I agree completely with cheetah-6 who said: "Cliche characters, implausible story, over the top message about the health care system in this country make this one a real bomb. Although some good issue's were touched upon, the plot is so predictable and the characters so stereo typically weak that the whole thing is just laughable. Has a trite, simplified, made for TV feel to it. Kind of amusing watching fine actors like Duvall, Liotta and Woods look ridiculous trying to salvage their roles with this third rate material. Great movie to make fun of." Spoiler ahead: I'll take it one step further with how this movie could have been so much better. There was a great plot twist when John Q decided he would take his own life to save his kid. What a great way to end the movie. John Q puts gun to his head. Fade to black. Gunshot heard. Or what if great drama led up to the sniper's one shot being a successful head shot and then James Woods the doctor rushes to remove John Q's heart and put it in the kid. Powerful endings that would have made a much more powerful movie. As usual, Hollywood went for the cheap happy crap and cheated us out of a real ending.
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