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Genres:
Documentary
Language:
English
Running time:
2:03:11
Partner rating:
PG-13
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Cast

  1. Michael Moore

Directors

  1. Michael Moore

Producers

  1. Michael Moore
  2. Meghan O'Hara

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Sicko


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After exploring the predominance of violence in American culture in Bowling for Columbine and taking a critical look at the September 11th attacks in Fahrenheit 9/11, activist filmmaker Michael Moore turns his attentions toward the topic of health care in the United States in this documentary that weighs the plight of the uninsured (and the insured who must deal with abuse from insurance companies) against the record-breaking profits of the ph... After exploring the predominance of violence in American culture in Bowling for Columbine and taking a critical look at the September 11th attacks in Fahrenheit 9/11, activist filmmaker Michael Moore turns his attentions toward the topic of health care in the United States in this documentary that weighs the plight of the uninsured (and the insured who must deal with abuse from insurance companies) against the record-breaking profits of the pharmaceutical industry. Moore interviews a number of people who have been left broke by medical bills even though they were fully insured, and explains how the corporate drive for profits has left numerous people in financial and medical disarray. After hearing that detainees in Guantanamo have access to free health care, Moore assembles a group of World Trade Center rescue workers to travel to Cuba in order to get the medical help they need for ailments they incurred in 2001. Moore's film debuted at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

93%Tomatometer score: 93% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly If other countries can provide their people with universal health care, why can't we? If we can't, who are we? Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph If Moore were a more radical polemicist, he might have focused squarely on this alarming social injustice, but, perhaps rightly, he sees a broader one. Even the insured are handing themselves over... Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK] Mr Moore's excellent new film is a wakeup call. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Wendy Ide, Times [UK] While we all have our grumbles about the NHS, it's hard not to be caught up in Moore's righteous indignation on behalf of his countrymen, or not to feel a twitch of pride in our own. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    Sam Jordison, Film4 Michael Moore's best film to date. Entertaining, moving, funny, hard-hitting, right-on. It won't silence his critics, but it will give them something to think about. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Simon Crook, Empire Magazine Horrifying, heart-breaking, often hilarious - Moore's latest shock doc is a potent polemic. Full review External link

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    Sicko - This Country Beats France

    Michael Moore takes you to Norway, and shows why this country is better than France. Michael Moore talks to experts from Norway, and states why he couldn't ...

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