GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Iseerphia All that we are seeing on the screen is happening with real people, real action sequences in the background, forcing the eye to watch as if we were there.

Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Mr-Fusion Watching "Doc Hollywood", I was happily reminded of "Local Hero". Not that they're sharing the same plot, but both feature a young main character sent-to/stranded in a baffling small town, and bot have comparable levels of warmth in each story. Here, it's Michael J. Fox sentenced to community service in a one- pig hamlet. And that folksy fascism slowly becomes endearing quirk as he starts to get attached. These situations bring out the comedic side of this romcom, but it's the scenes he shares with (the utterly winsome) Julie Warner that really suck you in. Their (hesitantly budding) relationship is mature, develops organically, and I have nothing negative to say about it. Or the movie overall, for that matter. It's charming, sweet, and beautifully populated by the right character actors. This is my kinda romance.7/10

texxas-1 I love Michael J Fox but this film is terrible! Almost all Michael J Fox films have a special feel good magic feeling about them, just for the fact hes in the film, back to the future, life with Mikey, casualties of war, the secret of my success. But doc Hollywood just didn't have it. I didn't like the plot. I cant see Michael J Fox as a doctor. By the end of the film seeing Michael J fox do his usual flirting I felt depressed. The scenery of the Florida swamp is depressingly isolating. I tried giving this film another chance by watching it again, but I hated it even more. The only reason why I rated it 2 is because of MJF.

verna-a Ambitious doctor chooses between small town life and success in the bright lights -- we all absolutely know where this story is going, but there is plenty of entertainment on the way. The story is hackneyed and the messages predictable, but the creators of this film deliver it with a light touch and the odd unexpected twist. Michael J. Fox is a likable hero in the picaresque tradition, bouncing back from all kinds of encounters and events. The character vignettes are entertaining, especially when they behave out of stereotype, for example Woody Harrelson as the home town lunk. You'll enjoy George Hamilton as the toasted-to-a-crisp LA doctor. Having viewed this film twice in recent years, I liked it just as much the second time. It's well done, and I'm rating it as a 7 only because of the triteness of the story. On quality it would earn a higher rating.

bkoganbing In Doc Hollywood young Michael J. Fox having completed his residency looks like he has his future by the short hairs. He's going into plastic surgery, much money to be made there and nobody dies. Usually the only thing that approaches a dearth in fatality like that is dermatology. But a traffic jam on I-95 and a couple of stray cows on the back road he's traveling gets him into a gentle jackpot of an accident. It just happens that he plowed into a freshly put up fence by the local judge Roberts Blossom.For the first offense in the town of Grady, Florida Fox is given community service in the local hospital where crotchety old doctor Barnard Hughes is ready to pack it in. In their own hospitable ways the good citizens of Grady set out to make the man Hughes calls, Doc Hollywood welcome. There's one particular citizen played by Julie Warner who wants to offer the ultimate in hospitality even though her ever present steady boyfriend Woody Harrelson is around.In many ways Doc Hollywood is an updated version of the Paramount classic Welcome Stranger with Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, and Joan Caulfield. In that one however, the town folks don't take to city boy Bing right away, here they're going out of their way to make Fox welcome as they know that Hughes will not be there forever.One of the really nice things about Doc Hollywood is the impeccable casting of some of the rustic characters you might find in the Florida wilds. Two of the best are Eyde Byrde as Nurse Packer who runs the hospital like a drill sergeant, a kinder, gentler and black version of nurse Ratched. And it took me a while to realize the actor playing the rustic southern mayor was David Ogden Stiers, formerly Charles Emerson Winchester of Hahvard and the 4077 MASH unit. For those who best remember Stiers as Major Winchester, this performance will come as a very pleasant shock.If you saw Welcome Stranger than you have a good idea of how Doc Hollywood turns out. I think it was one of the best films of the previous decade, a pleasant and gentle diversion of entertainment.