John QQQQ Movie Review

The movie John Q is about a ordinary family in U.S.A that has a boy with a heart failure. John did not have enough money to save his son from the diseases so then his wife told him to do "something". So he did, he went to the hospital and kidnapped the people that was in there and locked them all in. The police came, called him and asked him what he wanted and he told them that they want his child at the top of the donar list. They did not listen, and try to kill him. After he requested to get mikey in the hospital with him, there was no hope, he was dying. He wanted to donate his heart and threatened the doctor to do it. He had to kill himself to give him the heart, but at the same time there was a women that had a heart that matches mikey's heart. He almost killed himself for nothing. At the end he goes to jail, but it was all worth it becuase his son is still alive.
Overall, I think this is a great movie, not just because of the story line, but also because of the actor Denzel Washington. I personally think that he did a very good job of acting out a character like that, i could tell how much he loved his son and how much he wanted to save his life. This movie tells a lot about the poor people in U.S.A without medical insurance and I understand how their feelings might be.

John Q-Movie Review (It rhymes! Ha!)

The scene is set in modern-day USA, and focuses on the average family of John Quincy Archibald. John only has enough money to survive from a job in heavy machinery, and always desperately looks for a job with better pay. An unfortunate accident involving his son Mikey leads John into a downward spiral of pain and despair as his insurance company does not cover his son's heart transplant, as they are a low-income family. The events get drastically worse as he tries his best to raise the money for the transplant, until he resorts to more drastic measures...

This movie really sent forward a thought-provoking message: Free health care for all. The acting of Denzel Washington effectively portrayed the character's feelings and strife, while also adding a twist to the plot which breaks a popular stereotype-the guy who keeps hostages is the bad guy. Even as the hostages were set free, they all proclaimed the so called 'Bad Guy' to be a good person. This immediately changed the bystander's feelings (as did mine) for John Q and the rampant cheering turns into angry booing as the police crack down on the hospital. The entire plot rests on a controversial topic of free health care and even a little dash of politics as well.

In conclusion, John Q is a movie with a clear message and makes you think about what the government is trying to hide through it's policies. With it's touching plot, added twists and a sprinkling of humor (though sparse in some places) John Q is no doubt a movie for older audiences whom understand the plot and policies better. (7/10)

John Q review

The movie starts during the height of the US economic crisis with the ordinary African-American family of John Quincy Archibald, in Chicago, who works in a metalworking factory. During an ordinary baseball game, his son Mickey collapses. Rushing to take him to the hospital, they discover that Mike has an enlarged heart, and must be replaced by an expensive donor operation, which requires $250,000. However, his insurance does not cover it, and they try to figure it out, but to no avail. Even after most of their possessions are sold, they cannot even cover the $75,000 to put their son's name on the list. After they try to talk the hospital into doing 1 operation in good faith, he learns that Mike will be evicted from the hospital the next day. At breaking point, John does the unexpected in the direst situation, desperate to rescue his son.

This is not a very good movie plot-wise, put the underlying messages are very powerful. The plot has many gaping holes in it, with a predictable conclusion and an unrealistic storyline. However, the movie builds tension extremely well, but again; there are just some really ridiculous coincidences that fill in the plot, and the characters are frankly unrealistic. On the other hand, that is how movies work. However, the real power behind the movie is the messages that you have to read between the lines to find out. It provides a good criticism of the powers that run an American city – especially the healthcare system and politics. The actions of the hospital and the police chief show a true human nature – greed. It is a very good movie, because it makes you feel emotive, and feel John’s despair. But, the movie is designed that way. Everyone has their different views and the “villains” are only following orders. It would be difficult is everything was good, because there would invariably be something bad.

Overall, this movie is bad and good. I would recommend it to people who can truly understand movies or books instead of just reading through the plot. Overall, I would give it 8/10.

John Q

Dark days are coming to John. The god is standing against him. The US is in some serious economic problems, and they are not going to help low income people like John Q Archibald. He needs help from everyone. The national health care group isn’t being helpful. A life without any health insurance. John tries everything he could do for his son. Everything-including some dangerous actions.

John is an ordinary man living with his wife and only son-Michael (Mikey). Even with very low income and poor environment, John could live happily with his family. His family is his only support. His best supporter, Mikey suddenly falls down. He needs a new heart immediately.

