Directed by:
Nick CassavetesScreenplay:
James KearnsCinematography:
Rogier StoffersComposer:
Aaron ZigmanCast:
Denzel Washington, Eddie Griffin, Kimberly Elise, Shawn Hatosy, Laura Harring, Kevin Connolly, Stephanie Moore, Anne Heche, James Woods, Paul Johansson (more)Plots(1)
Police have surrounded the ER where a desperate man holds hostages and demands that the hospital do what his HMO refuses to allow - provide an operation for his critically ill son. The media storms the scene and with each passing moment, the man called John Q is becoming a hero of sorts. Academy Award winner Denzel Washington brings remarkable depth to the title role in this issues-driven thriller featuring an elite cast. Is John Q a vigilante? A heroic father? You decide. But when it comes to his son, John Q won't take no for an answer. (Reel Entertainment)
(more)Reviews (5)
John Q. is a simple, formulaic Hollywood flick about a father who is willing to do whatever it takes to get his son on the list of organ-donation recipients. It’s an overwrought sentimental fable that tries to move you with an ocean of moralistic, good-hearted ideas and fails miserably when it comes to intellect. And I won’t even comment on its disgusting rip-off of Gavras’s Mad City.
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Had this film not been so dumb, it might have been watchable. It wasn’t filmed in a bad manner. But it’s dragged down by the convoluted plot twists, where we’ll see Denzel raiding a hospital after the first half hour of the film, because he is desperate, waving a gun in his hand like some wannabe boss.
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Denzel in a perfect role as a father who will do anything for his son... I believed him every second so it really grabbed me by the heart. Sufficiently dramatic, emotional, sentimental... excellent.
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Full of pathos and sentimentality. There are a few interesting scenes, but otherwise a lackluster contribution.
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A rip-off of Mad City and a film without a proper idea to innovate its predictability in any way. That said, the performances are decent. In other words, average. Denzel is no match for the above mentioned Travolta and Hoffman.
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