SnoopyStyle Dr. Benjamin Stone (Michael J. Fox) leaves the manic E.R. of Washington Presbyterian Hospital for the moneyed world of Hollywood plastic surgery. He's driving his 1956 Porsche Speedster when he gets lost on a detour. He crashes into a fence while avoiding cows in the road. The fence is owned by the judge and he gets sentenced to 32 hrs of community service at the hospital. He falls for ambulance driver single mom Lou (Julie Warner). Hank Gordon (Woody Harrelson) is her suitor. Mayor Nick Nicholson (David Ogden Stiers) is eager to talk Ben into staying with the elderly Dr. Hogue looking to retire.This one follows the formula and I've never seen anything wrong with that from rom-coms. It relies heavily on the ample charms of Michael J. Fox and there's nothing wrong with that either. Julie Warner makes a memorable introduction. The town is filled with likable quirky folks and a pig. This is a solid fun affair.

Uriah43 I really enjoyed this movie. Essentially, "Dr. Ben Stone" (Michael J. Fox) is a promising young surgeon who, after two years in the emergency room at Washington Presbyterian Hospital, has his heart set on a cushy job doing cosmetic surgery in Beverly Hills. As he begins his drive from the East Coast to California he happens to have an automobile accident in the small town of Grady, South Carolina. Unfortunately for him, his accident demolishes the picket fence belonging to "Judge Evans" (Roberts Blossom) and he gets sentenced to perform 32 hours of medical care for reckless driving. In no time at all the sly mayor of Grady, "Nick Nicholson" (David Ogden Stiers) is leading a campaign to get Dr. Stone to take up permanent residency. What follows is a funny yet wistful story that involves a bunch of amusing characters. I really enjoyed the performances of both Michael J. Fox and David Ogden Stiers. Also quite amusing was the mechanic named "Melvin" (Mel Winkler) and "Nurse Packer" (Eyde Byrde). Along with that, both "Vialula" (Julie Warner) and "Nancy Lee Nicholson" (Bridget Fonda) were quite pleasing to the eye as well. In short, for a romantic-comedy this one is definitely above average.

buddyboy28 I've never been a fan of Romantic Comedies but this is in another league altogether. The plot, characters, quirky humour and of course Michael J.Fox set it apart from other films of a similar type. Fox plays arrogant, money obsessed ER doctor Ben Stone, who finds himself stranded in a small rural town after he accidentally crashes into the local Judge's fence. He is sentenced to 36 hours community service at the local practice and it isn't long before he meets sexy ambulance driver Vialula (Lou) played by Julie Warner, and gradually he starts to realise that love, friends, and community spirit are more important than the material things in life. It's an highly enjoyable feel-good film that's sweet and humorous without been sugary or over the top. The plot is nice and simple and basically depends on Fox's charisma and likability to hold it together, which he's more than capable of doing, and he's surrounded by a great bunch of co-stars for support.Warner in particular is great and makes a great love interest for him. She's sexy and feisty, and they both make their characters' interaction and gradual relationship believable. And the scene where they dance to Patsy Cline's Crazy is touching. It's an heart-warming and funny film.

ianlouisiana Even by surgeons' standards,Doctor Stone is horrible and arrogant.Disliked by fellow medics in his big city hospital,none of whom will be sorry to see the back of him,he is on his way to L.A. keen to make his first million in Cosmetic Surgery.After taking an illegal route round a traffic jam he runs his vintage Porsche into a picket fence owned by the Judge in a one - ute town down south.Failing to bamboozle them with his big city ways,he ends up in the Judge's courtroom and is sentenced to do community service at the local hospital which is under threat due to the imminent retirement of the town doctor,a wise and experienced old-style MD.The rest is pure Preston Sturges. Mr Michael J Fox is more convincing as the big city man than the country boy he eventually aspires to be but it is the extraordinary Miss Julie Warner who keeps "Doc Hollywood" from disappearing up its own Jubilation T.Cornpone.From the moment he sees her Dr Stone's career as a Plastic Surgeon is dead in the water - he just needs to be made to realise it. Mr Ogden-Stiers and the rest of the cast comfortably carry off the not-as-easy-as-it-looks task of playing convincing small town folk without being hokey. Mr George Hamilton is especially ghastly as the Plastic Surgeon Doctor Stone aspires to work for,convincing down to his appalling pony tail. "Doc Hollywood" is a splendid view of America as it would like to be seen,all the more remarkable then that it was directed by a Scotsman.