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John Q

2001, Movie, PG-13, 118 mins

JOHN Q
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A problem picture that says all the right things and does all the wrong ones, this melodrama about a desperate father who'll do anything to save his sick son's life is an uneasy amalgamation of DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975), DESPERATE MEASURES (1998) and MAD CITY (1997). John Quincy Archibald (Denzel Washington) and his wife Denise (Kimberly Elise) are hardworking, church-going people, and loving parents to nine-year-old Michael (Daniel E. Smith). Times are tough: John's hours at ... read more leave a comment
Year: 2001
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Denzel Washington: John Q. Archibald
Robert Duvall: Grimes
James Woods: Dr. Turner
Anne Heche: Rebecca Payne
Eddie Griffin: Lester
Kimberly Elise: Denise Archibald

 

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Question: I saw a movie about a man whose child had cancer. He was upset over the fact that his child wasn't getting treatment and held hostages in the hospital. Can you tell me what it was?


Answer: It was John Q (2002), with Denzel Washington as the frustrated father whose sick child (the boy actually has a congenitally enlarged heart, not cancer) is falling between the cracks of the health-care system.

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