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- 2012
- PG-13
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
- 2012
- PG-13
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
Summary Martin Blake is an ambitious but anxious young doctor, eager to impress his superiors and colleagues: Chief Resident Waylans, self-assured fellow intern Dan and no-nonsense nurse Theresa. But things are not going Martin’s way and he can’t seem to shake off his insecurities. When 18-year-old patient Diane is admitted for a kidney infectio...
Directed By: Lance Daly
Written By: John Enbom
- 2012
- PG-13
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
- 2012
- PG-13
- Magnolia Pictures
- 1 h 31 m
The Good Doctor
52
4.8
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Summary Martin Blake is an ambitious but anxious young doctor, eager to impress his superiors and colleagues: Chief Resident Waylans, self-assured fellow intern Dan and no-nonsense nurse Theresa. But things are not going Martin’s way and he can’t seem to shake off his insecurities. When 18-year-old patient Diane is admitted for a kidney infectio...
Directed By: Lance Daly
Written By: John Enbom
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
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4 Reviews
50% Mixed
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10% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
52
40% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Ever wonder what "Scrubs" would've been like if Zach Braff's fledgling-doctor character was psychotic instead of goofy? I get the feeling John Enbom, screenwriter of The Good Doctor, has.
The film is anchored and greatly bolstered by Bloom, who delivers a performance of quietly escalating madness.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 48 User Ratings
4.8
33% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
19% Mixed
9 Ratings
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48% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 48 User Ratings
4.8
33% Positive
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
19% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
48% Negative
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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If you could ever point to a movie that really shows that an actor is actually good, it is the Good Doctor and that actor is Orlando Bloom. Bloom gets **** on a lot by critics and audiences for not being "good." I personally have no issue with him and he is great in this role as "The Good Doctor." The movie itself is a great low-key thriller that not everybody will like, but I thought was excellent.
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Daly deftly creates a disturbing, Chabrol-like tension that plays on immediate identification with the handsome medico's lonely, shy vulnerability and slow-building horror at the depths to which his self-delusion can sink.
Keough is nearly worth risking life (Diane's) and limb (Martin's) for. The eldest grandchild of Elvis and Priscilla Presley, she has a pale, dreamy lusciousness that puts as viewer in mind of Amanda Seyfried, though without the overt sexuality. Her not-quite-there appeal matches both the opacity of Martin's intentions and the entire underhanded, underwhelming experience that The Good Doctor offers.
Ultimately, even after momentarily falling apart in a fit of paranoia, Martin remains a cipher in a movie that never fulfills its potential as melodrama. If The Good Doctor isn't a bad movie, it tells only half the story.
Had Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley accidentally weaseled his way onto the set of E.R., it might have played out something like Lance Daly's medical-drama-cum-upward-mobility-thriller about a hospital's new resident (and resident sociopath).
The Good Doctor isn't a ponderous bore because Blake isn't a strictly good or bad character: It sucks because he isn't even a compelling character.
The first half is an 8 the second half is a 5. I just didn't fully believe that this straight laced doctor would go to such lengths just to see his patient. Overall I would slightly recommend this film.
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This show was awesome, but season 2 is so boring. There is too much drama and not enough medical puzzles. His mentor is about as interesting as watching paint dry. His weird girlfriend from Hersey was not vested enough for anybody to really care. If this show continues like this, I will stop watching the show. Such a shame because last season it was my favorite show on television. Bring back the medical puzzles please.
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Every now and then comes along a movie that is just so annoying that you wish you could jump into the screen and sort out one or more of the characters.. this is on of those. The acting is of course good, but the story line leaves a lot to be desired. The way the film randomly goes in one direction to another with various characters coming and going, it feels like the writers had too many ideas, couldn't figure out which way to go with the film and/or a way to bring it all together to finish it. So they resorted to abruptly cutting it short(?), leaving the viewer to ponder the fate of the 'good doctor. We're left with an unresolved mess of a movie. Annoying to say the least.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company
Code Red,
Fastnet Films,
Viddywell Productions
Release Date Aug 31, 2012
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Do No Harm
Awards
Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards)
• 6 Nominations
