"The Doctor" is Jack MacKee (William Hurt), a cold-fish professional who knows his business - surgery, primarily cardiovascular - but has little, if any, sympathy or feeling for his patients.
Likewise, at home he has a superficial relationship...read the complete Doctor, The (1991) review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Many times The Doctor crouches about to pounce on intrinsic deficiencies beclouding medical bureaucracy, then shies away at almost every opportunity. While Doctor MacKee (the remarkable William Hurt) does undergo certain difficulties when diagnosed with t...read the complete Doctor, The (1991) review at Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania