The Waiting Room
MovieTitle | The Waiting Room |
User score | 7.1 |
Release date | Sep 26, 2012 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Peter Nicks |
Production country | US |
Run time | 81 min. |
The Waiting Room is a character-driven documentary film that uses extraordinary access to go behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. The film - using a blend of cinema verité and characters' voice over - offers a raw, intimate, and even uplifting look at how patients, executive staff and caregivers each cope with disease, bureaucracy and hard choices. It is a film about fighting for survival when the odds are stacked against you.