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* {{Tagline}}: "Do No Harm".
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** Creator/JKSimmons and Morrow previously worked together on ''Series/Numb3rs''.
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* KarmaHoudini: Martin [[spoiler:gets away with botching Diane's treatment, which kills her, and for Jimmy's murder, who he killed to protect his possible relationship with Diane]].

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* KarmaHoudini: Martin [[spoiler:gets away with botching Diane's treatment, which kills her, and for Jimmy's murder, who he killed to protect his possible relationship with Diane]].Diane. Doubles as a {{Downer Ending}}.]]
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* BlatantLies: The title. Not only is Martin not a good doctor, he's an absolutely horrible person who repeatedly goes against everything he's supposed to stand for as a doctor and gets two people killed, one in his quest for attention and praise, and the other to hide the previous crime.

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* BlatantLies: The title. Not only is Martin not a good doctor, he's an absolutely horrible person who repeatedly goes against everything he's supposed to stand for as a doctor and gets [[spoiler:gets two people killed, one in his quest for attention and praise, and the other to hide the previous crime.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Martin is insufferably egotistical and treats everyone as though they're beneath him. When[[spoiler: Diane's parents hail him as a hero for saving Diane's life, he starts interfering with her treatment so he can pretend to save her again and get more fuel for his ego. This ends up getting Diane killed when Martin goes too far, and later Jimmy as well when he discovers the threat the diary poses to his reputation.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Martin is insufferably egotistical and treats everyone as though they're beneath him. When[[spoiler: Diane's parents hail him as a hero for saving Diane's life, he starts interfering with her treatment so he can pretend to save her again and get more fuel for his ego. This ends up getting Diane killed when Martin goes too far, and later Jimmy as well when he discovers the threat the diary poses to his reputation.]]
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Martin is insufferably egotistical and treats everyone as though they're beneath him. When [[spoiler: Diane's parents hail him as a hero for saving Diane's life, he starts interfering with her treatment so he can pretend to save her again and get more fuel for his ego. This ends up getting Diane killed when Martin goes too far, and later Jimmy as well when he discovers the threat the diary poses to his reputation.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Martin is insufferably egotistical and treats everyone as though they're beneath him. When [[spoiler: When[[spoiler: Diane's parents hail him as a hero for saving Diane's life, he starts interfering with her treatment so he can pretend to save her again and get more fuel for his ego. This ends up getting Diane killed when Martin goes too far, and later Jimmy as well when he discovers the threat the diary poses to his reputation.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Martin is insufferably egotistical and treats everyone as though they're beneath him. When Diane's parents hail him as a hero for saving Diane's life, he starts interfering with her treatment so he can pretend to save her again and get more fuel for his ego. This ends up getting Diane killed when Martin goes too far, and later Jimmy as well when he discovers the threat the diary poses to his reputation.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Martin is insufferably egotistical and treats everyone as though they're beneath him. When [[spoiler: Diane's parents hail him as a hero for saving Diane's life, he starts interfering with her treatment so he can pretend to save her again and get more fuel for his ego. This ends up getting Diane killed when Martin goes too far, and later Jimmy as well when he discovers the threat the diary poses to his reputation.
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* SequelHook: The fact that Martin [[spoiler:makes it to the end of the movie with his two murders covered up hints at a sequel which unfortunately never got made. Hopefully, it would have been about [[KarmicButtMonkey Martin's downfall]].]]

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* SequelHook: The fact that Martin [[spoiler:makes it to the end of the movie with his two murders covered up hints at a sequel which unfortunately never got made. Hopefully, it would have been about [[KarmicButtMonkey [[LaserGuidedKarma Martin's downfall]].]]
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* SequelHook: The fact that Martin makes it to the end of the movie with his two murders covered up hints at a sequel which unfortunately never got made. Hopefully, it would have been about [[KarmicButtMonkey Martin's downfall]].

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* SequelHook: The fact that Martin makes [[spoiler:makes it to the end of the movie with his two murders covered up hints at a sequel which unfortunately never got made. Hopefully, it would have been about [[KarmicButtMonkey Martin's downfall]].]]

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* {{Blackmail}}: Jimmy [[spoiler:uses Diane's diary to force Blake to give him drugs]].
* HideTheEvidence: Blake puts the diary in the garbage.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Jimmy [[spoiler:uses Diane's diary to force Blake Martin to give him drugs]].
* BlatantLies: The title. Not only is Martin not a good doctor, he's an absolutely horrible person who repeatedly goes against everything he's supposed to stand for as a doctor and gets two people killed, one in his quest for attention and praise, and the other to hide the previous crime.
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HideTheEvidence: Blake Martin puts the diary in the garbage.



* KarmaHoudini: Blake [[spoiler:gets away with botching Diane's treatment, which kills her, and for Jimmy's murder, who he killed to protect his possible relationship with Diane]].

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* KarmaHoudini: Blake Martin [[spoiler:gets away with botching Diane's treatment, which kills her, and for Jimmy's murder, who he killed to protect his possible relationship with Diane]].Diane]].
* ItsAllAboutMe: Martin is insufferably egotistical and treats everyone as though they're beneath him. When Diane's parents hail him as a hero for saving Diane's life, he starts interfering with her treatment so he can pretend to save her again and get more fuel for his ego. This ends up getting Diane killed when Martin goes too far, and later Jimmy as well when he discovers the threat the diary poses to his reputation.
* SequelHook: The fact that Martin makes it to the end of the movie with his two murders covered up hints at a sequel which unfortunately never got made. Hopefully, it would have been about [[KarmicButtMonkey Martin's downfall]].


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* VillainProtagonist: Martin, despite being the film's main protagonist, is in no way a good guy and is so awful that the audience is meant to hope that he'll be caught.
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Not to be confused with the TV series ''Series/TheGoodDoctor''.

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Not to be confused with the TV series ''Series/TheGoodDoctor''.
''Series/TheGoodDoctor'', or to the Creator/NeilSimon play based on Creator/AntonChekhov's stories.
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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Creator/WadeWilliams, who plays Mr. Nixon, previously worked with Morrow on ''Series/TheWholeTruth''.
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''The Good Doctor'' is a 2011 thriller starring Creator/OrlandoBloom as the titular Doctor, Martin Blake, who becomes obsessed with his female patient, who has a kidney infection. It also stars Creator/RileyKeough, Creator/TarajiPHenson, Creator/RobMorrow, and Creator/MichaelPena among others.

Directed by Creator/LanceDaly, the film was released on 2011 at Tribeca, with a worldwide release on August 31, 2012.

Not to be confused with the TV series ''Series/TheGoodDoctor''.

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!! This film provides examples of:
* {{Blackmail}}: Jimmy [[spoiler:uses Diane's diary to force Blake to give him drugs]].
* HideTheEvidence: Blake puts the diary in the garbage.
* KarmaHoudini: Blake [[spoiler:gets away with botching Diane's treatment, which kills her, and for Jimmy's murder, who he killed to protect his possible relationship with Diane]].
* SmallNameBigEgo: Martin desires to be a doctor so he can have power over people's lives.
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