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Heartbreak Hospital

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A talented but struggling actress (Chelsea Altman) lands a role on a soap opera, but a murderer strikes down one of its stars.

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David Hunter The Hollywood Reporter Sep 17, 2002
Other than a mildly engaging central romance, Hospital is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst. Go to Full Review Manohla Dargis Los Angeles Times Sep 12, 2002
2/5
A dreary indulgence. Go to Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post Sep 9, 2002
2.5/4
It's quite diverting nonsense. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 22, 2005
3/5
Apollo Guide May 13, 2005
80/100
Edward Havens FilmJerk.com Dec 10, 2002
C
The leads we are given here are simply too bland to be interesting. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jun 18, 2008 Tries to combine romantic comedy, soap-opera parody and murder mystery, but the disparate elements never gel, and the film, about homicide at a daytime television serial, bounces around with no clue of how to reconcile or intertwine its genre conventions. See more Read all reviews
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Ruedi Gerber

Director

Chelsea Altman

Neely Kendall

Patricia Clarkson

Lottie Ohrwasher

Diane Venora

Sunday Tyler

John Shea

Milo Henderson

Demián Bichir

Tonio

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Movie Info

Synopsis A talented but struggling actress (Chelsea Altman) lands a role on a soap opera, but a murderer strikes down one of its stars.
Director
Ruedi Gerber
Producer
Ram Bergman, Lemore Syvan, Ruedi Gerber, Dana Lustig
Screenwriter
Ruedi Gerber, Henry Slesar
Production Co
Goldheart Pictures, ZAS Film, Bergman Lustig Productions
Genre
Romance, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 6, 2002, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.5K
Runtime
1h 31m
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