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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Long Shot Factory
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Long Shot Factory
  • 1 h 18 m

Summary In his vivid and thought-provoking filmmaking debut, physician Ryan McGarry gives us unprecedented access to America’s busiest Emergency Department. Amidst real life-and-death situations, McGarry follows a dedicated team of charismatic, young doctors-in-training as they wrestle openly with both their ideals and with the realities of savi...

Directed By: Ryan McGarry

Written By: Joshua Altman, Ryan McGarry

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Long Shot Factory
  • 1 h 18 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Long Shot Factory
  • 1 h 18 m

Code Black

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
77
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary In his vivid and thought-provoking filmmaking debut, physician Ryan McGarry gives us unprecedented access to America’s busiest Emergency Department. Amidst real life-and-death situations, McGarry follows a dedicated team of charismatic, young doctors-in-training as they wrestle openly with both their ideals and with the realities of savi...

Directed By: Ryan McGarry

Written By: Joshua Altman, Ryan McGarry

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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90
Jun 26, 2014
McGarry has created something that feels personal, vital and revelatory, allowing the rest of us behind the curtain.
By Mark Olsen FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 19, 2014
Slicing through the fat of policy debates to the visceral rush of critical care, the narrative combines existential worries... and blood-and-guts immediacy with a seamlessness that made me want to high-five the editor, Joshua Altman.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW

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83
May 30, 2014
Code Black manages to encapsulate so much of what is wrong with our health care system, but also to point out what’s right, and to posit an attitude shift not just about health care but about how we as a society treat those around us who are in pain or suffering. A heartbreaking but hopeful message within this important film.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 17, 2014
What will pull viewers in is the empathy of the healthcare workers who battle to retain their idealism in the face of staggering obstacles.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 29, 2014
McGarry, with this slick, invigorating film, whose action is set to a pulsating James Lavino musical score, has broadened a national debate that anti-healthcare reform folks have narrowed via the courts and political demonization.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
67
Jun 18, 2014
Far too much time is spent on McGarry and his colleagues talking to the camera about how little they’re motivated by money or status and how much they just want to help people. That’s laudable, but it’s not compelling.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 17, 2014
Resident turned filmmaker Ryan McGarry sometimes displays shrewd instincts for hardheaded vérité — there’s compelling stuff here, even if you shear away his occasional stabs at issues of bureaucratic overcrowding and corporate cost-cutting at the expense of intimacy.
By Joshua Rothkopf FULL REVIEW
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Release Date Jun 20, 2014
Duration 1 h 18 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.facebook.com/codeblackmovie
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Awards

Hamptons International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Los Angeles Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Aspen Filmfest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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