options, you leave him no choice. That's pretty much true. Washington plays John Q. Archibald, a loving husband and caring father who must come up with 250,000 dollars to pay for his son' heart transplant or watch him die. You got to see how the hospital is unfair to John. He even states that it gives 75,000,000 dollars worth of heart transplants for free to a certain amount of people and they wouldn't give it to him from good will. John an his family are very poor and you see how hard it is for him to do this. He takes the hospital hostage to get his son a heart transplant. The movie is very solid and intelligent. There couldn't have been a better actor for John than Denzel. He is one of the greatest actors of our time and he helps prove it here. Don't listen to what Ebert says and go rent this movie.