: Critics widely praise Scott’s performance as "magnetic" and "towering". His world-weary portrayal of a man roaring against his own decline is considered one of his finest cinematic hours.
: The film portrays the hospital as a site of bureaucratic absurdity where operations are performed on the wrong patients and medical staff are dying under mysterious circumstances. The Hospital(1971)
A must see for anyone who's spent any time in one! Certainly the highlight of this film is it's cast. Diana Rigg, George C. Scott, : Critics widely praise Scott’s performance as "magnetic"
: The script highlights the friction between Bock’s "traditional" system and the subversive, "flower child" counterculture of the 1970s. A must see for anyone who's spent any time in one
: As Barbara Drummond, Rigg provides a romantic—if cynical—counterpoint to Scott, notably in a celebrated seduction monologue that shifts the film’s tone in the middle third.
: Delivers a "terrific" and hammy performance as Barbara's eccentric father, who eventually takes over the wild third act. Critical Perspective