The Waiting Room is a character-driven documentary film that uses extraordinary access to go behind the doors of an American public hospital struggling to care for a community of largely uninsured patients. The film - using a blend of cinema verité and characters' voice over - offers a raw, intimate, and even uplifting look at how patients, executive staff and caregivers each cope with disease, bureaucracy and hard choices. It is a film about fighting for survival when the odds are stacked against you.
The Waiting Room has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Waiting Room was released in 2012 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 45 reviews, giving The Waiting Room (2012) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 84% and users giving an average score of 82%.
With a score of 75%, The Waiting Room is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2012, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 2012 with similar scores include films like End of Watch, The Sessions and Jab Tak Hai Jaan.
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