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Combat Hospital
Season 1 Premiere: 2011
54
7.0
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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40% Positive
4 Reviews
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50% Mixed
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10% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
54
40% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
A smart, sedate Canadian production imported by ABC for a summertime run.
Placid and often incomprehensibly bland, Combat Hospital still has flashes of intelligence. Definitely worth a second look.
Combat Hospital has the look, feel and pacing of an old "M*A*S*H" episode--minus the humor and preachiness--and the soapy elements of fellow ABC hospital drama "Grey's Anatomy" (a smarmy British doctor, nervous newbies and the no-nonsense unit chief--with the heart of gold, of course). But these aren't necessarily drawbacks. This is an episodic TV drama, after all.
Like fellow Canadian import Rookie Blue, Combat Hospital seems almost purposefully forgettable. Watch a China Beach rerun instead.
Still, for a show chronicling this modern conflict, Combat Hospital seems painfully old-fashioned, as the script by Petrie, who shares story credit with creators Jinder Oujla-Chalmers and Douglas Steinberg, recycles any number of hospital-show cliches in the pilot alone.
Imagine any "M• A• S• H"-style cliche and odds are good it will turn up in Combat Hospital whose predictability makes it a dull summer entry that may encourage viewers of this week's premiere to become deserters before next week's episode.
The "medical drama" is far too paltry to sustain the series without ramping up the relevance of the war context.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 User Ratings
7.0
69% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
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13% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 User Ratings
7.0
69% Positive
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
13% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Production Company:
- Sienna Films
- Artists Studio
- Lookout Point
Initial Release Date: 2011
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Awards
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 6 Nominations
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Directors Guild of Canada
• 1 Nomination
