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Oct 28, 1994 · Comedy. 120 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1994. Roger Ebert. October 28, 1994. 4 min read. There can be found in the back pages of various health magazines a small advertisement for colonic irrigation. It is illustrated with a drawing of what looks like several tons of lava bursting forth from the earth’s core.
A staunch advocate of healthy living, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (Anthony Hopkins) opens a sanitarium that promotes his progressive, if eccentric, ideas about optimal well-being.
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- Alan Parker
- R
- Anthony Hopkins
The Road to Wellville: Directed by Alan Parker. With Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Broderick, John Cusack. A story about the ins and outs of one unusual health facility in the early twentieth century, run by the eccentric Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.
- (13K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Alan Parker
- 1994-10-28
Off-putting at first, this self-consciously scatological comedy does grow on one. Full Review | Original Score: B | Jan 1, 2000. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted ...
Any one who can sit through THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE without hooting out loud doesn't simply lack a sense of humor: they're probably dead. The performances are sharp, clever, and make the most of the various outlandish situations into the characters are forced.
Sep 30, 1994 · Based on T. Coraghessan Boyle’s 1992 fact-based historical novel, physically resplendent picture takes a comical look at the shenanigans perpetrated in the name of good health at the Battle ...
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Oct 28, 1994 · In the process of lampooning turn-of-the-century health food faddists, "The Road to Wellville" displays lunacy of its own. Here is a lavish, overproduced satire that finds its hilarity in...
