Young Doctors in Love

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Young Doctors in Love
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Garry Marshall
Written by Michael Elias
Rich Eustis
Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer
Starring
Cinematography Donald Peterman
Edited by Dov Hoenig
Music by Maurice Jarre
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • July 16, 1982 (1982-07-16)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7,020,000 [1]
Box office$30,688,860

Young Doctors in Love is a 1982 American comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. [2] It spoofs a variety of medical shows (in particular, General Hospital ) and has many guest stars from ABC soap operas.

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The film stars Sean Young, Michael McKean, Harry Dean Stanton, Dabney Coleman and Patrick Macnee. [2] It also features Demi Moore in one of her early film roles. [2]

Plot

A group of eight young medical interns join the City Hospital surgery staff run by Dr. Prang, a brash and cynical surgeon leading an expensive and dissolute lifestyle.

Meanwhile, old mafioso Sal Bonafetti is admitted to the same hospital under an assumed name after suffering a stroke; his son Angelo disguises himself as a woman or 'Angela' in order to watch over Sal, fearing retaliation by rival crime syndicates.

Professional hitman Malamud is admitted to a bed next to Sal's in order to assassinate him, but his every attempt fails, causing Malamud himself to undergo painful and unnecessary treatment.

The resident who regularly checks in with Sal and Angela is Dr. Walter Rist. Over time he seems to develop feelings for "her", not knowing it's Sal's son in disguise.

Residents Dr. Stephanie Brody and Dr. Simon August develop a relationship as the film progresses. Out to dinner, she has a strong pain in her side, but shakes it off, insisting it's nothing.

As Dr. Phil Burns is working two other jobs to afford the residency, he's half-asleep when a dirty note is passed to him by head Nurse Norine Sprockett. Taken from a patient, Phil mistakens it as a come on. When he makes a pass at her, Norine slaps him. As a way of apologizing, he shows her the fox step, as his second job is as a dance instructor. Phil discovers Norine wears the key to the medications cabinet around her neck when he convinces her to get him an upper.

Dr. Prang schedules Simon for a basic surgery, but Simon panics when he's assigned an appendectomy. He has a flashback to a joke played on him with a piñata on his birthday. Stephanie has sex with Simon on the operating table to cure him of his panic of the room.

Months pass, Sal continues to thwart Malamud's assassination attempts. At the hospital Christmas party, Stephanie and Simon announce their engagement and she collapses shortly afterwards. It's discovered that she is afflicted with a condition requiring a labor-intensive procedure. Simon forces a reluctant Dr. Prang to go ahead with the operation. Because it's complicated, the surgeons practise on a dummy.

In the meantime Phil, who illegally sells drugs stolen from the hospital, is arrested by the police after Norine discovers his scheme.

Stephanie's operation is scheduled, but at the last minute both the nurses go on strike and Dr. Prang becomes distraught when his accountant tells him that he has to declare bankruptcy. Simon must operate without him, using his fellow residents as support.

After some scares, the operation is ultimately a success.

Cast

Reception

The film was a moderate box office success with over $30 million. [3]

It received a positive review from The New York Times , which wrote that "there are enough bright moments to make this a passable hot-weather entertainment." [4] It maintains a 35% "rotten" rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 17 reviews. [5]

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References

  1. Christiansen, Richard (July 11, 1982). ""Movies"". Chicago Tribune.
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  4. "Young Doctors In Love," Janet Maslin, The New York Times, July 17, 1982
  5. Young Doctors in Love at Rotten Tomatoes Flixster