Reviews for this film from our members:
- Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ SpiritualityandPractice.com
- Excerpt: A sobering and idealistic call for more emergency room “mercy medicine” as an alternative to treating only paying patients.
- Tony Dayoub @ Cinema Viewfinder
- Excerpt: While some salient points are made that might make you empathize with these particularly gifted doctors, CODE BLACK does not sufficiently convince that the alternative of deregulation would serve patients across the rest of the country—where quality healthcare of the kind found in LA County is less assured—any better.
- Jamie S. Rich @ DVD Talk
- Excerpt: In terms of establishing a narrative, McGarry sees his story as a two-pronged deal: personalities and procedure. One leads to the other, and the filmmaker spends a lot of time interviewing the young doctors he shadows, finding out what motivates them not just at the time of filming, but also the things that initially pushed them toward this type of medicine.
- Andrew Wyatt @ St. Louis Magazine
- Excerpt: It’s hard to find fault with either McGarry’s earnest views or his skillful evocation of a singular place staffed by extraordinary people.
