The Hospital

Name: The Hospital
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Comedy
Released: December 14, 1971
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 72
Cast: Andrew Duncan, Barnard Hughes, Diana Rigg, Donald Harron, George C. Scott

1971

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United Artists | Release Date: December 14, 1971 | GP

Starring: Andrew Duncan, Barnard Hughes, Diana Rigg, Donald Harron, George C. Scott, Jordan Charney, Nancy Marchand, Richard Dysart, Roberts Blossom, Stephen Elliott

Summary: An over-burdened doctor struggles to find meaning in his life while a murderer stalks the halls of his hospital.

Director: Arthur Hiller

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Comedy

Rating: GP

Runtime: 103 min

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Peter Travers

This blisteringly cynical satire, written by Paddy Chayefsky, is one of the darkest movies ever made, a cold-eyed lament for a society torn apart by upheavals of the Sixties. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

The laughs are sardonic, and the reality of Chayefsky's heavy-handed message (i.e., hospitals treat their patients badly) eats away at the viewer. But even when it falls flat, it's still an interesting watch. Read full review

Roger Ebert

It has been criticized for switching tone in midstream, but maybe it's only heading for deeper, swifter waters. Read full review

Vincent Canby

Although Mr. Chayefsky has written a very contemporary melodramatic farce, his political sympathies have their roots in the liberalism of 20 years ago. Read full review

Pauline Kael

The picture strains for seriousness now and then, but even when it makes a fool of itself it's still funny.

Staff (Not Credited)

The heavily sprayed-on sociological angle is that hospitals today treat patients like baggage. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

It starts off with some marvellously cruel moments, and Scott's performance towers over the proceedings throughout. But Hiller's direction is pretty shoddy, while the script eventually loses its way and begins to look increasingly hysterical, at the same time shamelessly trivialising Scott's crisis. Read full review

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