The Good Doctor

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**** MAJOR SPOILERS !!! MAJOR SPOILERS !!!!!!!! ***** The back-breaking part of this film was how slowly it evolved. Like nails scraping a blackboard, it finally got to the doctor "doctoring" his patient's IV. There seemed to be little scientific backdrop to any of the times he spiked the UTI medication (just one 5-minute block on this would have sufficed, not two). With a team of a researcher and a specialist and researcher collaborating and overseeing, they found nothing! What was in the IV? The pills? Dr. House would have got to the bottom of this mess in five seconds. The love story was weak -- a shallow, emotionally underdeveloped physician, whose only reason for becoming a doctor was to gain respect, has an affection for a teenager, consummated by a solitary kiss when she's passed out. The Lolita story is not new. Nor is doctor adoration. The only enjoyable part (and real action) was when he killed the orderly. But this too was unbelievable. The doctor seemed more worried about material in the girl's diary being culpatory when at most it would reveal her one-sided, subjective infatuation. A more credible story would be that the doctor wanted to know her true feelings about him and their "relationship." That would have been more interesting despite the creep factor. The scene near the end when the doctor ran (or imagined he ran) into the ocean and nearly drowned was weak. And weakened further when he returned after jumping out a window, standing on the beach for a bit, after his toilet was noisily overflowing with a perceptive detective in the next room. The only realistic explanation could be that the doctor actually committed suicide in the water and the ending was an afterlife fulfilment of his life dream – confidence, respect. The acting I liked was the orderly and the father. Their characters were a bit oversimplified but scenes of the orderly trying to get laid and the father threatening the doctor were a welcome change from the sappy, beatific look assumed by the doctor, which also added to the boredom. The detective and Nurse Theresa were realistic and I think both actors accepted a script that was far below their levels. I also think it's unrealistic that a family with two attractive young daughters would invite the doctor into their house so openly – with a naivete that set up the beginning of the murder – prefaced by the father saying his youngest had really "taken a shine" to the doctor. Even less credible was the doctor actually accepting such an invitation -- more than once. In what year or what small town would we see such a turn of events? But I did like the abrupt, inconsistent ending. The doctor finally had arrived. After having murdered two people, seeped in the self-confidence he has always lacked, you see him multi-tasking, saving lives, fielding rapid-fire life-or-death questions finally in his glory and his element. And in a few seconds it shook the morose, gnawing feeling that had been hanging through the whole film. The film lacked a frank, realistic discussion of the issue of ethics in doctor-patient relationships.

An unseen Orlando Bloom captures you in this movie like he has never done before. He is seen in the 80% of the time with intense close-up and histrionic facial expressions. Martin is capable doctor, he is really alone in his life. One day he meets a teen patient, Diane Nixon, and he cares her. When she is released, her parents invite Martin for a dinner at their home. During this visit, Diane is not present because she is trying to get back with her boyfriend. Martin visits her room and steals a picture of her. Diane leaves a message on Martin's answering machine in which she apologizes for not being present and she asks him to go her place in order to let her parents give him a little present. During this new visit at Nixon's house, Martin changes Diane's medicine. Girl's health condition returns to be severe, and she goes back to the hospital. Martin sabotages Diane's therapy in order to have her nearest as possible. He even gets jealous about her young boyfriend. All doctors cannot explain why Diane's worsens and finally she dies. Martin, who kissed her before she passed, is shocked about that. In spite of young girl's death, he manages to continue his life as if nothing happened, until when a male nurse finds Diane's diary ,which contains many secrets, and starts threatening martin. Will Martin finally tell the truth or will he continue to lie? Thrilling photography, suggestive soundtrack.

It's a movie for adults. There is no secret demonic conspiracy or medical cover-up or madman trying to spread a virus that will kill every man taller than he is. Instead we have an ordinary internist at a big hospital, the properly taciturn Orland Bloom, who becomes so attracted to a young woman who is his patient that he goes to extraordinary lengths to keep her in the hospital. His plan to keep her in the hospital succeeds, but her winding up in the morgue is extempore. Well, Bloom is a good doctor with an otherwise unimpeachable reputation and her death affects him deeply. Ridden with guilt, he's then approached by a vulgar orderly who has found the deceased's diary outlining much of what's been going on. The impertinent orderly, Michael Peña, demands a constant supply of dope from the doctor who, when he discovers that the supply must be unending, slips the arrogant underling a dose of KCN. That's potassium cyanide. I happen to remember it because late one night I released some of the gas when I worked in a tool and die shop, just out of curiosity. It didn't smell like almonds, but like peaches. The next day the boss carried on about the equipment somehow having gotten rustier overnight. I couldn't make out what other shenanigans the doc was up to. (By this time, his term of reference has been reduced in social value from "the good doctor" to "doctor" to just plain "doc".) Aside from the dope, I did notice him snatch a vial or two of something from the supply room, and he fiddled around the labels on some Petri plates -- a very naughty thing to do, as I recall. I don't claim to know much about medicine but I know what I like. At any rate, it was a relief to watch a movie in which no one's head gets twisted off, there is no high-speed pursuit ending in a cataclysm, and no half-caste zombies. Orlando Bloom is excellent in the role of the young, earnest, enthralled physician. He has all the expressiveness of a tax auditor. He takes his work and his ethics seriously. If only he hadn't fallen for that pretty blond, Riley Keough, with the woeful voice. She's not even phenomenally beautiful, but rather her appeal lies in the fact that she projects the trust, vulnerability, and innocence of a child. Rob Morrow is memorable in a small part. Lance Daly's direction is straightforward and allows us to see what's going on. The camera does not wobble, neither does it swish pan. There are, though, probably too many huge close ups for a movie made in this classic style. It is, after all, not a TV movie but a feature film designed to be seen in theaters, and who needs J. K. Simmons' head to be sixteen feet tall? Even the title is nicely apt: "the good doctor," ironic and yet descriptive. Bloom really IS a good doctor, except that he's responsible for one accidental death and one deliberate murder. Doctors always get away with murder. A good friend, who is a doctor, was always late for appointments because he was disorganized, but when he rushed into the examining room, the patiently waiting patient would apologize to HIM because he knew how busy doctors were. The rest of us aren't so lucky.

After enduring the dreadful Martha Marcy May Marlene complete with its non ending here we have yet another movie with a non ending. At least in the case of The Good Doctor the movie was moderately interesting up until the final two minutes. The doctor in question played by Orlando Bloom is a difficult character to fathom. There is no Vietnam war experience to explain or excuse his actions and patient obsession. It may be a problem if you like to have a reason why he is so messed up as none is given. Following the despatch of the blackmailer the film descends into American Psycho style with a tenacious detective looking like he is about to calmly intimidate Bloom into accidental confession. Alas the viewer is presented with a Bret Easton Ellis fantasy/reality double ending which merely perplexes. Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.

I had not seen the star of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy or Pirates of the Caribbean, and he would not be seen in a big role until The Three Musketeers, and of course The Hobbit, I knew this independent film was probably straight to DVD and probably terrible, but I gave it a chance. Basically Dr. Martin E. Blake (Orlando Bloom) is British and has transferred to a Southern California hospital, but being arrogant and egocentric he alienates himself from the nurses, he does not gain endearment from his first patients, and his superiors are not all that happy with him. All he longs for is respect for his peers and one day the power of authority over others, and he feels this when eighteen year old Diane Nixon (Riley Keough), who is suffering a kidney infection, comes in for medical treatment, she and her family see his good medical work as heroic. Her health slowly starts to improve, but Martin longs to remain a hero and consist respect from fellow staff, so selfishly he finds a way to slow down Diane's recovery, changing her medication and botching other treatment, and he maintains the illusion that he is doing everything he can to help her. He eventually lets this botching go too far and accidentally kills Diane, her infection went beyond his control, he is not suspected of any crime by the hospital staff, but it is questionable what some of her family think. But then Martin has another problem when orderly Jimmy (Million Dollar Baby's Michael Peña) reads through Diane's diary, she wrote her sexual fantasies about Martin, of course the doctor-patient personal relationship implication would damage his career, so he blackmails the doctor to give him narcotics. As long as he gets the drugs Jimmy says he will never give back the diary to Martin, so he fills some of the pills he gives him with potassium cyanide which kills Jimmy, and he steals the diary back. Jimmy's death is treated as suspicious and an criminal investigation is started, Detective Krauss (J.K. Simmons) questions him on anything he may know, he is visibly nervous and panicky, so he goes to the bathroom and attempts to flush the diary, but the toilet clogs. With the toilet flooded he climbs out the window and runs to the seaside, he imagines drowning himself in the ocean, but he runs back and after the detective leaves he throws the diary in the garbage, he is not seen to be suspicious, and some time later Martin assures, while carrying out his duties, that he is getting better all the time. Also starring The KTaraji P. Henson as Nurse Theresa, Rob Morrow as Dr. Waylans, Troy Garity as Dan, Molly Price as Mrs. Nixon, Wade Williams as Mr. Nixon, Sorel Carradine as Valerie and Gary Carlos Cervantes as Mr. Sanchez. It is certainly good to see a good looking actor like Bloom playing against type and being the villain, but the story is rather slow, the dark moments aren't paced all that well, and the script is full of cliché and predictability, a silly and hardly worth the effort thriller film. Adequate!

