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8/10
Do no harm!
13 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
I am particularly bothered by the final scene of the doctor shutting down the life-support of her patient!

Although the movie succeeded in swaying me in the relief of the patient's fears of death I wonder if a doctor would still be allowed to practice medicine-both morally and ethically!

The movie, through the writer, leads the audience to assume the truth is never revealed to anyone-and-she gets away with a 'wrongful death!'

In reality perhaps the good doctor would be stripped of her licence to practice medicine and the parents would never know the truth! I would assume the doctor would be left with this cross to bear and might it affect her future practice of medicine!

All in all a good movie and Ms. Mason fits the part very well !
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7/10
Sidney Pollack the best!
20 December 2021
What I enjoy about this film was the accuracy and careful attention to detail that Pollack gave to this picture! Granted- the cast was great and had me on the edge of my seat but being a retired telephone technician really hooked me!

I am glad that Pacific North West Bell gave Sidney permission to film inside its central offices and that he spent extra time in filming the actual trace sequences in both types of switching equipment (I trained and operated the Western Electric crossbar switch depicted in the film) and lost myself in years ago when I worked for Bell!

I spent a lot of time tracing 911 calls through the crossbar switches and also wondered about the final results. But modern technology caught up and computers did the trace in a fraction of the time it took to call a tech out to the CO, trace the call and give the information to the operator supervisor or the 911 call-centre!

I hope this movie makes a comeback soon

Thomas P. Mathensik.
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