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6.3/10 • 459

1993-09-291h 47m

Thriller

Her doctor wasn't playing God. He thought he was God.

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

Directors
Harold Becker
Editors
David Bretherton

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  1. Alec Baldwin

    Alec Baldwin

    Dr. Jed Hill

  2. Nicole Kidman

    Nicole Kidman

    Tracy Kennsinger

  3. Bill Pullman

    Bill Pullman

    Andy Sarafian

  4. Bebe Neuwirth

    Bebe Neuwirth

    Det. Dana Harris

  5. George C. Scott

    George C. Scott

    Dr. Martin Kessler

  6. Anne Bancroft

    Anne Bancroft

    Mrs. Kennsinger

  7. Peter Gallagher

    Peter Gallagher

    Atty. Dennis Riley

  8. Josef Sommer

    Josef Sommer

    Atty. Lester Adams

  9. Tobin Bell

    Tobin Bell

    Earl Leemus

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CinemaSerf

Nov 24, 2023

6/10

Despite the fairly formidable cast here, this really does smack of an over-scored and weakly written late night television movie. It all centres around the happily wed "Andy" (Bill Pullman) and "Tracy" (Nicole Kidman) who are missing just one thing in their lives - a child. When she is suddenly rushed to hospital and diagnosed with a necrotic ovary by the long term friend of "Andy" and slightly arrogant surgeon "Jed" (Alex Baldwin) he carries out a surgery that changes their lives for ever. Turns out this operation wasn't necessary and the surgeon is accused at the subsequent tribunal of having a "God Syndrome"! As the film now progresses we discover a web of lies, deceit, cheating, sex and murder - all of which suggest that "Jed" is not the upstanding physician that his medical peers think he is, and that perhaps he is not working alone to fleece the insurers of some $20 millions due after the botched procedure. The story itself it quite a complex and characterful one, with plenty of twists, turns and perilously placed hypodermic needles, but I found neither Baldwin nor Pullman really exuded much personality and the equally unremarkable Kidman was left to do just a little bit too much of the heavy lifting by herself. At times, it is quite tautly directed but it's got loads and loads of unnecessary dialogue and it felt a bit stodgy at times, too. Maybe it's just time that hasn't been kind to this mystery, but by the conclusion I didn't really care about any of them.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
$46,405,336.00
Keywords
married coupleinsurance fraudboarderdesire to have children