Synopsis
Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.
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Cast
- Nicolas CageFrank Pierce
- Patricia ArquetteMary Burke
- John GoodmanLarry Verber
- Ving RhamesMarcus
- Tom SizemoreTom Wolls
- Marc AnthonyNoel
- Mary Beth HurtNurse Constance
- Cliff CurtisCy Coates
- Aida TurturroNurse Crupp
- Nestor SerranoDr. Hazmat
- 100
Chicago Tribune
Blazes up constantly with a stunning, off-kilter brilliance, an incandescent force that sometimes explodes the space between us and the screen. - 80
Variety
Achieves a poetic, quasi-religious tone. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Develops microclimates of mood without fully developing the same shadings of character. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Equally fascinated by the afflictions of life and the usually squandered opportunities these afford for courage and self-sacrifice. - 74
Mr. Showbiz
There's talent to burn in this movie. But the flame is cold. - 70
TNT RoughCut
Fans of the greatest working film director will be pleased. - 70
Village Voice
The mood is less angst-ridden than hypercaffeinated, as Scorsese keeps cranking the velocity-bloodbath in the reggae inferno, exploding skyline pietà, climactic white light of redemption. - 67
Portland Oregonian
Although it tries continually to focus on the heart, it ultimately fails to ignite it.