"Evil Doctor" (a.k.a., "Snatched") is an outrageous dark comedy about the gynecologist Dr. Natalie Barnson, a damaged soul if there ever was one.
At birth, little Natalie has been stolen from a hospital by a couple who was unable to produce a child. She was raised for eight years in a trailer, where she bonded with her criminal father who adored her. But at age eight, the kidnappers were discovered, the father she idolized put a bullet in his head, and she was returned to her birth parents. It turned out that Natalie would have had a better life in the trailer park as her "new" father, Frank, was a nefarious creature who abused Natalie for a decade.
Now as a practitioner in the art of "giving life," Dr. Barson decides that she wants her own baby. Unable to conceive, she sets her sights on the couple Matt and Aubrey Lewis. Aubrey is pregnant and Matt resembles her beloved trailer dad. The film is about the devious manipulation and scheming of Dr. Barnson.
As performed by a scene-chewing Dina Meyer, Dr. Barnson is quite the seductress. She has no trouble bagging Matt, the producer of the popular TV sitcom series called "Family Phun." But it is no fun for Matt once he realizes that Dr. Barnson is a sociopath. The good doctor proceeds to flirt with a very pregnant Aubrey, then start an affair with Matt's co-worker, Vicky Dolan, who meets her end in the bathtub in Dr. Barnson's home. The bathtub was also the site where Dr. Barnson eliminated her birth mother, who had becom an inconvenience.
The filmmakers were successful in weaving into the narrative a limited number of flashback scenes, which told the story of the young Natalie Barnson. The characters were interesting and the dialogue was crisp. The close-ups on Dr. Barnson were effective in conveying her slick method of operation to wreak havoc on multiple lives. She does a lot a damage, but there was a certain levity that made the character portrayal of Dr. Natalie Barnson a tour de force in the art of creating a tornado in the form of a tortured human soul.
At birth, little Natalie has been stolen from a hospital by a couple who was unable to produce a child. She was raised for eight years in a trailer, where she bonded with her criminal father who adored her. But at age eight, the kidnappers were discovered, the father she idolized put a bullet in his head, and she was returned to her birth parents. It turned out that Natalie would have had a better life in the trailer park as her "new" father, Frank, was a nefarious creature who abused Natalie for a decade.
Now as a practitioner in the art of "giving life," Dr. Barson decides that she wants her own baby. Unable to conceive, she sets her sights on the couple Matt and Aubrey Lewis. Aubrey is pregnant and Matt resembles her beloved trailer dad. The film is about the devious manipulation and scheming of Dr. Barnson.
As performed by a scene-chewing Dina Meyer, Dr. Barnson is quite the seductress. She has no trouble bagging Matt, the producer of the popular TV sitcom series called "Family Phun." But it is no fun for Matt once he realizes that Dr. Barnson is a sociopath. The good doctor proceeds to flirt with a very pregnant Aubrey, then start an affair with Matt's co-worker, Vicky Dolan, who meets her end in the bathtub in Dr. Barnson's home. The bathtub was also the site where Dr. Barnson eliminated her birth mother, who had becom an inconvenience.
The filmmakers were successful in weaving into the narrative a limited number of flashback scenes, which told the story of the young Natalie Barnson. The characters were interesting and the dialogue was crisp. The close-ups on Dr. Barnson were effective in conveying her slick method of operation to wreak havoc on multiple lives. She does a lot a damage, but there was a certain levity that made the character portrayal of Dr. Natalie Barnson a tour de force in the art of creating a tornado in the form of a tortured human soul.