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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAn all-stops-out rabble-rouser that hurls a broadside at America's medical insurance crisis.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaThis is an A-list cast toiling on a C-list screenplay.
- 50New York PostJonathan ForemanNew York PostJonathan ForemanNot a movie but a live-action agitprop cartoon so shameless and coarse, it's almost funny.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIt's as forgettable as they come.
- 50SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinDenzel Washington is so powerfully earnest an actor that you never want to laugh at him -- even when you ought to be in stitches.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe movie could have used a brain transplant. It doesn't explore injustice -- it just exploits it.
- 30The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyFalls below even minimal standards of dramatic decency. John Q is a trashy, opportunistic piece of pop demagoguery. [4 Mar 2002, p. 90]
- 25Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyWashington can't save a picture that spends so much time worrying about a heart that it loses its head.
- 20The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottSo lacking in shame that it finally seems laughable.
- 0Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternEvery so often a movie transcends stupidity and soars into the empyrean of true idiocy. John Q. is such a movie.