
An Easter story. Frank is a Manhattan medic, working graveyard in a two-man ambulance team. He's burned out, exhausted, seeing ghosts, especially a young woman he failed to save six months' before, and no longer able to save people: he brings in the dead. We follow him for three nights, each with a different partner: Larry, who thinks about dinner, Marcus, who looks to Jesus, and Tom, who wallops people when work is slow. Frank befriends the daughter of a heart victim he brin... (Full plot summary below)
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An Easter story. Frank is a Manhattan medic, working graveyard in a two-man ambulance team. He's burned out, exhausted, seeing ghosts, especially a young woman he failed to save six months' before, and no longer able to save people: he brings in the dead. We follow him for three nights, each with a different partner: Larry, who thinks about dinner, Marcus, who looks to Jesus, and Tom, who wallops people when work is slow. Frank befriends the daughter of a heart victim he brings in; she's Mary, an ex-junkie, angry at her father but now hoping he'll live. Frank tries to get fired, tries to quit, and keeps coming back, to work and to Mary, in need of his own rebirth.
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| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonTo look at Bringing Out the Dead --to look, indeed, at almost any Scorsese film--is to be reminded that film can touch us urgently and deeply. |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob GrahamPotentially oppressive subject matter is redeemed by impeccable moral integrity and stunning artistry. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderNicolas Cage inhabits this lonely, broken, everyday hero in a way no other actor ever could (save, perhaps, De Niro) in Martin Scorsese's ironically vital masterpiece of mortality. |
| New York PostJonathan ForemanBringing Out the Dead is as technically brilliant as you would expect from a film directed by Martin Scorsese. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonMartin Scorsese's new movie is both amazing and darkly hilarious. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestGive it to Martin Scorsese to keep coming back and hitting one out of the park. |
| Sight and SoundKevin JacksonA very different and, in many respects, very impressive film. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThe creative energy contrasts with the destructiveness of life. These are the things Scorsese sees when he closes his eyes, and he has the craft to pull you into that world of his. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekBringing Out the Dead is curiously and disappointingly lethargic. |
| TNT's Rough CutChristopher BrandonFans of the greatest working film director will be pleased. |