The Good Doctor

The good doctor is a story about what happens if a doctor, at his own discretion and arbitrariness, begins to interfere in the process of treating a patient. An 18-year-old patient with pyelonephritis, an infectious disease of the kidneys, comes to the novice therapist Martin Blake. And what happens is that our doctor begins to feel completely unprofessional feelings for the patient. In order to keep her in the hospital at least a little, he changes drugs and starts a very risky game with an unpredictable result. The famous Orlando Bloom appears here in a rather rare acting role - a maniac and a sociopath. In the supporting roles, it is beautifully set off by Michael Peña and J. K. Simmons. Together with the competent direction of the Irishman Lance Daley, the result was a wonderful psycho-thriller, very, very competently exploiting the fears of the ordinary man in front of modern medicine. Designed for a purely target audience - people who love smart independent films, where you need to speculate a lot yourself and draw your own conclusions based on what you watched. To all that has been said, it remains only to add that the rating of the film is undeservedly underestimated.

This is the sort of thriller film for people who don't like too much horror and gore. It's a good psychological study but the millennial feel is a little light on and waters down the consequences of the Doctor's increasingly erratic behaviour. The most disturbing thing was watching the Doctor's esteem grow amongst his peers with each new disaster - in other words - the boys protecting the boy's club. Orlando was really good in this role - sort of like 'Dr Who'.

Is it my home theater or the cast really are whispering? I barely heard the words they're saying. So I wasn't quite sure if I get this movie. I checked wiki and suddenly I felt enlightened.

Reading the synopsis makes this movie looks so good. However I didn't really feel that way last night. And I couldn't stand watching Orlando's bangs. So weird because they ruin my Legolas' image. And so with all the doctors and the staffs. They're having too much "fun" at the hospital, giving the negative image to the hospital. Like they're playing around and not serious about their job. Martin's is the only one is good but slowly becoming crazy.

One thing that seems implausible to me about the story. When Mrs. Nixon wants to thank Martin for taking a very good care of her daughter by giving him a present. But she doesn't have time to send it so she invites Martin to her house only to get the present. It's weird. She can deliver it by package service, right? I know why it is made like this because it has something to do with Martin's next move. But please... Give me something more plausible. Is this too much to ask?

Dr. Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) is six days into his residency and out to make a good impression. Unfortunately, after an incident involving a patient's missed allergy and antibiotics, Blake seems a bit questionable to his superiors.

In addition, Blake becomes obsessed with a former female patient (Riley Keough). So much so as to go to extremely unethical, even dangerously illegal lengths to get her back in the hospital. We soon see just what THE GOOD DOCTOR is really capable of doing to get what he wants.

Bloom is wonderfully low-key in his sinister role. His character is a malevolent force, so utterly selfish as to be oblivious to just how despicable his actions truly are. He's ruthless in a laid-back way that's far more effective than if he'd played it as some overt madman.

In the end, the damage he causes is for "love" and self-preservation...

The trailer to this movie made me think it was going to be something else entirely. I admit I was intrigued for the most part but also pretty anxious/uncomfortable due to his poor decisions throughout the whole movie. With an ending like that, I wouldn't say this is the worst movie, but not one that will be remembered either.