DOC HOLLYWOOD is an unsuccessful attempt to create an old-fashioned slice of romantic Americana in the style of Frank Capra or Preston Sturges. A Washington D.C.-based plastic surgeon with dreams of making mounds of money in Beverly Hills, Dr. Ben Stone (Michael J. Fox) speeds West in his vintage Porsche but gets only as far as Grady, South Carolina, before a fluke accident stops him cold. Within moments of crashing into the new fence of Grady's mayor Nick Nicholson (David Ogden Stiers), Ben realizes he may be in for a long stay. The mayor is eager to have a fresh-faced young doctor minister to the townsfolks' needs, and sentences "Doc" Stone to many hours of communi...
Released:
1991
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
114 mins