Regie:
Nick CassavetesScenario:
James KearnsCamera:
Rogier StoffersMuziek:
Aaron ZigmanActeurs:
Denzel Washington, Eddie Griffin, Kimberly Elise, Shawn Hatosy, Laura Harring, Kevin Connolly, Stephanie Moore, Anne Heche, James Woods, Paul Johansson (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
John Q. Archibald is een hardwerkende arbeider die samen met zijn vrouw Denise en zoontje Mike een hecht gezin vormt. Ondanks hun penibele financiële situatie, weten ze het hoofd net boven water te houden. Maar dan wordt Mike ernstig ziek. Hij kan alleen overleven met een donorhart. John Q. kan de ingreep echter niet betalen en zijn verzekeringsmaatschappij wil hem ook niet helpen. John is ten einde raad en gijzelt uit pure wanhoop de spoedafdeling van het ziekenhuis. (Paradiso Films)
(meer)Recensie (5)
John Q. is a simple, formulaic Hollywood flick about a father who is willing to do whatever it takes to get his son on the list of organ-donation recipients. It’s an overwrought sentimental fable that tries to move you with an ocean of moralistic, good-hearted ideas and fails miserably when it comes to intellect. And I won’t even comment on its disgusting rip-off of Gavras’s Mad City.
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Had this film not been so dumb, it might have been watchable. It wasn’t filmed in a bad manner. But it’s dragged down by the convoluted plot twists, where we’ll see Denzel raiding a hospital after the first half hour of the film, because he is desperate, waving a gun in his hand like some wannabe boss.
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Denzel in a perfect role as a father who will do anything for his son... I believed him every second so it really grabbed me by the heart. Sufficiently dramatic, emotional, sentimental... excellent.
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Full of pathos and sentimentality. There are a few interesting scenes, but otherwise a lackluster contribution.
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A rip-off of Mad City and a film without a proper idea to innovate its predictability in any way. That said, the performances are decent. In other words, average. Denzel is no match for the above mentioned Travolta and Hoffman.
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