GIVE A FATHER NO OPTIONS AND YOU LEAVE HIM NO CHOICE.
When his critically ill son is denied a heart transplant, working-class dad John Archibald (Denzel Washington) holds an emergency room hostage. Hereās a drama that tries to jump-start the debate on universal health care coverage in the U.S., but everyone involved feels so passionately about it that they turn the film into one long sermon. Itās a pretty simple story thatās not as effective as intended. Washington, however, is dynamite as the desperate dad and carries the film; Robert Duvall and James Woods are unable to step out from his shadow.
2002-U.S. 118 min. Color.Ā Directed byĀ Nick Cassavetes.Ā Cast:Ā Denzel Washington (John Archibald), James Woods (Raymond Turner), Robert Duvall (Frank Grimes), Anne Heche, Ray Liotta, Kimberly Elise.