Vital Signs

1990

Action / Drama / Romance

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 33% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 33% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 922 922

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Plot summary

As they enter their third year of medical school, a group of young students must prepare to decide what they intend to specialize in. Somehow, they must impress the Chief of Surgery while learning how to survive the life-and-death area of medicine and the complexity of their everyday lives.

Director

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Marisa Silver

Top cast

Diane Lane Photo
Diane Lane as Gina Wyler
Enid Kent Photo
Enid Kent as Vivian
Mary Pat Gleason Photo
Mary Pat Gleason as Rotunda Woman
Telma Hopkins Photo
Telma Hopkins as Dr. Kennan
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944.72 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
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1.71 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by robertevans

Overall, an accurate depiction of medical school competition

Although some scenes are over-dramatized, the film, as a whole, accurately depicts the cut-throat competition in medical school, as opposed to another critic's opinion that it was less accurate than the movie, Gross Anatomy, which in my opinion, was the furthest away from reality.Some scenes in Vital Signs imply that medical school students in their third year (the first year out of the classroom) have more authority and autonomy than what is true in reality. But the film shows the human side of medicine and that medicine isn't an exact science. Physicians can practice and study for years and still not completely understand the human body.The relationships in the movie are very realistic, especially with Kenny Rose and his wife. Medical school (and medicine in general) takes up a great deal of personal time, which can be damaging to a relationship. The "hanky-panky" between Michael and Gena happens all the time. The relationship between Michael and his father is realistic as well. Sometimes the profession consumes the physician and without knowing it, harms the family life.Again, I found this film to be a realistic portrayal of medical school. In fact, I have this film on tape and watch it from time to time to motivate me in my medical career. I would recommend this movie to anyone in the medical field, especially students thinking about medical school.
Reviewed by preppy-3 2 / 10

Utterly predictable

Completely ordinary and boring "drama" of a bunch of third year medical students.This story is so by the numbers it's insulting. Every character has they own separate little drama and they're all tied up nice and fine by the end of the movie. Every single story line is predictable (as are the outcomes) so it gets incredibly boring just watching it. I also heard there were a lot of errors in terms of the medical dialogue...but I can't swear to that. They have a bunch of very talented actors who are just wasted. All of them struggle with their roles but they're given totally one dimensional characters to work with. No actor could make this work.I give this a 2 only for the nude and real hot sex sequence between Adrian Pasdar (all pumped up) and Diane Lane (looking great). Still that's no real reason to watch this. Avoid.
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