John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
John Q has generally received positive reviews.
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John Q was released in 2002 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 713 reviews, giving John Q (2002) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 49%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with John Q than critics were.
With a score of 63%, John Q is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2002, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2002 with similar scores include films like Sweet Home Alabama, The Mothman Prophecies and Jackass: The Movie.
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