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John Q
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After suffering a man named John Archibald because of the lack of help he needs for a son who needs a transplant that may save his life, John begins to think about a solution to the real disaster that puts his son's life at risk. John is still suffering from his son's illness because his medical insurance will not cover the cost of surgery needed by his child and alternative government assistance is not available because of the national health care crisis in America. The man has decided to take illegal action to protect his sick child - to hold the hospital's emergency room hostage to save the life of his long-suffering son.
After suffering a man named John Archibald because of the lack of help he needs for a son who needs a transplant that may save his life, John begins to think about a solution to the real disaster that puts his son's life at risk. John is still suffering from his son's illness because his medical insurance will not cover the cost of surgery needed by his child and alternative government assistance is not available because of the national health care crisis in America. The man has decided to take illegal action to protect his sick child - to hold the hospital's emergency room hostage to save the life of his long-suffering son.
Actors:
Carlos Diaz,
Vanessa Branch,
Simon Sinn,
Linda Massad,
Denzel Washington,
Allegra Fulton,
Michael Jaye,
Claire Rankin,
Heather Wahlquist,
Oluniké Adeliyi,
Andrew Schaff,
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Carlos Diaz
21 July 1970, Santiago, Chile
Vanessa Branch
21 March 1973, London, England, UK
Simon Sinn
Linda Massad
Denzel Washington
28 December 1954, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
Allegra Fulton
Michael Jaye
Claire Rankin
23 January 1971, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Heather Wahlquist
23 May 1977, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Oluniké Adeliyi
5 January 1977, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Andrew Schaff
Director:
Nick Cassavetes
Nick Cassavetes
21 May 1959, New York City, New York, USA
Country:
United States
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December 18, 2006
Social messages, simplistic action, and teary melodrama are manipulatively but unsuccessfully mixed in this picture, which tries to provide a "hard" look at an honest working-class man (Washington) who loses control while trying to save his child's life
November 06, 2002
A polemic in search of a plot.
January 07, 2004
Instead of presenting the story and allowing us to draw our own conclusions, Cassavetes blatantly tells us what we should think.
February 21, 2002
Cassavetes thinks he's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause, but all he's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill, didactic cartoon.
September 24, 2007
The movie comes dangerously close to saying that the solution to a personal grievance is, well, terrorism, when you get right down to it.
Common Sense Media
January 01, 2011
Thought-provoking. Too intense for young teens.
January 21, 2003
A coercive script by James Kearns, and some middling direction by Nick Cassavetes, can't rob the movie of an undeniable, headlong crowd-pleasing power as it tackles an issue that touches us all.
Arizona Republic
March 04, 2002
A sappy, melodramatic Denzel Washington vehicle that ensnares you in the standard hostage-movie scenario and doesn't let go until the director runs the whole playbook.
April 29, 2009
A hokey and often silly commentary about the medical industry, and corruption within the establishment.
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March 13, 2002
Manipulative sentimentality, contrived plot and phony climax.
May 17, 2009
Strands good actors in mushy, movie-of-the-week material. [Blu-ray]
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February 24, 2002
It pulls out more stops than that old silent serial The Perils of Pauline. Unfortunately, it's a talkie.