7/10. Although touching, this movie wasn't very deep, sad, or believable. I understand where the idea is coming from, but this would never be allowed to happen. The characters were twisted out of realistic proportions to look, at first, overly cruel and unkind, to become grossly compassionate. All of these are the ingredients to make a feel-good movie, but I didn't feel so good at the end. John Quincy Archibald (Denzel Washington) and his wife, Denise (Kimberly Elise), are the loving parents of young Mike Archibald (Daniel E. Smith), a kind, generous child who dreams of one day becoming a bodybuilder. One day, during a baseball game, Mike collapses from heart failure, and is taken to the hospital. There, John finds out that Mike's only hope of survival is to receive a heart transplant. Unfortunately, John's insurance policy will not cover the... $75,000?... cash that John will need for the transplant. It seems as if John has no hopes for keeping his old life, as he is forced to pawn every item he owns. But, as Dr. Raymond Turner (James Woods) says, there is no way John will be able to pay off the costs (not even the down payment!). Luckily, there's one thing John has to his advantage: love; and this one trait alone will determinate him to do anything it takes to keep his main investment alive. And by anything, I mean anything. Find out how desperate times lead to desperate measures; rent this film. The acting isn't terrible, although a little cliché (it is a feel-good movie). Because of swearing and some gore involving surgery, I'm not sure if this is best for kids; actually, you know what, it's not; keep them away.