John tries everything he could do to get his son a heart. Mikey is falling asleep very quickly, but John couldn’t put Mikey’s name on the donor list. Falling economy of the US made the national health care insurance to fail to help low income people like John. Only one thing he could do for his son left is violence. Is he doing right? What is the best thing for his son?

john q the review

the movie begins with this family in america, the archibalds, with he father john the mother denise and their son mikey. their car is being reposessed and they are not making all that much money. it is revealed that the father is not working enough hours at his company because they cannot affored it. anyway some stuff happens you see mikey doing some body building impressions, john going to work and then mikeys baseball game. while running to second base mikey collapses and is taken to hospital. he needs a heart transplant or he will die, but the hospital requires a $75 000 down payment to get mikeys name on the donor list. the family does not have this kind of money and when their insurrance falls through john trys to raise the money. but despite his efforts he fails. with mikey about to be released john gets desperate and holds the emergency room hostage which causes the poilce to come. including hostage negotiator frank something and the cheif of poilce who works for the mayor and as it is an election year he wants to make the situtaion go away quickly.
the movie tackles both the health care issue in america and takes a political thing as well. it challenges the idea that if you are rich in america you get good healthcare but if you are not then you are treated badly.the movie was good and i enjoyed watching it though there are some points where it is kinda boring, it immediately grabs your attention again when john pulls out the gun. the movie was however fairly one sided and didn't talk much about the other side of the healthcare argument. overall i thought it was really good and i would reccomend it to teenagers and olderso that they would be able to appreciate the story more.

John Q.

Set in central Chicago, a troubled father's son goes down with heart faliure.Therefore the father, John Quincy (Denzel Washington) and wife, Danise Quincy (Kimberly Elise) go through a troubled period of trying to raise 75,000 to get their child on the hearts donors list. Not being able to come up with the money, the hospital decides to release their son, Mike Quincy (Daniel E. Smith). Out of frustration, John Q. decides to take matters into his own hands.He decides to take over the emergency room and keeps everyone in it hostage. The police suround the building attemting to talk John Q out of this miserable condition. How much would John Q. risk for getting his sons name on the list?

I think that this is a very emotional movie and has many different subjects. I would recomend this movie to many families all over the world. Especially

families in America showing them the major issue in health care.

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One day in a school baseball tournament a black family cheering for their kid to run to the other side. Suddenly the kid had a heart faller. They arrived at the hospital and Ellen Cline the head of the hospital said that their insurance can not pay for them they broke down.

They had to pay in cash. The dad worked so hard to find the money and he was so close but the hospital was about to kick the kid out so the mother of the kid called her husband and told him to do some thing.

So he came up with this idea that he would barricade him self in the hospital, he said that if his son dose not go one the donor list he will kill some one.

So the head of the hospital thick that his name is up in the donor list but John new that, so he wanted to give his heart to his son but then there was a car crass and the person was die had the same type of hart so they used it on the kid and his dad lives but his is going to prison.

I think this movie is very emotive and is a realy good movie it can make you cry and the is many meaning to the story

John.Q Archibald

In the windy city of Chicago the proud Archibald family has been living on the "slow lane". They find themselves in an economic trouble and they are in danger of losing their son, who has had a heart failure after a minor league baseball game. The Archibald family accelerated to the hospital where their son Mickey has a decreasing amount of blood pressure. John Archibald has a dilemma whether he should take his son to a heart transplant or whether he should just accept the fact that his son will soon die. John Q Archibald. A man so desperatley want to save his beloved son chooses that he should have the risk of taking his son to a heart transplant.

Dr.Turner the man who is in charge of the hospital gives John Archibald a $75,000 dollars bill in order to put Mickey on the doner's list. Because the Archibald family is poor they are not able to pay that amount of money. Therefore, John has to work hard and make lots of money or he should let Mickey die in peace.

Throughout the movie they show how a father like John Q Archibald would do so much work in order to pay that $75k bill. Bribes, Promotions you name it! John would do anything to save Mickey's life. The hospital is charging John cash because his lousy Health Care Insurance would not pay for a transplant. From 85 to 84 in 3 hours Mickey's blood pressure slowly drops, and everytime the numbers go down Mickey becomes more ill.

