Medicine Man

  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • Romance
2/7/1992
106
PG-13

He turned his back on civilization. Only to discover he had the power to save it.

An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential cancer cure, they learn to collaborate and begin to fall in love.

Revenue:
$45,500,797
Budget:
$40,000,000

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  • Wuchak

    (Mis)adventures in the remote Brazilian jungle with Sean Connery and Lorraine Bracco

    A biochemist from a pharmaceutical company in New York (Bracco) goes deep into the rain forest of the Amazon to locate researcher Robert Campbell (Connery) and determine if his work is still worth funding.

    Medicine Man (1992) is a jungle drama in the mold of "The Emerald Forest" (1985). Theres a little bit of adventure and, unsurprisingly, romance. Right off the bat the relationship between the two is characterized by amusing bickering, which isnt exactly realistic. If you can roll with that, theres a lot to appreciate along with some eye-rolling bits.

    As far as the latter goes, if the missing ingredient for the cancer cure is as glaring to ...

    June 11, 2023

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