tbills2 I remember seeing this in the theaters with my parents and a friend when I was little. Boy, do I remember! I was 6 years old (1991-1985=6) apparently, but I'll never forget that moment when I first noticed a totally naked Julie Warner on the massive movie screen. My parents obviously didn't want me to see an R-rated flick so they took us to see Doc Hollywood, only PG-13, may be a little risque but surely nothing too bad. Well, it was a lot risque, and it was surely something too good! At 6, I certainly was not expecting it when Julie Warner busted out of the lake totally naked and started walking right towards Michael J. Fox, at which point in the movie theater I definitely let out a huge gawking sound, like, 'UGGHH', that I think the whole theater heard. I think I was trying to breathe, but Julie Warner just wasn't letting that happen. She then chats up MJF totally wet and totally bare chested for like 30 seconds. 'You can blink now.' Thank you, Julie. What I remember after the movie was over, is as we were all walking out to the parking lot, my parents were asking us about what our favorite part was and my dad made a joke about how he thinks the entire theater already knows my favorite part. Funny guy, he was right, and it still is.

pesic-1 Although the film was made in 1991, it has that 80s feel. It is a classical 80s plot about a big city guy finding himself by accident in a small town. As he gets to know the locals, the initial conflicts are overcome and he gradually falls in love with the place, and of course a local girl as well. In this particular film the hero is a would-be plastic surgeon somewhere in Los Angeles. He cares only about money and he is cynical about his job. By the end he realises he'd be much happier being a simple doctor in a small town, surrounded by people he knows intimately and cares about. Back then they had to make the hero a plastic surgeon, but if they made the film today, it could be almost anybody, because big city life is a complete nightmare. We have lost so much of our humanity and we have become so cynical and manipulated that I sometimes wish I could spend just one day in a small town like that. Let's face it: we are morally and culturally bankrupt and we better rediscover what makes us good human beings soon.The film has some minor flaws, which is why I give it nine stars and not ten. It's a lovely film and as I watched it again after all these years it made me remember a time when we were all happier and generally better human beings.

Uriah43 I really enjoyed this movie. Essentially, "Dr. Ben Stone" (Michael J. Fox) is a promising young surgeon who, after two years in the emergency room at Washington Presbyterian Hospital, has his heart set on a cushy job doing cosmetic surgery in Beverly Hills. As he begins his drive from the East Coast to California he happens to have an automobile accident in the small town of Grady, South Carolina. Unfortunately for him, his accident demolishes the picket fence belonging to "Judge Evans" (Roberts Blossom) and he gets sentenced to perform 32 hours of medical care for reckless driving. In no time at all the sly mayor of Grady, "Nick Nicholson" (David Ogden Stiers) is leading a campaign to get Dr. Stone to take up permanent residency. What follows is a funny yet wistful story that involves a bunch of amusing characters. I really enjoyed the performances of both Michael J. Fox and David Ogden Stiers. Also quite amusing was the mechanic named "Melvin" (Mel Winkler) and "Nurse Packer" (Eyde Byrde). Along with that, both "Vialula" (Julie Warner) and "Nancy Lee Nicholson" (Bridget Fonda) were quite pleasing to the eye as well. In short, for a romantic-comedy this one is definitely above average.

oneguyrambling Doc Hollywood is a film purpose built to allow Michael J Fox to be likable (if a little smug) in quirky surroundings, it also has some bizarre inexplicable nudity that is odd in what would otherwise be a PG 13 family flick.Fox is Ben Stone, a young hotshot surgeon waylaid momentarily in the sleepy small town of Grady ("Squash capital of the South!") on the way to LA to apply for a more cushy yet higher paid job as a plastic surgeon… he also plans to learn to surf.But alas for Stone a fence related automobile accident lands him in trouble, 32 hours of community service as the local doctor's replacement trouble.Now Stone is temporarily locum-ing for a cantankerous long time local doc who is laid up, and while the local townsfolk lay out the red carpet the staff of the hospital do not. The matron is particularly unsociable and by the book, and the ambulance driver Lou – who never gets a job for the duration of the film – is matter of fact once she realises that Stone is merely temping.Now it should be mentioned that Lou (Julie Warner) is a lady, she is also responsible for the inexplicable nudity earlier on. She twigs pretty quickly that Stone sees her as 'something to do' while he is in town and spurns his every smarmy advance. A bet with a local only serves to increase Stone's wooing two-fold.Meanwhile another local vacuous Paris-like gold digger played by Bridget Fonda is openly willing to do anything in order to get out of town and sees Stone as a well presented, four foot 6 ticket out of town.What follows is the typical quirky fare that seem to populate these films while the formerly arrogant and single-minded lead character learns where he truly belongs. He is given a pig in lieu of payment for his services, has various amusing adventures and encounters with patients and locals including Woody Harrelson as a rival suitor for Lou's affections… and all the while the local pageant and highlight of the year is a comin'.This is entirely formulaic fare, but dammit Michael J Fox was just so damn likable at this time of his career that it is hard to… well… not like him in this. And because he is the guy on the poster and there are enough cute moments (and unexpected nudity) along the way it makes Doc Hollywood difficult to hate.Even with all that said this was a 5.5 until the final minute or so, in a scene set in LA someone asks "Is that a star?" and Woody Harrelson's character replies offscreen "No, that's Ted Danson". For some reason that cracked me up so much that I was still chuckling half way through the credits.If getting the ending right is half the battle in a film that 5 second exchange nailed it for me, and pushed Doc Hollywood up to a "Worthwhile" 6. And if I'm wrong then it's just a harmless and likable unambitious flick with a bit of tit, and that's not bad either.Final Rating – 6 / 10. Not much to recommend, but nothing much to put you off watching it either.