Critical Care

Critical Care is a daring motion picture that tries to tread the difficult line between biting satire and affecting drama. Had it successfully navigated this treacherous trail, it would have been a powerful motion picture. But, because the drama turns out to be half-baked and poorly-realized, the result fails to satisfy. Critical Care raises a number of important issues and asks more than one incisive question, but the only time it makes a lasting impression is when it's lampooning. The serious aspect of the movie is a brave failure.