{
  "id": 15083746,
  "title": "‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ Review: Legal Drama About Anna Nicole Smith’s Physician Makes an Unconvincing Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/trust-me-im-a-doctor-review-legal-drama-about-anna-nicole-smiths",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-17T01:02:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TheWrap",
    "slug": "thewrap",
    "url": "https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/trust-me-im-a-doctor-review-kal-penn-abbie-cornish-anna-nicole-smith/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "\"Trust Me, I’m a Doctor,\" a new legal drama, offers a biopic about Anna Nicole Smith's physician, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor. Dr. Kapoor, played by Kal Penn, was heavily scrutinized following Smith's death in 2007 due to a combined prescription drug overdose. The film focuses on Dr. Kapoor's life and career, which was thrust into the media spotlight. Despite being based on Kapoor's autobiography, the film fails to convincingly portray him as a sympathetic character. Instead, it portrays Smith as a temptress and manipulator, while emphasizing the lives of those affected by her substance abuse and erratic behavior. The film's treatment of Smith is unkind and objectifying, failing to humanize her. While Dr. Kapoor was not legally wrong, the film's portrayal does not make him sympathetic, leaving him and the film feeling sour. The filmmakers, however, have given a standout performance by Linda Hamilton, who plays Dr. Kapoor's lawyer, Ellyn Garofalo, with confidence and composure. Despite its flaws, Hamilton's presence in the film may garner attention and lead to career opportunities for her. \"Trust Me, I’m a Doctor\" is currently in theaters.",
  "summary": "Kal Penn plays Dr. Sandeep Kapoor in this subpar biopic, which has an off-putting and dismissive attitude about the late supermodel's death The post ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ Review: Legal Drama About Anna Nicole Smith’s Physician Makes an Unconvincing Case appeared first on TheWrap .",
  "key_points": [
    "Biopic of Anna Nicole Smith's physician, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor",
    "Dr. Kapoor scrutinized post-Smith's 2007 overdose death",
    "Linda Hamilton delivers standout performance as his lawyer"
  ],
  "editors_take": "By prioritizing a polarizing depiction of Anna Nicole Smith over a sympathetic portrayal of her physician, the biopic fails to create a compelling or humanizing narrative for its central figure.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}