...First Do No Harm

Name: ...First Do No Harm
Director: Jim Abrahams
Released: 1997
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, Seth Adkins, Margo Martindale, Allison Janney

1997 · 90 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 2,127 VOTES · DIR. Jim Abrahams

Overview

When Lori Reimuller learns that her young son Robbie has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and desperate, and so does her own research into the existing literature on treatments. When she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic Diet, devised long ago by a doctor from Johns Hopkins, she is met with narrow-minded resistance from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared to take legal action to prevent Lori from removing him from the hospital.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,354 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:09 [Man] "I do solemnly swear..."

00:03:25 Wally. He's willing to lease it back to us.

00:06:33 - [Sighs] - Or you were hoping I'd bed down in yours?

00:09:27 Don't want to have two matching shiners, do we?

00:12:48 [Screaming Continues]

00:15:47 It's okay. It's all right.

00:19:38 [Laughs]

00:22:42 ...on the contributions to your health plan?

00:25:36 Come on. We'll take you in.

00:28:45 There's no way you could make a dent in our debt with hazard pay!

00:33:40 Savings, investments, family?

00:37:31 Okay. Okay, darling.

00:41:22 I'll put a request in to Dr. Abbasac for a stool softener.

00:45:16 [Phone Ringing, Machines Beeping]

00:48:46 [Man] Paraldehyde.

00:52:53 - Nobody can give us a prognosis. - #D#

00:57:12 if you got a wash goin'or somethin'.

01:00:44 The bible on pediatric epilepsy. Every neurologist in the country owns a copy.

01:06:42 The institution can petition for legal guardianship of any child...

01:11:23 - Oh. - Uh.

01:15:14 If something should go wrong, he'd need me.

01:19:31 When was his last meal?

01:23:47 Mrs. Kelly, the dietician here-- she's been so enthusiastic and helpful.

01:27:54 Come on! Hurry up!

Cast & Characters

Meryl Streep Lori Reimuller Fred Ward Dave Reimuller Seth Adkins Robbie Reimuller Margo Martindale Marjean Allison Janney Dr. Melanie Abbasac Oni Faida Lampley Marsha Williams Leo Burmester Bob Purdue Tom Butler Dr. Jim Peterson Mairon Bennett Lynne Reimuller Michael Yarmush Mark Reimuller

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,354

Dialogue density15.0 lines / min

First line00:00:09

Final line01:27:54

Production Record

DirectorJim Abrahams

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,127