The Heart Specialist

Movie: The Heart Specialist

Cast:    Wood Harris   (Dr. Sidney Zachary)

            Brian J. White (Dr. Ray Howard)

            Zoe Saldana    (Donna)

Genre: comedy, drama

Synopsis: Dr. Ray Howard is a first year intern with a bit of a swelled head because he is a Harvard grad. The actor, Brian J. White) plays Marcus in Men of a Certain Age.  If you are familiar with that series, just think of Dr. Howard as being Marcus with an M.D.  Dr. Sidney Zachary is the senior resident.  He has a hobby on the side where he does stand-up comedy.  His partner is a nurse, Donna.

The movie follows the two doctors as Dr, Zachary tries to break through the icy emotionless wall Dr, Howard presents to the world.

My two cents: This movie was much better than I expected.  How to say this without sounding racist . . . the movie’s lead characters were all black, but the movie was really written in a color-blind way.  The roles could easily have been played by whites or Asians or anyone with very little changes needed to the dialogue.  All three of the leads played their parts very well.

Bottom line: a pretty decent movie.

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