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A Mistake

Play trailer 2:00 Poster for A Mistake Released Sep 20, 2024 1h 41m Mystery & Thriller Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Elizabeth is a gifted surgeon--the only female consultant at her hospital. But while operating on a young woman, something goes horribly wrong. In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons' performance, her colleagues begin to close ranks, and Elizabeth's life is thrown into disarray. Tough and abrasive, Elizabeth has survived and succeeded in this most demanding field. But can she survive a single mistake?
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Claudia Puig FilmWeek (LAist) A provocative and engrossing psychological character study. Oct 9, 2024 Full Review Dennis Harvey Variety Though not a knockout, the director’s return affirms her knack for intelligent adult drama, here hinging on issues of medical ethics and bureaucracy. Sep 23, 2024 Full Review David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter While the movie might be too unwaveringly downbeat in tone for some audiences, A Mistake functions as both an empathetic character study and a thoughtful examination of professional ethics, culpability and forgiveness... Jun 10, 2024 Full Review Terry Staunton Radio Times Banks projects the human heart of the story. Rated: 3/5 Apr 17, 2025 Full Review James Croot The Post NZ It’s not that this is a cinematic misadventure, more it never gets out of second-gear, covering similar thematic ground to the brilliant This is Going to Hurt, but without reaching anywhere near the emotional heights – or devastation – that delivered. Rated: 3/5 Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Joel Copling Spectrum Culture Medical drama A Mistake has an emotionally compelling story but is full of glaringly manipulative plot contrivances. Sep 24, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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AR acting was outstanding and the topic riveting Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/29/24 Full Review Duane The main plot seemed like it should be the subplot to another issue in the movie OR, there should be something else going on. It just seemed like it had a lot of dead space. The acting and actors showed up though, no doubt. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/23/24 Full Review When is the jig up? Was a brooding, angst filled movie - unfortunately did paint a fairly true picture of hospital administrators in many areas of the world (they represent the company, not the worker bees). No action shots, not bloody shoot outs, just day to day reality in healthcare. A definite glimpse into the future of healthcare in the US (everyone has a time limit, there is only so much money to go around, hard choices to be made - does this person live or does this individual let go with dignity, to die). Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/22/24 Full Review Piper R Maybe I missed something. Appendicitis is on the right side, not the left. Then we find out she dies of sepsis from an IUD infection. Parents didn’t request an autopsy??? Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review Yuriria M Great movie, simple and profound at the same time. I loved the acting and how the menu character grow throughout the medical tragedy. It’s entertaining and inspirational at the same time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/10/25 Full Review Garry A Elizabeth Banks was good, though her character isn't likable. This movie is such a downer. I didn't particularly like it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/03/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Elizabeth is a gifted surgeon--the only female consultant at her hospital. But while operating on a young woman, something goes horribly wrong. In the midst of a new scheme to publicly report surgeons' performance, her colleagues begin to close ranks, and Elizabeth's life is thrown into disarray. Tough and abrasive, Elizabeth has survived and succeeded in this most demanding field. But can she survive a single mistake?
Director
Christine Jeffs
Producer
Matthew Metcalfe, Christine Jeffs
Screenwriter
Christine Jeffs, Christine Jeffs
Distributor
Quiver Distribution
Production Co
General Film Corporation, New Zealand Film Commission, Ingenious Media
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 20, 2024, Limited
Runtime
1h 41m
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