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When Kimble saved the kid in the hospital

posted 10 years ago by mercury4
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I don't know what Julianne Moore's character was more pissed off about; the fact that Kimble changed the orders or the fact that she was wrong and he was right. Kimble saved the boy's life. I've come across doctors that are like Moore's character. What a bitch. I loved how Gerard asks her how the boy is doing and she says, "He saved his life." I loved the look on Tommy Lee Jones' face.

This was one of my favorite parts of the movie. It was something that Dr. Kimble would've done in the original TV series.

[–] riverwalk 10 years ago

I don't know if she was pissed off more so to the fact that she knew he wasn't who he said he was and that gave her cause for alarm, she knew there was something off so it was her duty to report it.

[–] spookyrat1 10 years ago

She was just following processes and protocols. Of course she had to report it.🐭

[–] GIRobotII 10 years ago

I agree with Spookyrat1. It wasn't personal animosity toward Kimble; she was simply following procedure, when something suspicious came up about an employee. Yes, he saved the child's life, but in the process, it was enough to make her suspicious.

[–] leeaf83 10 years ago

It's cause for alarm when a custodian changes doctors orders.

That was a great scene, showed that even though he still considers himself a doctor. Great bedside manor with the boy and genuinely hoped he'd get better.

[–] GIRobotII 9 years ago

Exactly. He inadvertently gave himself away, as he was supposed to be a custodian, not a physician.

[–] bbnj62 9 years ago

On the contrary. After she realized what had happened and who he was she was grateful. Her comment to Gerard that he'd saved the kids life showed her support for him imo

[–] tfilm78 9 years ago

I've read she was supposed to have a larger role, as a love interest or as someone who helped him solve the last piece of the puzzle. But then I've heard the same about Jane Lynch's character. But I'm tempted to guess Moore because her career started to pick up shortly after this.

[–] FireJake41 9 years ago

Technically she didn't mess up. She asked another doctor to check on the kid for her... probably another resident. That other resident said the kid had a fractured sternum not the true prognosis. Never could see what he wrote but assumed an aortic rupture (a few reasons... looked like he was writing aortic, kid plays football, suspected sternal fracture so he had trauma to his chest). Assuming she was a resident too and not an attending due to her workload, being tired, youthfulness, etc. so its common to have another resident take a case from you.

[–] JackBluegrass 9 years ago

It was a pretty long scene which some viewers may think was a waste of movie time.

To me, it was one of the best scenes in the movie. Kimble as a hospital custodian kept looking at the boy from a distance. His facial expressions seemed to say that he knew something was wrong. And, Escaping from law enforcement seemed to be the last thing on Kimble's mind during that time.

Looking at the x-ray, the physician's written orders, and his quick "examination" of the boy in a secluded area of the hospital, led Kimble to know that the diagnosis and resulting physician orders were wrong, and would do more harm to the patient.

His crossing out the wrong diagnosis/written orders and writing correct orders really showed his knowledge and devotion to his profession, all the while many other people were trying to kill/capture him!

That was a brilliant plot point, showing the talent of the author of the story!

E pluribus unum

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[–] FearlessOneDay 9 years ago

Best scene in the movie! Whenever the movie is on cable, I watch this scene, and I could watch it over and over. The compulsion of a good doctor to save a kid's life is very heartwarming. Harrison Ford is wonderful in this. Ford deserved an Oscar nomination.... at least. Do you think Hanks was better in Philadelphia? Ford wasn't even nominated that year

TOM HANKS
Philadelphia

DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
In the Name of the Father

LAURENCE FISHBURNE
What's Love Got to Do with It

ANTHONY HOPKINS
The Remains of the Day

LIAM NEESON
Schindler's List

[–] lgforce 9 years ago

^

Larry Fishburn should've won the Oscar for, 'What's Love Got To Do With It'.

[–] BarryHamburger 9 years ago

I agree, I first saw this movie in 93 when I was 9, and just saw it again now. That scene is the only one (other than him jumping down the damn of course) that I remembered. That says something about the scene.

[–] amyweston 8 years ago

It reminds me of Bones treating an old lady on dialysis in Voyage Home despite being in the middle of a rescue and it being a treatment from the future. Both bits are my favourite scenes in both films. The hipocratic oath is a serious one.

[–] Geek_XX 8 years ago

She was pissed because he shows up out of nowhere and claims to be a janitor when really he's a doctor and doesn't reveal himself.

At that point she's already suspicious of him.

I think she's glad he saved his life, but I would talk to the idiot doctor who mis-read the chest film.