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Doc Hollywood
Actors: Raye Birk, Roberts Blossom, Eyde Byrde, William Cowart, and Bridget Fonda
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Retail Price (not our price): $9.98
Release Date: 1998-10-07
Theatrical Release Date: 1991-08-02
Studio: Warner Home Video
Run Time: 104 minutes
Format: Array
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Discs: 1


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
At first glance, this 1991 comedy looks like another formulaic fluff-piece with a standard fish-out-of-water scenario--in this case a hotshot young doctor (Michael J. Fox) whose cross-country drive to become a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady, South Carolina. But as Fox's character is urged by the folksy locals to stay--an offer made tempting by his romance with a law student (Julie Warner)--this unassuming little movie just gets better and better thanks to a sharp script and a splendid supporting cast. Well, okay ... maybe Woody Harrelson and Bridget Fonda aren't used to the fullest of their abilities, but for the most part this is a charming and surprisingly intelligent comedy that's good enough to compare favorably to My Cousin Vinny, a film with which it shares much in common. Fox has all the right moves to make his character both bullish and ultimately agreeable, and Julie Warner's performance may leave you wondering why this fine actress didn't immediately rise to stardom. --Jeff Shannon

2) Description
A brash young medical resident is driving across the country to begin a career in Beverly Hills as a cosmetic surgeon to the stars. But an accident of fate strands him in a small southern town. There, his outlook on life - and love - gets a down-home twist that changes him forever.

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Small Town Values   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Spoilers below! This is a wonderful movie, with a great cast, fine acting, nice cinematography, and a satisfying plot. Fox, Warner, Fonda, and Harrelson are all wonderful in their roles, as are the supporting players. I want to say that up front because I have some critical things to say about the mind set behind the film. So many of the actors in this film have played Northern roles that I often expect one of them to blurt out, "Can't get theyah from heeya." The script has fun with typical stereotypes; the worst redneck in the film, Woody Harrelson, only wants to sell the city boy insurance (which, funnily, might be worse than a beating). This may be the Deep South, but it's a Hollywoodized version that contains illiteracy and pigs and a squash parade on the one hand and a woman who's studying for the bar plus mechanics who know their way around the insides of a vintage Porsche on the other. In the end, despite the trappings, Grady is really Small Town, Anywhere. And that serves the movie's purpose well, since what we learn from Ben Stone's sojourn in Grady is that many of us yearn for our culture's small town roots, where everyone knows everyone else, where the doctor makes house calls and the nice lady at the breakfast joint knows what each of her patrons wants without being told. We like to have this side of our nature petted and stroked by movies even though, as a society, we have frantically voted and bought our way toward having the exact opposite kind of country. (Where would WalMart fit into the lives of Gradyites? MacDonald's? We aren't told.) A movie like this, with the kind of values it supposedly emphasizes, can make us forget the choices we've made that have all but extinguished many of the Gradys in America. Watch for a scene right out of Local Hero in which Fox listens to the weather forecast for Grady on his phone while looking out on LA city lights. The parallels are too obvious, even so far as both Mac and Ben driving Porsches. Local Hero might be seen as the pattern for this film, but with more of an ambiguous ending, and it is a bit more pragmatic about our chances of living the kind of life valued in Doc Hollywood; we don't know whether Mac ever makes it back to that tiny Scottish hamlet, whereas we get our dose of comfort at the climax of this film when Ben makes the "right" choice in the end. So we do feel good after watching this movie, and for most folks that's what movies are for. But do the values portrayed in the film make us want to preserve the Gradys and Bedford Falls we seemingly long for?

2) An oft overlooked Michael J. Fox flick   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This is one of my favorite Michael J. Fox movies. Two of the biggest shames to me- Michael J. Fox getting struck down in full stride of his career, and Julie Warner being absolutely wasted after this movie and "Mr. Saturday Night." I fell in love with her. She displays why that's so easy in this movie, overflowing with her easygoing, charming natural approach on the screen. And Fox, who plays her romantic interest as an out of town Doc on his way to the west coast, is outstanding. Many found the premise of him as a young doctor stuck in a small town to "pay his dues" a little too much of a stretch. More than a high school kid who flies a DeLorean back to the future? Fox is as polished as ever, displaying the wealth of experience he'd accrued up to this point in his career, giving a performance better than that of some of his most beloved movies. The ensemble cast is great at accentuating the small town feel that can thrown an anchor on any city-slicker in a hurry to elsewhere. You feel this small town that is the backdrop to this unassuming light hearted romance. Great contributions from the entire cast, right up to George Hamilton's chuckling cameo. This is a one of those "under the radar" jewels of the 80s. I'm a little disappointed to see it's not availablle yet on widescreen, like several other 70s and 80s gems I'm waiting on to correct that. Otherwise, if you don't yet buy it, see it.

3) Please, please give us widescreen!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
How long will we have to wait for this classic to be released in widescreen?

4) Cute, Light Romantic Commedy   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
If you like romantic comedies, you'll enjoy "Doc Hollywood". Starring Michael J. Fox, it is everything you would want in a romatic comedy, with attractive, likeable stars and talented, interesting supporting characters...and a cute pig. I watched it with my two teenage daughters - it ended with us all smiling! One note: My daugthers pointed out how the recent animated movie "Cars" seemed to be based on exactly the same story line.

5) Doc Hollywood? Hmmmm.   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
This is a great movie for a date night. Good for both man and woman. Interesting and fun. Have watched numerous times. Always good for a rainy afternoon. Is that your pig?