John Q
After suffering a man named John Archibald because of the lack of help he needs for a son who needs a transplant that may save his life, John begins to think about a solution to the real disaster that puts his son's life at risk. John is still suffering from his son's illness because his medical insurance will not cover the cost of surgery needed by his child and alternative government assistance is not available because of the national health care crisis in America. The man has decided to take illegal action to protect his sick child - to hold the hospital's emergency room hostage to save the life of his long-suffering son.
25 May 1976, Manhattan, New York, USA
5 March 1974, New York City, New York, USA
11 June 1960, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
29 August 1965, Columbus, Ohio, USA
7 November 1964, New York City, New York, USA
5 January 1977, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
29 December 1975, Frederick, Maryland, USA
28 December 1954, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
26 October 1963, New York City, New York, USA
28 October 1970, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12 June 1953, Cheraw, South Carolina, USA
15 July 1968, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
8 June 1971, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
11 December 1957, St. Vincent, Caribbean Islands
21 July 1970, Santiago, Chile
20 January 1956, New York City, New York, USA
19 May 1971, Canada
April 29, 2009
A hokey and often silly commentary about the medical industry, and corruption within the establishment.
November 06, 2002
A polemic in search of a plot.
February 21, 2002
Cassavetes thinks he's making Dog Day Afternoon with a cause, but all he's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill, didactic cartoon.
September 24, 2007
The movie comes dangerously close to saying that the solution to a personal grievance is, well, terrorism, when you get right down to it.
January 01, 2011
Thought-provoking. Too intense for young teens.
January 21, 2003
A coercive script by James Kearns, and some middling direction by Nick Cassavetes, can't rob the movie of an undeniable, headlong crowd-pleasing power as it tackles an issue that touches us all.
March 13, 2002
Manipulative sentimentality, contrived plot and phony climax.
May 17, 2009
Strands good actors in mushy, movie-of-the-week material. [Blu-ray]
January 07, 2004
Instead of presenting the story and allowing us to draw our own conclusions, Cassavetes blatantly tells us what we should think.
February 24, 2002
It pulls out more stops than that old silent serial The Perils of Pauline. Unfortunately, it's a talkie.
December 18, 2006
Social messages, simplistic action, and teary melodrama are manipulatively but unsuccessfully mixed in this picture, which tries to provide a "hard" look at an honest working-class man (Washington) who loses control while trying to save his child's life
March 04, 2002
A sappy, melodramatic Denzel Washington vehicle that ensnares you in the standard hostage-movie scenario and doesn't let go until the director runs the whole playbook.
