Storyline
Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-esteem. However, when her health starts improving, Martin fears losing her, so he begins tampering with her treatment, keeping Diane sick and in the hospital right next to him.
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J.K. Simmons, Michael Peña, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Evan Peters, Rob Morrow, Orlando Bloom, Marin Hinkle, Rick Irwin, Randall Park, Molly Price, Taraji P. Henson, Gary Carlos Cervantes, David Clennon, Wade Williams, Sarah Lancaster, Troy Garity, Riley Keough, Sorel Carradine, Nathan Keyes, Courtney Ford, Jean St. James, Noel Thurman
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Reviews
75
Ever wonder what "Scrubs" would've been like if Zach Braff's fledgling-doctor character was psychotic instead of goofy? I get the feeling John Enbom, screenwriter of The Good Doctor, has.
70
Variety
Daly deftly creates a disturbing, Chabrol-like tension that plays on immediate identification with the handsome medico's lonely, shy vulnerability and slow-building horror at the depths to which his self-delusion can sink.
70
Village Voice
The film is anchored and greatly bolstered by Bloom, who delivers a performance of quietly escalating madness.
70
John Enbom's slow-burn script avoids overloading the action with backstory or psychologizing, and Bloom strikes the right balance of diffidence, panic and blank-itude to keep things creepily on edge.
58
Awkward and arrogant, Bloom's character is reminiscent of The Social Network's take on Mark Zuckerberg: someone who was propelled in his nascent career by the idea that it would bring him the respect and acceptance he doesn't seem able to command in a social setting.
