Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (2010) User Reviews

Great Series

[jeff-nedza · 10/10 · 10 March 2010]

This is an excellent series, well produced and very well written with a cast that clearly has great chemistry. The story leaps between the main characters present day lives as doctors, their med-school past and occasionally into day-dream like sequences best described as their "inner thoughts" or "desires". If that sounds confusing it really isn't, it's done particularly well and adds an entirely new level to the overall story. While all the individual performances are great, Shawn Ashmore is particularly outstanding as Fitz, whose quick wit and clever dialogue is exceptionally well written. This series has a unique look and feel that seems far more honest than other medical genre TV series. Fans of Nurse Jackie would probably really enjoy Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures' honesty and story style. My only request for season 2 (should one be produced), bring back Stephen McHattie for more episodes!

You'll want to meet the writer after you've finished watching this.

[AsifZamir · 10/10 · 14 September 2013]

You will love every episode of this high quality series and wish for more. Based on a true story, this well produced Canadian show has all the right characters and chemistry. Do I love it more because it's filmed in Ontario? Yes! The story is what really makes it amazing. Everyone will be able to relate to something in this 8 part series. There's a certain transparency and truth to the story that makes it both entertaining and thought provoking. At first I thought it would be like Scrubs but without the comedy, but I was wrong. Bloodletting is completely unique. When you're finished watching all the episodes, you'll probably want to meet the writer.

Great show-- very intense.

[BoredBanana · 10/10 · 8 November 2010]

Great show-- very intense. The series follows three doctors--Fitz, Chen and Ming--as they navigate through both professional and personal drama. The storyline was a bit far-fetched(particularly Ming's pregnancy storyline) but I realize the whole thing was set up for the sake of drama. All three main actors did a good job with their scenes. Fitz was easily the star of the show. It had a different style than most shows-- having flashbacks, with flashbacks within flashbacks-- but somehow it wasn't confusing. Having read the novel, I thought they did a decent job with the adaption of the stories--though I wish Sri was a main character in the series as he is in the book. I didn't like the decision to have him terminally ill. I did, however, like that they kept a lot of the small medical stories from the book.

Canadian shows often mask where they are filmed or set, but this show doesn't do that--which I appreciated. The show is set in Toronto, not New York, Chicago or any other American city. It's a nice change to see a homegrown show not pretending to be something it's not.