- Actors: David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper, Emily Procter, Matt Frewer, Terry O'Quinn.
- Producers: Gary Lucchesi, Guy Riedel, Robert McMinn, Udi Nedivi.
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC.
- Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only).
- Rated: R. Run Time: 95 minutes.
IN HOUSTON TEXAS, 1962, A YOUNG UNDERPAID MEDICAL RESIDENT IN THE PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT, KEVIN SAUNDERS, IS BORED WITH FACIALRECONSTRUCTION. HE'S LOOKING TO MAKE IT BIG, BUT LITTLE DOES HE REALIZE HOW BIG BIG IS GOING TO BE. SAUNDERS TAKES THE CONCEPTOF BREAST AUGMENTATION TO HIS SENIOR SURGEON.Based on actual, if enhanced, facts, this bouncy comedy stars David Schwimmer and Chris Cooper as the Texas surgeons who pumped up women's profiles by inventing silicone breast implants in 1962. Dispensing scathing social commentary, this follows the mismatched and rather unsympathetic pair over three decades. Co! oper, an often underrated actor, breaks away from his usual typecasting as a laconic cowboy. He plays an angry, Machiavellian doctor who sees potential and enormous financial reward in Schwimmer's gelatinous inventions. Schwimmer displays more range than we've previously seen, and there are some interesting supporting faces amid all that jiggly silicone. It is not the vulgar farce you might expect from the title, but a stylish blend of comedy and drama.
--Rochelle O'Gorman
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