The People's Review of Bringing Out the Dead
mourad
score = 100
comments = its the best movie i ever see its reflect the truth of our lifes
death is always in our track and one day we have to be in contact with
ambulance man
Amanda
score = 10
This was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I turned it off less than
half way through the movie. It was very boring and depressing. I wouldn't
recomend this movie to anyone.
Brian
score = 100
I didn't know great film making until I watched this movie. The realism shown is
this movie is on target with life on the streets of New York City. Even today most
people don't believe the elements portraited in this film still exist today ,but they
do....Scorsese shows this wonderfully, while keeping it true to the segment of society
that live this way. I had to see it twice to fully comprehend the meaning
behind this touching movie.
Rita
score = 90
I really liked this movie. It was not an easy to watch--but it was certainly worth
watching. I think that alot is said in the title alone--Bringing out the Dead.
When one thinks of an ambulance driver and what that role ensues--images of heroic
grandeur and rescuing come to mind--what this movie shows is quite the opposite.
Nicolas Cage's character often finds himself simply bringing out the dead or saving those
who have either brought themselves close to death by their own design, or saving those who
do not want saving at all. Alot of what his character is fighting against and
"rescuing" people from cannot be cured with medicines and needles or anything he
could find in the back of his ambulance. The disease cannot be treated with medicine
at all--he says in the movie, "This is an ambulance--aren't there any bandaids in
here?" Where is the bandaid? Where is the medicine that will put an end
to all the misery and pain that he sees every night? And even more! frightening is
the questions as to what and who will take care of those who witness such misery? He
works with other characters that all seem to have their own way of dealing with all the
pain and madness--and yet nothing seems to be effective--they're all quite mad. To
see the ambulance take such a nasty spill was shocking--not that a car accident is
uncommon in a film or even as an idea--but to see an ambulance flip over is shocking
because it's almost like that should never happen. We forget that those men are only
people just like everyone else. He yearns for accident victims, fractures and yet
all he finds is people suffering from self induced hurt. He saves those who do not
want to live, cannot kill those who want to die, saves those who deserve to die by their
own hand, and then the one innocent patient that he encounters--the newborn
baby--dies. They say that to work in an emergency ward in a major North
American city is like working in a war zone. Death by the bullet is now the leading
cause of death. It is the sickness of society itself that produces all these
casualites--including those who witness it.
Dave
score = 90
Nicely done movie, the plot could use some work ,but the reality of the picture makes it
worth seeing. I believe it shows true life situation for people working overnight in
NYC. No story book ending just real life caught on film.
Pete
score = 90
Sad, disturbing, but real life. Not much more to say about this soon to be classic
Jessica
score = 100
I didn't think I would like this movie ,but after seeing it and thinking about it I
decided I love this movie. It's the real New York that noone wants to talk about.
I loved Nicolas Cage in this movie, he was so believable!!!
Billy
score = 100
WOW!!! I had no idea what happened to people who worked the EMS graveyard shift until now.
This movie really made me think about life and our roles in the world. Go see
this movie!
Chang
score = 10
I've never seen such a pompous, prententious film. Sorcese has not only lost his touch but
also his ability to make a film that is watchable. The story line has already been
overdone in other films and the seedy hospital scenes were much better in Jacob's Ladder.
Anyway, any more words on this film is a waste of time. It is really bad.
Alyssa
score = 100
This film was a
surreal and amazing picture of New York City crime and and poverty that we as an audience
tend to be turned off by. It compelled me more than any movie I have ever seen. The
cinematogrophy included edited scenes of awkard angles and positions, different speeds and
directions of lights, and an incredible sense of originality. The lighting that was
so unique, casted a silver glow, creating a superficial but at the same time, incredibly
true perception of life and death. If you are tired of Hollywood glamour and a
predictable plot, you should see this film.
megorah395
score = 100
I loved it!!! I will definetely agree with my guy ebert:) I loved the story to this.
Nicolas was great as usual. But this was a real wake-up call. With it's humor mixed with a
bit of teary atmosphere I would definetely ask all I know to see it! Great story to be
told and watched!!!
eric
score = 70
great movie but too much music and too much special effect to be a realistic view on a
night in the big appel...this movie can not make us forget taxi driver...it will have to
try to live with that gost.
Mike M.
score = 70
Although the cinematography was excellent and the film captured the excitement of working
the midnight shift in which a different world emerges with the darkness, I felt Cage **was
not** as engaged as he has been in other films. At times I felt that he was removed from
the scene, and other times the acting seemed, well, like acting. For example, in the scene
where he is freaking out in the ambulance, it seemed over-acted; I didn't believe he was
freaking out. The dialog was not always the best, and the fact that the film needed so
much narration made the story less than self-contained. Overall, I was a little
disappointed.
kme
score = 100
brilliant movie,i saw it three times and would have seen it again if it
hadn't left the theatres so soon. i can honestly say that this was one of
the best movies i have ever seen. marc anthony was brilliant,as was the rest
of the cast. can't wait till the video comes out!
Mato
score = 50
Fast-forward views and hard music for 20 minutes don't make up for the long
and boring 2 hours of meaninglessness. Decent cinematography, I guess,
and a few chilling aspects. Interesesting menagerie of cast members
but overall just boring and no, it is NOT realistic at all.
chris
score = 90
Excellant,
didn't really appreciate it when i was watching it. But once i had got home
it started to make me think. So what if it made me a little down. I think
it's good if a director can play with your emotions.Ending a little
inconclusive. But i think that was just Scorcese's attempt to show that
after all that chaos and torture nothing had changed in his life.
sabrina
The film is incredible. Here in Argentine is very succesfull and the people
talk all the day about it. I love Nicolas Cage is a gig actor and for me the
best. Nicolas I love you... Sabrina
jari
score = 90
how to say it.í`m a male nurse and have been working about 15 years with
alcoholics,drug addicts and insane here in Finland,europe.what can i say.i
resommended this film to everybody,who have been working and especially who
hasnīt.itīs hard to say anything, because this story is so true to me and
i guess to anyone late forties male.thank you again martin.and god bless
you.yours Jari
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Nicolas Cage plays EMS paramedic Frank Pierce. It is the early 1990's and New
York has not yet undergone its renaissance of recent years. Surrounded by the injured and
the dying, Frank is dwelling in an urban night-world, crumbling under the accumulated
weight of too many years of saving and losing lives. The film follows Frank over the
course of fifty-six hours in his life - two days and three nights on the job - as he
reaches the very brink of spiritual collapse and redemption. Đ1999 Paramount
Pictures 
