Critical Care (film)

Critical Care
Critical Care
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sidney Lumet
Screenplay by	Steven Schwartz
Based on	Critical Care; by Richard Dooling
Produced by	Sidney Lumet; Steven Schwartz
Starring	James Spader; Kyra Sedgwick; Helen Mirren; Margo Martindale; Jeffrey Wright; Wallace Shawn; Anne Bancroft; Albert Brooks; Philip Bosco; Colm Feore;
Cinematography	David Watkin
Edited by	Tom Swartwout
Production; companies	ASQA Film Partnership; Live Entertainment; Mediaworks; Village Roadshow Pictures
Distributed by	LIVE Entertainment (United States); Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
Release date	October 31, 1997;
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	United States; Australia
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$271,000

Critical Care is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film is a satire about American medicine.^[1]^[2] 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.