After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Dialogue and plot and all the rest take second place to the conviction that two people only have eyes for one another. Fox and Warner create that feeling, which is why "Doc Hollywood" is a sweetheart of a movie.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
The picture, which was directed by Michael Caton-Jones, is corny and filled with quaint country eccentrics, but it has a redeeming sweetness of spirit.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
This isn't a bucolic, small-town romance. It's "Porky's."
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
While retaining his boyish appeal, Mr. Fox also seems a shade more substantial this time, possibly because he is seen making life-or-death decisions when not fielding comic lines.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
Has no real taste of its own, but, in its mildness and predictability, offers the reassurance of a fast-food or motel chain.