Vital Signs

R

1990

1 hr. 43 min.

Drama

List

43%

7 Reviews

Tomatometer

31%

1,000+ Ratings

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At a Los Angeles medical school, a group of third-year students struggle with love, their studies and one another. Young Michael Chatham (Adrian Pasdar) is trying to live up to his father's reputation as a well-known and highly respected surgeon. He's also competing for an internship with working-class kid Kenny Rose (Jack Gwaltney), whose relentless dedication to school is damaging his marriage. Meanwhile, Chatham becomes romantically involved with another student, Gina Wyler (Diane Lane).

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Steve D

Good cast. TV quality.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/10/23

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sorta plays like a movie version of 'ER' juggling multiple doctors' lives several pre-med students Gina, Lauren, Kenny, and Michael are in their 3rd year and for the semester they have to learn to live together, juggle their future careers but also balance their personal lives it's a fine cast from Adrian Pasdar to Diane Lane to Jimmy Smitts what we can learn from here is that true there are vital signs to look out for in this profession but other signs are important for us too from life, love, happiness, facts are important but also people, sometimes we have to do things against protocol for the best of intentions for these upcoming doctors they make mistakes but it doesn't mean they should walk away from the chance to save as many patients as possible, there will always be tough calls for them to make the film goes as you'd expect but it has a very good collection of players to make it sustainable

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Vital Signs may not graduate at the top of its class, but it's an entertaining and often compelling drama about self-discovery, saving lives, and the relationships that grow both weaker and stronger through the rigors of medical school. It's no Gross Anatomy, but this is a solid, dependable picture that's often captivating, always well acted, and built around fairly compelling characters. It does suffer from some bouts of predictability, but it's a worthwhile journey into a fascinating world.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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ashley h

Vital Signs is a horrible film. It is about medical students in their third year trying to decide what to specialize in. Adrian Pasdar and Diane Lane give good performances despite a terrible script. Marisa Silver did an awful job directing this movie. I was disappointed after watching this motion picture.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

dian lane is so beautiful

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Pretty much what you'd expect from a medical students movie, with the requisite everyday drama and moral dilemmas. It's slightly better than average, but Diane Lane deserves most of the credit for that. And it has the guy from "Heroes," too.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Marisa Silver

Director

Adrian Pasdar

Michael Chatham

Diane Lane

Gina Wyler

Jimmy Smits

Dr. David Redding

Norma Aleandro

Henrietta Walker

Jack Gwaltney

Kenny Rose

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Rated: B-

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Rated: B-

Apr 13, 1990

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Rene Jordan

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Chuck O'Leary

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Rated: 3/5

Oct 9, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 11, 2005

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Scott Weinberg

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A seriously familiar and entirely predictable tale of young doctors in love.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 23, 2005

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Synopsis

At a Los Angeles medical school, a group of third-year students struggle with love, their studies and one another. Young Michael Chatham (Adrian Pasdar) is trying to live up to his father's reputation as a well-known and highly respected surgeon. He's also competing for an internship with working-class kid Kenny Rose (Jack Gwaltney), whose relentless dedication to school is damaging his marriage. Meanwhile, Chatham becomes romantically involved with another student, Gina Wyler (Diane Lane).

Director: Marisa Silver
Screenwriter: Larry Ketron, Jeb Stuart
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 2, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $779.1K
Sound Mix: Surround