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Critical Condition, 1987

Starring: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Ruben Blades, Joe Mantegna

Directed by: Michael Apted

Written by: Denis Hamill

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 100 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:4.5

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Critical Condition can be described as humorous. The plot revolves around switching roles, mental illness, and doctors and patients. Its comic aspect comes from grossout humor and dark humor. Critical Condition's main genre is comedy. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a mental institution, in a hospital, and in a prison. Critical Condition is located in New York. It takes place in the 1980s.

Summary of Critical Condition

Critical Condition mixes outrageous comedy with a big dose of suspense as it chronicles mistaken identities in the chaotic aftermath of a citywide power failure. Eddie (Richard Pryor) is a convicted criminal who faked insanity to avoid going to prison and now resides in a New York psychiatric ward. When a hurricane wind disrupts the hospital's power, Eddie hopes to escape by disguising himself as a doctor--only to be pressed into service as the blackout's primary physician, with predictably zany results.