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Article: FILM'S DIRECTOR IS THE ONE PLAYING GOD HERE

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October 23, 1997
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DAVE JEWETT
The Columbian
10-23-1997
“Playing God” is a movie that desperately tries to be hip, and ends up being clueless.
David Duchovny from TV’s “The X-Files,” in a role tailored for him, gets to utter a few sardonically funny lines, but mostly seems disinterested.
And who could blame him, given the script that is so busy trying to be stylish it forgets to develop an interesting plot that makes much sense.
Duchovny plays Eugene Sands, an ex-surgeon who lost his license for performing surgery while high on heroin.
His life is on the skids until he saves a gangster’s life after a shooting.
He performs emergency surgery and attracts the ...

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