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John Q

John Q

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 15, 2002

Runtime

1h 56m

Genres

Drama, Thriller, Crime

User Score

71%

Original Title

John Q

Production Companies

Evolution Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Burg/Koules Productions

Director

Nick Cassavetes

Budget

$36,000,000

Revenue

$102,244,770

Description

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.