Dr Martin Blake who has spent his life looking for respect meets an 18year old patient named Diane . suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much needed boost of self esteem and Blake (Orlando bloom) shows him kindness . how ever when her health start to improving Martin fears to losing her and he will do anything to keep her in his care,Orlando Bloom(Dr Martin Blake) stars a first year medical resident struggling with loneliness, racked with self doubt and at odds with the head nurse so he goes to unconscionable extremes in order to remain in the service i must say that Orlando Bloom did a superb job portraying Martin as fragile loner desperate for more at any cost.well this is a really best ,a really really good thriller with romance touch favourite drama one of me favourite drama+thriller with romance touch& i recommended to anyone who looking for well acted solidly written suspense thriller story 10/10

Although this movie is not for everyone, as evidenced by the low rating,I found it to be chilling and sinister and really enjoyed it. I thought Orlando Bloom was superb in the lead as a first year resident doctor at a hospital. On the surface he appears to be a shy nice guy who cares a lot for his patients. However, there's a lot of darkness boiling over that no one can see. When a beautiful vulnerable, young patient is admitted to the hospital for a rather routine kidney infection, Bloom becomes obsessed and emotionally attached to her. The patient is played admirably by Riley Keough. Keough's family invites Bloom over to their house after she's released as a thank you to him for taking such good care of her. While at their home he steals a picture of her and takes it back to his apartment. From that point on, he devises all kinds of devious methods to have her return to the hospital. In time, these methods become more diabolical and dangerous. It all leads to a cascading of events which to me were riveting and spellbinding. A strong supporting cast includes Taraji P. Henson as a tough nurse who often conflicts with Bloom--Rob Morrow as the supervisor of the residents who initially suspects something is going on with Bloom--and Michael Pena as a conniving and amoral orderly. I wasn't expecting much from the film so I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed it so much.

Not the usual doctors as heroes film, this one shows some dark sides. A lonely Brit resident is in his first year at an L A hospital. He's not really sure why he became a doctor other than to gain respect. His boss is a distracted lightweight and a senior doctor called in to consult is a fatuous windbag. A patient gets sick and the senior doctors are baffled, the patient gets worse but because all the normal tests are done it is all shrugged off. Then the relative ease doctors can get involved in the drug trade is depicted. The protagonist seems to get over it all and moves along with his career. Could've used some more tension and humour, although the dinner scene with the family from suburban hell was good for a laff.

1. I notice that Orlando Bloom was one of the producers of this film. Note to Orlando: don't quit your day job. In support of that recommendation, please be aware that the film cost a measly $6 million to make, and sold only a little over $5,000 in tickets at the box office. I'm not making that up. It was only in theaters for a whopping 7 days. 2. Oops...I thought Orlando was handsome. Apparently it depends on his haircut. 3. The first half hour of the film drags along at a very boring pace. Yes, I know, in a suspense film (even one that takes place in a hospital) you have to build toward a climax. But my recent kidney surgery was more exciting than the first half of this film. 4. Orlando Bloom can act, and he does rather well here as a boring young hospital doctor who pervertedly decides to keep a patient close to him by finagling her medicines...until she dies. The good news is, this is where the film finally begins to get a tad bit interesting. An orderly (played well -- but slightly creepily -- by Michael Pena) blackmails our doctor for a steady supply of drugs. So what is the GOOD DOCTOR to do...but murder him through poison. 5. No one in this cast really stands out. Bloom is pretty good, as is Pena. Taraji Henson, as a nurse, show promise. But this film feels like the actors are just muddling through. I really can't recommend it.