Another movie from the very talented director Tony Savant, and again he doesn't disappoint. The movie has a lot of different shapes and colors and wonderful depth from all the characters beautifully guided by Mr. Savant. The actors are superb, and never go over the top. Holly Gagnier and Eric Edwards show off their skills as actors and the rest of the cast highlights the movie in a way that it makes you feel as if you were really watching from this small town hospital. Jeremy Maupin is the cinematographer and after watching such films as "Buddy, The Byrds & The Bees, and Stanley and Simon" I must say bravo. He can make a short independent film seem like a high budget studio picture. I have a feeling this movie will make its way through the film festival circuit with a lot of praise. And as for the crew and cast... I await their next challenges and hope that it will be on a bigger scale in a big screen theater near me and you.
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jerbuds17 March 2009
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MJDMLQ16 March 2022This is a short film that could have really used a medical consultant on standby during production. If they did consult an expert about hospital and Emergency Department procedures during filming, they probably should have found a better expert. There are a lot of medical mistakes, but I'll just point out a few of the more glaring ones:
1. Gloves. No medical staff wears gloves in this hospital...not even when starting the IV during the Code. (Impressive too that the husband was able to carry his apneic, unresponsive wife to his car, drive to the hospital, carry her into the hospital, and there was still enough time to save the twins. Guess that town has no EMS).
2. HIPAA. ER Attending would NEVER discuss the details of a patient death in front of a different family...and the RN would have certainly asked and other visitor to return to their own family's bedside.
3. Unit Clerk of an ED would never be allowed to dress so casually.
4. Who got consent for Billy's Endoscopy? Grandma wasn't there when performing Doctor did procedure.
5. Wheelchair race through the ED would not happen. Imagine explaining that injury in WorkHealth.
6. Billy is not wearing non-skid socks. There is even a close up of his normal socks during the dance off.
Ultimately, this was just a poorly made movie with an anti-abortion message shoved down the viewer's throat further than Billy's chicken bone.