Benedito Dias Rodrigues
Dr. Hollywood is a great manners comedy,well structured and often funny,but predicable,the characters are colorful and weirds,to star the Mayor a stunning performance,the nurse Parker fantastic biting an old time clock when Doc arrives or leaves the hospital,the pig received as gift from a cured and grateful patient.
Anyway the movie sailing in easy waters,how l grow up in this kind of little town l can say all about,enjoyable movie which Michael J. Fox made one the best and fancy performance ever!!!Resume:First watch: 1993 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.5
pesic-1
Although the film was made in 1991, it has that 80s feel. It is a classical 80s plot about a big city guy finding himself by accident in a small town. As he gets to know the locals, the initial conflicts are overcome and he gradually falls in love with the place, and of course a local girl as well. In this particular film the hero is a would-be plastic surgeon somewhere in Los Angeles. He cares only about money and he is cynical about his job. By the end he realises he'd be much happier being a simple doctor in a small town, surrounded by people he knows intimately and cares about. Back then they had to make the hero a plastic surgeon, but if they made the film today, it could be almost anybody, because big city life is a complete nightmare. We have lost so much of our humanity and we have become so cynical and manipulated that I sometimes wish I could spend just one day in a small town like that. Let's face it: we are morally and culturally bankrupt and we better rediscover what makes us good human beings soon.The film has some minor flaws, which is why I give it nine stars and not ten. It's a lovely film and as I watched it again after all these years it made me remember a time when we were all happier and generally better human beings.
utgard14
Michael J. Fox plays a hotshot surgeon on his way to Beverly Hills when he takes a detour that leads to him wrecking his car in a small Southern town. A judge sentences him to community service as the town's doctor. This leads to many fish-out-of-water situations between the easily-frustrated Fox and the local rubes, as well as his becoming enamored with ambulance driver Julie Warner.Nice comedy helped by a likable cast. Arguably Fox's best movie post-Back to the Future sequels. This movie gave us the first and only look at what God gave lovely Julie Warner to work with. Also gave us one-hit wonder Chesney Hawkes' only hit, the appropriately-titled "The One and Only." It's formulaic and predictable but undeniably charming and pleasant.
verna-a
Ambitious doctor chooses between small town life and success in the bright lights -- we all absolutely know where this story is going, but there is plenty of entertainment on the way. The story is hackneyed and the messages predictable, but the creators of this film deliver it with a light touch and the odd unexpected twist. Michael J. Fox is a likable hero in the picaresque tradition, bouncing back from all kinds of encounters and events. The character vignettes are entertaining, especially when they behave out of stereotype, for example Woody Harrelson as the home town lunk. You'll enjoy George Hamilton as the toasted-to-a-crisp LA doctor. Having viewed this film twice in recent years, I liked it just as much the second time. It's well done, and I'm rating it as a 7 only because of the triteness of the story. On quality it would earn a higher rating.
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