There was a revealing moment in "Unthinkable" (a.k.a., "Caretakers") when the young medical student named Jones Berg asks his older brother Miles for the translation of a phrase in Latin. The phrase is rendered, "Do what is right, not what is easy." That could be the motto for young Jones.
This slow-paced film had an intriguing conceit about the vital importance of genuine care on the part of medical practitioners. Jones works in a cynical world of jaded health care providers who apparently have never heard of the Hippocratic oath.
Jones brings a breath of fresh air into the life his patient Chris Williams, a former ambassador to Syria, whose life changed when he witnessed the murder of his daughter. The ambassador will not be eligible for a heart transplant unless Jones is able to bring him out of his silent funk to speak and cooperate with the medical personnel.
It seemed very contrived when Jones suddenly moves into the home of the Williams home apparently to take care of Williams' wife. Yet she seems just as as stubbord to reach as her nearly comatose husband. Young Jones comes to realize that something is off.
The "payoff" of the filmmakers was the most unpleasant plot twist imaginable. Jones learns too late that he is being set up to be the heart donor of Chris Williams. By the end of the film, it is unclear if Jones' brother Miles or the kind nurse Lucy will figure out what happened to poor Jones.
By the closing moments of the film, the idealistic creed of "doing what is right" has been turned into the disgusting theme of "a sucker is born every day." Unthinkable indeed!!!
This slow-paced film had an intriguing conceit about the vital importance of genuine care on the part of medical practitioners. Jones works in a cynical world of jaded health care providers who apparently have never heard of the Hippocratic oath.
Jones brings a breath of fresh air into the life his patient Chris Williams, a former ambassador to Syria, whose life changed when he witnessed the murder of his daughter. The ambassador will not be eligible for a heart transplant unless Jones is able to bring him out of his silent funk to speak and cooperate with the medical personnel.
It seemed very contrived when Jones suddenly moves into the home of the Williams home apparently to take care of Williams' wife. Yet she seems just as as stubbord to reach as her nearly comatose husband. Young Jones comes to realize that something is off.
The "payoff" of the filmmakers was the most unpleasant plot twist imaginable. Jones learns too late that he is being set up to be the heart donor of Chris Williams. By the end of the film, it is unclear if Jones' brother Miles or the kind nurse Lucy will figure out what happened to poor Jones.
By the closing moments of the film, the idealistic creed of "doing what is right" has been turned into the disgusting theme of "a sucker is born every day." Unthinkable indeed!!!