Desperatley John Q chooses the hard way and started taking matters to his own hands when he eventually kidnapped: Mr.Turner, a nurse, Security Guard and 5 patients waiting to be cured. The siren slowly gets louder and louder until a man with medals and other fellow cops members come out from a white and blue "Cop Mobile". What will John do now? he has no defenses except a gun. No tactics to overcome the police's mind. And no-one will help him get out of the hospital alive. John's life becomes more risky all he wants is for his son to get into the doner's list and get him a new heart. Should John Q surrender to the police or hold hostage untill he gets what he wants. John Q has another dilemma...

John Q Movie Review

The movie John Q is about a ordinary family in U.S.A that has a boy with a heart failure. John did not have enough money to save his son from the diseases so then his wife told him to do "something". So he did, he went to the hospital and kidnapped the people that was in there and locked them all in. The police came, called him and asked him what he wanted and he told them that they want his child at the top of the donar list. They did not listen, and try to kill him. After he requested to get mikey in the hospital with him, there was no hope, he was dying. He wanted to donate his heart and threatened the doctor to do it. He had to kill himself to give him the heart, but at the same time there was a women that had a heart that matches mikey's heart. He almost killed himself for nothing. At the end he goes to jail, but it was all worth it becuase his son is still alive.
Overall, I think this is a great movie, not just because of the story line, but also because of the actor Denzel Washington. I personally think that he did a very good job of acting out a character like that, i could tell how much he loved his son and how much he wanted to save his life. This movie tells a lot about the poor people in U.S.A without medical insurance and I understand how their feelings might be.

John Q. movie review by lottie :]

Fighting against the national healthcare system in the US, John and his family struggle to keep their son, Mike, alive. Mike collapsed at a Little League game due to heart failure and is now in need of a heart transplant. Only problem is that John Q. doesn’t have to money to do it, to save his sons life. After trying all options and raising as much money as possible, John turns to his only option – violence.

He breaks into the Hope Memorial and holds many as hostages in order to make the hospital pay for his son to get a new heart. Soon, groups of people crowd around the Hope Memorial but instead of shouting, they cheer him on. On the other hand, police officers arrive and get very angry with the commotion.

After all the commotion, Mike’s name is on the list, but its doing no good seeing as Mike only has a few hours to live. John Q. risks all and decides that in order to save Mike; he will give his heart to his son. They can’t change his mind. No one can.

Movie Summary - John Q

This movie is a re-enactment of a true event that has taken place in the past. The movie goes deep inside about the American Political affairs: which includes insurance from companies to the hospital policies. The son of John Archibald - Michael had an extra ordinary large heart which he needed an organ transplant in order to live. However the insurance from his company did not cover for this type of accident. The family desperate to come up with the fee, John Archibald attempts a hospital raid to capture the people inside as hostages. The police finally agrees to add Michael's name onto the donors list in return for releasing some hostages (including a police who attempted to kill John). Then, John insists on killing himself after finding out that his son needs a transplant immediately...


I believe this film covers all aspects of complex public inconveniences that takes place in daily life. This includes problems with the police, families and government. The characters in the movie may be intentionaly picked this way to take a different approach introducing other international issues. About racism and prejudice. I find this movie being very informative explaining the problems in the world - Therefore, I will recommend this film to anyone.

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Struggling to find a better job, John’s factory job has been reduced to part time. An ordinary American family finds themselves in a huge crisis. Their son, Mike collapsed during a softball game while running to a base. Hearing that the only way to save his son’s life because of heart failure, is to give him a new heart. Because John’s company has switched to HMO and John is only working 20 hours a week. The insurance company won’t pay for Mike’s the medical costs, which include the heart transplant. The family does not have that kind of money. As hard as John Q. Selling everything they have like television, sofa … etc tried they would not get enough money. They need $75,000 to put their child ion the donor list.

The hospital informed John Q. that they are releasing his sick son that day. With no other opinion John Q. decides to take a group of people hostage at the hospital and threaten that he would kill the people if they won’t put his son, Mike in the donor time. Time is running out. John’s son, Mike is slowly dying. Could his son get a new heart?

I personally think that this movie is very emotional. It successfully tackles the issue of health care of American. If your rich than you are cared with care, but of you are poor than the hospital will treat you like dirt. I really enjoy this movie it made me cry a lot. I recommend Adult and teenagers about 13 or 14 above.

