Medicine Man
7,238
Adventure. Drama
The Amazon rain forest is a living laboratory for Dr. Robert Campbell (Sean Connery), a reclusive research scientist living with a Brazilian native tribe. Campbell has accidentally discovered a flower extract that cures cancer, but has been unable to duplicate the formula. With the assistance of Dr. Crane (Lorraine Bracco), he explores every possible chemical derivative, but continues to fail. When a child in the village is near death ... [+]
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United Kingdom | Empire | "Entertaining in places, Medicine Man suffers from a predictable story and annoying supporting characters." | NEU |
United Kingdom | Time Out | "A maestro of the action movie, McTiernan effectively captures the horrors of a climactic jungle fire" | POS |
United States | Boston Globe | "With what doubtless are the best intentions, the film wants to do several things, and does. The trouble is that it doesn't do any of them very well." | NEU |
United States | Miami Herald | "'Medicine Man' is an adventure story with a message: We must save the Amazon rain forest. It's certainly a noble cause, filmmakers forgot to make their movie any fun" | NEU |
United States | TV Guide | "'Medicine Man' tries hard to be a film for all tastes, but it ends up appealing to none" | NEG |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "There are nice things in Medicine Man but it only works perfectly when it leaves its characters up a tree" | NEU |
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