Doc Hollywood

I have to laugh at all the comments on this board which say this movie's plot or the characters are not "plausible".

I live near the town this movie was shot in, (I was an extra for one day, and a "stand in" for two days on this film. It was neat!) and believe me, the characters are not only believable, you can meet versions of them in small towns all through the south.

There is a big difference between city and deep country life. Maybe people in very urban areas and countries tend to forget that. Quite honestly, I know several people down here in the boonies who make the folk of "Grady" look downright sophisticated.

That criticism shot down, I just have to say it's a really sweet film. It has a lot of atmosphere and some good character development, even in the minor roles. It portrays small, small town America pretty accurately and with a great deal of charm.

No surprises. No twisted plots. No complex love triangles. This movie is pure and simple entertainment. Okay, it's hokey and it's trite, and the acting at times is marginally acceptable. But it goes with the terrain, for this is America, this is life, this is real people.

It's a nice movie. See it. Don't expect much, but do expect to enjoy it.

Entertaining little film that has Michael J. Fox on his way to Hollywood to take a job as a plastic surgeon. However, a freak accident causes his car to be wrecked in a small country town that he just cannot seem to get out of. Naturally his very expensive car needs special parts that are not available. Thus the townspeople try to get Fox to stay as the community doctor to take the place of the elderly acid-mouthed Barnard Hughes. While in town Fox locks horns with Woody Harrelson, becomes friends with the priceless Bridget Fonda (who has her eyes on Fox) and falls in love with ambulance driver Julie Warner. George Hamilton is also a real scene-stealer as the all-world plastic surgeon that Fox should be working with. A really good over-achiever that represents all the things that make Fox a likeable screen presence. Far from excellent, but a charming little production nonetheless. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

my trepidation upon watching this wasn't Michael J Fox. I've long thought that the knocking he takes is nothing to do with him being a poor actor. Far form it, he's a great actor. The bad mouthing is because of his success. It becomes 'trendy' to put a successful actor down.

Any trepidation I had was purely down to the fact that it was described as a rom-com. And it isn't. Not really. It's only a rom-com in the way that Groundhog Day is a rom-com. It has a magic that lifts it far above labelling it as a rom-com.

Fabulous little movie that deserves a space on anybody's DVD shelf.

This movie is one of the best I have ever seen. It is a shame it is so hard to buy in shops. Michael J Fox does an excellent job in this movie and it is whilst filming Doc Hollywood when he felt his first tremor in his finger leading to Parkinsons Disease. I recommend this film to anyone who loves romantic comedy's. And it is so underrated!

Michael J Fox plays Doctor Benjamin Stone, a plastic surgeon in the big city. He leaves his job for a higher-paid offer in Beverly Hills, so he heads there, for an interview. He wants to avoid all the traffic, and takes a shortcut. All goes well until he gets lost in a little village. He isn't watching the road and narrowly misses a cow, then crashes into a gate, in the village of Grady, His beloved car is smashed up.

The farmer whom the gate belonged to, is very angry because he had built the gate himself and money couldn't pay for the damage. Benjamin is sentenced to community service for 32 hours and is stuck in the village. He has to do his doctors job there, without been paid for it, and has to cope with a variety of illnesses, including a woman complaining that her vision was blurred, when all she had to do was clean her glasses!

Life is very different in Grady as Benjamin Stone soon finds out the differences from city life. He falls in love with the ambulance driver, Lou, and tries to impress her, as he starts to fall in love with her. Lou is very quirky, she is a vegetarian and against hunting all animals, Ben attempts to impress her by not eating meat. All the villagers are fascinated to hear that women in city had plastic surgery done on purpose!

Benjamin had sent his car to be fixed in order to get to his job offer in time. He was given a pig, for his work as a doctor which he trades, to get his car up and running again. The mechanic takes the pig to the butchers ready to be killed, it is very funny how Ben runs to save the pig before it is on a plate. He does this because he knows about Lou's feelings towards animals.

The locals at Grady get attached to the Doctor and offer him a permanent job in Grady. He has a very interesting time in Grady including, dinner with the Mayer, and Lou's very weird hobby, urinating in the woods to scare away the deer from the hunters, Ben reluctantly joins in!

Ben's beloved car is finally fixed, but will he leave the town for the big city, big job, and big salary, or will he drop it all to stay with the girl he loves?