Rotten
Has no real taste of its own, but, in its mildness and predictability, offers the reassurance of a fast-food or motel chain.
Variety Staff, Variety
Doc Hollywood
He was headed for Beverly Hills to be a plastic surgeon... but he took an exit to a town that didn't take plastic.
1991 · 1h 44m · PG-13
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Michael Caton-Jones
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Michael Caton-Jones Director
- Michael J. Fox as Benjamin Stone
- Julie Warner as Vialula (Lou)
- Barnard Hughes as Aurelius Hogue
- Woody Harrelson as Hank Gordon
- David Ogden Stiers as Mayor Nick Nicholson
- Frances Sternhagen as Lillian, Welcoming Committee
- George Hamilton as Doctor Halberstrom
- Bridget Fonda as Nancy Lee Nicholson
- Mel Winkler as Melvin the Mechanic
- Helen Martin as Maddie, Welcoming Committee
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While retaining his boyish appeal, 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.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
This isn't a bucolic, small-town romance. It's "Porky's."
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
The picture, which was directed by Michael Caton-Jones, is corny and filled with quaint country eccentrics, but it has a redeeming sweetness of spirit.
Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Fresh
Dialogue and plot and all the rest take second place to the conviction that two people only have eyes for one another. Fox and Warner create that feeling, which is why "Doc Hollywood" is a sweetheart of a movie.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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