Synopsis
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
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Cast
- Michael J. FoxBenjamin Stone
- Julie WarnerVialula (Lou)
- Barnard HughesAurelius Hogue
- Woody HarrelsonHank Gordon
- David Ogden StiersMayor Nick Nicholson
- Frances SternhagenLillian, Welcoming Committee
- George HamiltonDoctor Halberstrom
- Bridget FondaNancy Lee Nicholson
- Mel WinklerMelvin the Mechanic
- Helen MartinMaddie, Welcoming Committee
Recommandations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
I was expecting Doc Hollywood to be a comedy. And it is a comedy. But it surprised me by also being a love story, and a pretty good one - the kind where the lovers are smart enough to know all the reasons why they shouldn't get together, but too much in love to care. - 75
Washington Post
The film has a message; it's another picture about finding your humanity. But in this case, it's pedaled so softly that it doesn't impose itself on you. Nothing about this movie does. And that, as much as anything, is what makes it so irresistible. - 70
The New York Times
The screenplay, by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman and Daniel Pyne, is occasionally sharp-tongued but more often pleasantly knee-deep in rustic corn. Mr. Fox also seems a shade more substantial this time, possibly because he is seen making life-or-death decisions when not fielding comic lines. - 70
Time Out
Caton-Jones views all the characters with undisguised affection; the whole thing bubbles along nicely in a fresh, witty, unselfconscious manner, making you forget the dated Capra-corn message. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Predictable as sunburn on the 4th of July, it is a film as ingratiating as its star. Visiting the town of Grady is a fairly pleasant pastime, but there's no excuse for a film this light to last over two hours as this one does. - 60
Variety
Has no real taste of its own, but, in its mildness and predictability, offers the reassurance of a fast-food or motel chain. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Doc Hollywood draws its energy almost exclusively from cliche. The cornball rowdiness is partially redeemed by the good cast. - 40
Empire
While this combination of Michael J. Fox, light comedy and uncomplicated values mustve looked fine on paper, on screen it doesn't quite make the grade.
