The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002) on Netflix
David Hurst and his wife Dana run a dental practice in Westchester County, New York, and raise three daughters. Backstage at Dana's community opera, David finds her embracing another man.
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Plot summary
David and Dana Hurst are married dentists who share a practice in Westchester County, New York, and raise three daughters together. Dana sings in the chorus of a community opera, and one night David goes backstage with a good luck charm for her. He finds her embracing another man. David weighs how to handle what he has seen, and a difficult former patient begins turning up in his imagination, talking with him. His suspicion weighs on his state of mind and on life at home. When the whole family comes down with the flu, matters at home are brought to a head.
Cast
- Peter Samuelas Larry
- Kate Clintonas Elaine
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)
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- Actor-producer Campbell Scott called Jane Smiley's 1987 novella The Age of Grief, the story of a dentist who suspects his wife of being unfaithful, thoroughly inadaptable because it all took place inside one character's head.
