White Coats (2004)

St alberts hospital is in trouble & their best doctors are abandoning their posts. That leaves 6 young interns to learn by experience. Surgical slip-ups lost patients hot tub parties in physiotherapy mayhem in the morgue & sex in the halls help keep morale high in the worst hospital in the world. Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 07/25/2006 Starring: Dan Akroyd Dave Thomas Run time: 96 minutes Product Description

Back to some crude, 80's, screwball humor.

If this film were released in 1986, there would be those calling it a cult, 80's B-movie classic, with everyone trying to find a copy of the out of print VHS, or clamoring for it's DVD release. It's an out and out throwback to the SCTV/Hamburger: The Motion Picture/Revenge of the Nerds days of 80's comedy, and taken on that level, it works really well. It has your typical laugh out loud scenes, along with those that make you cringe and the "what the heck were they thinking" bits. The acting is spot on, considering the absurdity of the scenarios these medical interns get themselves into. Also, the cast spits out dialogue at a very swift pace, making it a watchable film throughout. Sure, lots of the jokes are duds, and they unnecessarily overplay some of the gore found in the medical field, but your side splitting laughs are a plenty and enough to leave you feeling entertained in the end.

Definitely one to check out, if you miss all those crazy, sophomoric comedies of the 80's. July 30, 2008

They didn't even try...

...to cover up how much of a Scrubs rip-off this is. First of all, there's the title, which is about as close as you can get without stealing. Then there are the characters. You have the geeky white doctor with goofy hair who somehow manages to be popular despite being a dork. There's the charismatic black doctor who acts tough but is really a wimp. There's the slutty doctor who sleeps with the geeky doctor. Dave Foley plays a less witty, less likeable Dr. Cox. Dave Thomas and Dan Akroyd's characters are pretty much both different sides of Dr.Kelso. The only thing that's missing is a creepy janitor and some of the more absurd fantasy sequences from Scrubs. The humor never gets any more intelligent than jokes like, "How did a sperm cell get in your mouth?" and "Sexually active? No, I just lie there." If you think you can stand watching a really bad, 90 minute long episode of Scrubs, then by all means watch this movie. July 15, 2008

Not As Funny As Scurbs and Not As Witty As House

White Coats not a memorable comedy movie, but a decent attempt. The scenario is rather hackneyed, dealing with wacky hospital interns with hackneyed personalities.

The characters follow the standard traits we've come to expect...
The rebel/quick come back guy, the smart sensitive willing to do anything to prove his innocence guy, the mysterious girl, and a few other cliche' elements to scatter into the nest.

The plot without out spoiling anything is a group of interns who are forced to take on more experienced roles in the hospitals depths. Together attraction, awkward moments, and some slightly funny moments occur as the interns endure the rigors of the medical foray.

All the scenes feel more like a television series and not so much a movie. While thats not necessarily a bad thing, series are meant to be viewed in hearty tightly packed episodes...not all at once. Like medicine taking too much at once can lead to some bad side effects.

The comedy isn't top notch, but their is much worse out their. June 2, 2008

White Coats

a. Especifications of the product I received from Amazon doesn't match that I received: Specifications in Amazon page indicate subtitles in spanish and english. The product I received only has specifications in English.

I paid for the product more and less $ 14,99, a few days ago the product goes to $ 9,99

Finally, doesnt pay to return the product due to the cost of the return.

Regards

Mauricio Rubaja April 26, 2008

It's funny in it's own right

i will admit that the jokes were a little drawn out, but it was still a fairly funny movie. i wouldn't go into this movie hoping for a "Scrubs movie"...it has it's scrubs-isms, but it's a funny hospital movie and that's that. Most of the movie was improv anyway...

i liked it and i have loaned it out to a few friends that also liked it. February 10, 2008

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