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Vital Signs

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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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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: B- Apr 13, 1990 Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) Only for those addidcted to the genre. [Full review in Spanish] Nov 1, 2022 Full Review Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Rated: 3/5 Oct 9, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 11, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg DVDTalk.com A seriously familiar and entirely predictable tale of young doctors in love. Rated: 2.5/5 May 23, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D Good cast. TV quality. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/10/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member dian lane is so beautiful Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Cathleen Summers, Laurie Perlman
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
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Surround