The impressive cast notwithstanding (it includes Anne Bancroft, Philip Bosco, and Basquiat's Jeffrey Wright), Critical Care disappoints. The screenplay sags into melodrama, with righteous monologues on healing, and poorly realized gimmicks that are inscrutable and unfunny (picture Wallace Shawn as the Devil, who, predictably, eats takeout from Arby's). Although not as torturous as watching, say, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, this film is still far less entertaining than a dose of Demerol.