Empire Magazine
An exciting, invigourating return to old preoccupations. Welcome home, Marty.
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Bringing Out the Dead
Haunted by the patients he failed to save, Nicolas Cage is a paramedic fighting to maintain his sanity in this Martin Scorsese drama written by Paul Schrader. Over three fraught and turbulent nights, Cage is joined by castmates Tom Sizemore, Cliff Curtis, Patricia Arquette, Ving Rhames and John Goodman.
1999Rating: R18+, Adult themes121 minsUSA
Drama
- Director:
- Martin Scorsese ('Raging Bull', 'Goodfellas', 'The Departed')
- Writer:
- Paul Schrader
- Cast:
- Nicolas CageTom SizemoreCliff CurtisPatricia ArquetteVing RhamesJohn GoodmanMary Beth HurtMarc Anthony
Bringing Out the Dead / Reviews
Time Out
Of course, it's immaculately crafted and exhilaratingly paced, but in the end it's never as emotionally involving as it could and should be.
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Los Angeles Times
This film dances on the edge of flat-lining just like the DOAs that are Frank's stock-in-trade.
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Variety
Although Scorsese and Schrader may not have pulled off alchemy by transforming an undistinguished piece of literature into a great film, Bringing Out the Dead is still the best adaptation imaginable of its source material.
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