If I had to rate this movie out of ten (10) than I would say about 8.

John Q. Movie Review

At a school baseball game, Michael William Archibald (Mikey) fainted on the way to second base. After rushing to the hospital, John (who is Mikey’s father) and his wife finds out that Mikey’s heart is 3 times bigger than the size of an ordinary heart. As time runs out for Mikey, he has to get a heart transplant before his blood pressure drops and gets worse. However, just to get on the Donor list, John and his wife has to pay at least $75,000 and even more for the transplant to happen. Beginning out with less than an eighth of the wanted amount to get on the list, Mikey’s parents have to work extra hard to first put their son on the list and then for the transplant procedure to happen. After a few weeks, the person in charge of the hospital, Rebecca Payne decides to release Mitch from the hospital. Furious, John Quincy Archibald or ‘John Q’ decides to take action. But what will he do to save his son’s life?

I recommend this movie to age 12 and up. This is because the plot had many twists, was very touching and revealed the corruption and schemes of an unjust government. This movie had a very clear message (Free health care) and a dash of politics as well. The characters played their parts very well and showed very strong emotions.

A controversial topic, a father’s quest to save his son, an unjust policy. All are key parts of this wonderful movie and gives an insight into the inner workings of a government. I would give this movie 8 out of 10 since it had depth to it and a strong message.

John Q. Is put down to part time in his job. His money is running out. His son's heart is three times the normal size, it's failing to pump enough blood around his body. Time is running out, how long will Mike last? The national health care insurance will not cover all of the exspense. What is John ment to do?

I would recomend to the US goverment. So they can see what some people have to go though.

It was one the worst films ever because it was so predictable.

"John Q." - Movie Review

Hidden from the truth, the American citizens live obliviousy; unknown to the corruption, the greed - unkown to the evil of their Government. They stand on grounds built upon merciless lies and false promises - health care only finds those with money.

John Q. Archibald's family stumbles on the deception made by the insurance company: when his son falls terribly ill , slowly sinking into heart failure. Finally noticing that no matter the begging; that no matter how much pleading, their insurance company wil refuse to pay for a $250,000 heart transplant for their Mikey. Time is ticking; a countdown is made - their son will die in a matter of days.

Breaking away from the hypnosis, the Archibald family sees America through different eyes. When desperate situations find desperate families, you can only hope their solution is any less than insane. Crumbling under pressure and doubt, can John Q. manage to find salvation?

Showing the truth behind their words, "John Q." exposes the scam and corruption rooting from the peaks of power. In a twisted tale of hope, "John Q." unroots the lies hidden behind human greed. With a story based on a real event, will "John Q." be able to open up your eyes?

This movie was an eye-opener for me; showing the harsh situations and deep feelings different people had to experience. As a tear-jerking story, I'd recommend it to many people, especially those who enjoy a poignant movie.

7/10.

Jonh Q Movie Review

This movie is targeting at the USA's Health Care system as well as the country's politics. The story starts with Jonh Quincy Archibald's family of three; Jonh himself, his wife Denise and their son Mike. The introduction shows how close and happy the family was, even though their income were not so great. Their lives were still managable. Until oneday, Mike suddenly collapses during this baseball game. It is soon revealed that Mike has a heart failure and he is in need of a surgery.

The hospital director refuse to place Mike's name in the donor list due to the family low income. Jonh points out that they have an insurance which will cover them. However the law had change and he soon learns that he has been paying for an insurance that were no longer available. Despit the anger and disappointment, Jonh starts his journey to gain money for his son's surgery. Money from work, neighbours, friends and trades. Jonh did all this for his beloved son. Unfortunately life wasn't so easy for them. The wind wouldn't blow the way they want. Mike's condition is worsen each minute.

Failed to gain the great amount of $250,000/$75,000 for the heart transplant. Failed to gain the trust of the doctor. Failed to do anything to make his son live. Jonh has no other choice. For the survival of Mike, Jonh Q. would do what he has never dream of.

This movie might not contains adventurous action or dramatic acting. However, it is entertaining and quite educational. The storyline was acceptable. It was unique and emotional. In my opinion, I think this story should be watched by people who are in the teenagers and upwards. There are a few scenes that contains foul language and it requires a bit of maturity to be able to understand and enjoy the movie.