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Article 99

1992 · 100 min

A scrappy, heartfelt hospital drama that mixes bureaucratic satire with earnest camaraderie and a few tense standoffs.

Directed by
Howard Deutch
Genres
Drama
Tagline
When your hospital is a war zone, you have to fight to save lives.
Overview
Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliver adequate care to needy veterans in the face of funding cuts and a corrupt administration. To succeed, the staff may have to bend the rules and circumvent the villainous "Article 99," a bureaucratic loophole that prevents veterans from receiving the benefits they deserve.

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Directed by
Howard Deutch
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • justice
  • corruption
  • friendship
  • redemption
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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