Why Me?

– An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident i..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
1984
Original Name:
Why Me?
Why me? (1984) - Also known as Why Me?

An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby.

Producing Country:
USA
Genre:
Release Date:

12 Mar 1984

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
TV-PG – Parental Guidance is recommended

This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children. Programs rated TV-PG may contain some material that parents or guardians may find inappropriate for younger children. Programs assigned a TV-PG rating may include some inappropriate language, very little sexual content, suggestive dialogue, and/or moderate violence.

Director:

Fielder Cook

Writer:

Leola Mae Harmon (book), Dalene Young

Main Actors:

Glynnis O'Connor, Armand Assante, Craig Wasson, Annie Potts

Plot:

An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby. Her husband cannot deal with her disfigurement and she goes through a depression wondering why she was kept alive. The drunk driver who ploughed into her car is let off with a very lenient punishment, too. A doctor at the hospital sees potential in reconstructing this nurse's face. This doctor extends her enlistment so this nurse will be eligible for medical treatment covered by the armed forces over the entire course of the reconstructive surgeries. In the course of the reconstruction, the doctor and the nurse must overcome several obstacles. These range from the personal, where the nurse wonders if the doctor is only doing this for his own fame, to the bureaucracy, which has problems with the use of labial tissue from the vaginal area to reconstruct the nurse's lips. All through her treatment the nurse continues her duties at the hospital when she is well enough to work. She befriends a blinded patient while her jaws are wired shut. She is so afraid that he will not like her when he regains he sight. He does not and thanks his "Silent Angel" for the care she has given him. This boosts her morale greatly. In the end the nurse makes a full recovery. When her enlistment ends she joins the doctor in the private practice he has set up after leaving the Air Force. They marry.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10