--- title: 'Critical Care (1997)' type: 'film' director: 'Sidney Lumet' released: '1997-01-01' runtime_minutes: 102 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/critical-care-1997' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118901/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Critical Care (1997) 1997 · 102 min · Drama, Comedy · United States ## Synopsis Critical Care is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film is a satire about American medicine. The screenplay by Steven Schwartz is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Dooling and stars James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Anne Bancroft, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Wright, and Albert Brooks. Rick Baker provided special makeup effects. The film is about a doctor who finds himself involved in a fight with two half sisters over the care of their ailing father. ## Credits - **Director:** [Sidney Lumet](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lumet) - **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Convertino](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-convertino) - **Producer:** [Don Carmody](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-carmody) - **Director of Photography:** [David Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-watkin) ## Cast - [Helen Mirren](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-mirren) - [Jeffrey Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-wright) - [Edward Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-herrmann) - [Wallace Shawn](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-shawn) - [Al Waxman](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-waxman) - [Philip Bosco](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-bosco) - [Colm Feore](https://cinepixo.com/people/colm-feore) - [Barbara Eve Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-eve-harris) - [Anne Bancroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bancroft) - [Margo Martindale](https://cinepixo.com/people/margo-martindale) - [Kim Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-roberts) - [Albert Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-brooks) - [Kyra Sedgwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyra-sedgwick) - [James Spader](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-spader) - [Harvey Atkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-atkin) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/critical-care-1997 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2345399); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.