A young doctor on his way across the country to a job interview crashes his car in a small town and is sentenced to work for several days at the town hospital.A young doctor on his way across the country to a job interview crashes his car in a small town and is sentenced to work for several days at the town hospital.A young doctor on his way across the country to a job interview crashes his car in a small town and is sentenced to work for several days at the town hospital.
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Did you know
- TriviaMichael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1990 not long before the filming of this movie began, when he noticed a small, but persistent, tremor in his left little finger. In various scenes he is seen with his left hand in his pocket; most likely to conceal the twitch.
- GoofsBen hands Lou a small bouquet of pink flowers, which she informs him are protected because they are the state flower. South Carolina's state flower is actually Carolina jessamine, which is a yellow flowering vine.
- Quotes
Nancy Lee Nicholson: Is that a star?
Hank Gordon: No, that's Ted Danson.
- Alternate versionsFor its original UK cinema release, one use of 'fuck' was removed in order for the film to receive a 12 rating. All video releases are uncut, upgraded to a 15 at first and lowered to a 12 in 2006.
- SoundtracksThe One and Only
Written by Nik Kershaw (as Nick Kershaw)
Performed by Chesney Hawkes
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records Ltd.
(heard during opening credits)
Featured review
A great little movie.
my trepidation upon watching this wasn't Michael J Fox. I've long thought that the knocking he takes is nothing to do with him being a poor actor. Far form it, he's a great actor. The bad mouthing is because of his success. It becomes 'trendy' to put a successful actor down.
Any trepidation I had was purely down to the fact that it was described as a rom-com. And it isn't. Not really. It's only a rom-com in the way that Groundhog Day is a rom-com. It has a magic that lifts it far above labelling it as a rom-com.
Fabulous little movie that deserves a space on anybody's DVD shelf.
Any trepidation I had was purely down to the fact that it was described as a rom-com. And it isn't. Not really. It's only a rom-com in the way that Groundhog Day is a rom-com. It has a magic that lifts it far above labelling it as a rom-com.
Fabulous little movie that deserves a space on anybody's DVD shelf.
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $54,830,779
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,251,854
- Aug 4, 1991
- Gross worldwide
- $54,830,779
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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