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30 out of 100

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7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 71 Ratings

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  • Starring: Denzel Washington
  • Summary: John Q. Archibald (Washington) is an ordinary man who must face the fact that his health insurance will not pay for the emergency heart transplant that is his son's only hope. Vowing to do whatever it takes to keep his son alive, John Q decides his only hope is a desperate gamble, and he takes the emergency room hostage. (New Line Cinema)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 33
  3. Negative: 14 out of 33
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    An all-stops-out rabble-rouser that hurls a broadside at America's medical insurance crisis.
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Mark Caro
    50
    Waste in the health care system is deplorable, but waste on the movie screen isn't so great either.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    The kind of movie Mad magazine prays for. It is so earnest, so overwrought and so wildly implausible that it begs to be parodied.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 50
  3. Negative: 7 out of 50
  1. RetchelA.
    9
    I'm a nursing student from the Philippines. I watched the movie not because it was my choice but because it was a requirement in our nursing program. At first, I thought that the movie was all crap, just like what most movie reviews says..But they are mistaken because for me, Denzel Washington deserved the award that he got after doing the movie(best actor) because it was so good..Call it corny or anything like that but also admit that these kind of things can happen in the real setting, especially if you have the kind of family that John Q. had, a not-so-well-off family.. There was even a part of the movie where in I have to get out of the room just so I won't make myself be a laughing stuff and cry in front of my classmates!!! It feels so good to be able to watch a good movie like this after 'beyond borders'... This should be how fathers dedicate themselves in taking care of thier children.... Keep up the good work guys!!!(for all the members and crews of this movie).… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. davenbettridge
    4
    "oh dad, im a cute little boy who loves my family and now im sick, please feel sorry for me and make the doctors fix me" - "We dont have enough money son because I have a crappy job and the man is out to ruin our lives" blah blah… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. J-Shap
    3
    I'm pretty sure this was written as a comedy and then the director thought he could get Denzel two Oscars. It's the only explanation for a film this simultaneously ridiculous, preposterous, and incredibly earnest.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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