| Critical Care | |
| Director: | Sidney Lumet |
| Producer: | Sidney Lumet Steven Schwartz |
| Screenplay: | Steven Schwartz |
| Cinematography: | David Watkin |
| Editing: | Tom Swartwout |
| Studio: | ASQA Film Partnership Live Entertainment Mediaworks Village Roadshow Pictures |
| Distributor: | LIVE Entertainment (United States) Roadshow Entertainment (Australia) |
| Runtime: | 107 minutes |
| Country: | United States Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $12 million |
| Gross: | $271,000 |
Critical Care is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film is a satire about American medicine.[1] [2] The screenplay by Steven Schwartz is based on the novel of the same name by Richard Dooling and stars James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Anne Bancroft, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Wright, and Albert Brooks. Rick Baker provided special makeup effects. The film is about a doctor who finds himself involved in a fight with two half sisters over the care of their ailing father.
Writer Steven Schwartz was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best screenplay.