Product Details

• Actors: Jonathan Silverman, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Greg Grunberg, Kari Wuhrer, Annabelle Gurwitch
• Directors: Wendell Morris
• Writers: Wendell Morris
• Producers: Eric Mofford, Lindsay Chag, Michael Feifer, Terry Dougas
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Showtime Ent.
• DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
• Run Time: 102 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0001DMWAW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #168,247 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Medicine Show" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Starring Jonathan Silverman and from the award-winning writer/director Wendell Morris, comes The Medicine Show – just what the doctor ordered for wry humor, romance, and a whole lot of heart. When Taylor Darcy (Silverman) is diagnosed with a serious illness at a young age, he doesn’t want sympathy. He wants to be left alone with his cynicism for comfort. After healthy doses of the overly concerned, a riotous pre-surgery party, the procedure itself, disaffected nurses, and obnoxious roommates, Taylor meets his match and his soul mate in Lynn (Natasha Gregson-Wagner) – a patient with a brash, free spirit. They manage to bond in the world of managed health care, and provide us all with hope that a romantically funny thing can happen on the way to a colonoscopy.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Definitely worth seeing, February 12, 2009

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This review is from: The Medicine Show (DVD)

This is a surprisingly funny and engaging movie about two patients in a hospital. The humor is often dark and/or sophisticated. "The Medicine Show" is a little uneven in quality, but Natasha Gregson Wagner is captivating as Lynn Piegi, an interesting, quirky, amazingly up-beat gal. Jonathan Silverman's portrayal of the other patient, Taylor Darcy, is much lower key, but serves as an effective foil for Lynn. More broadly, this movie is an interesting and insightful study of the sociology of life, romance, the threat of death and dying, and the challenges of being a family member and of being a hospital patient.

"The Medicine Show" might function better without the tacky sexual humor at its beginning. Consider starting at Chapter 5 on the DVD.