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The Doctor is Out

2009 · 1h 44m · R Comedy, Drama
Directed by Jonas Pate , Thomas Moffett

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Overview

Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.

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All reviews
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten

Man is born unto trouble as the sparks fly upward, and when those sparks emanate from a doobie clutched by Kevin Spacey, a smug critique of the American dream is sure to follow.

Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader
Rotten

I'm not his manager, but I wonder if Kevin Spacey would profit from laying off the sardonic, disaffected, emotionally numb characters for a while. They're criminally easy for him at this point in his career.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

The characters are so flatly conceived and their dilemmas so familiar that you wonder if the filmmakers even aspired to be original. Luckily, Kevin Spacey plays Carter with scene-saving grace.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten

There really was a much better comedy here than melodrama.

Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

Some of the humor is delicious. And there are a few fine moments of truth and pathos, most of them addressing a subset of grief often ignored on film.

Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle

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