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Sicko (Special Edition)
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019807500
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Weinstein Company
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Russian (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
MPN: 80750
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 06, 2007
Running Time: 123 minutes
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 2007
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Editorial Review:
Following on the heels of his Palm d'Or winning Fahrenheit 9/11 and his Oscar winning film Bowling for Columbine acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore's new documentary sets out to investigate the American healthcare system. Sticking to his tried-and-true one-man approach Moore sheds light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities. System Requirements:Run Time: 123 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/POLITICS Rating: PG-13 UPC: 796019807500 Manufacturer No: 80750
SiCKO is more like a controlled howl of protest than a documentary. Toning down the rhetoric of past efforts--no CEOs, congressmen, or celebrities were accosted in the making of this film--Michael Moore's latest provocation is just as heartfelt, if not more heartbreaking. As he clarifies from the outset, his subject isn't the 45 million Americans without insurance, but those whose coverage has failed to meet their needs. He starts by speaking with patients who've been denied life-saving procedures, like chemotherapy, for the most spurious of reasons. Then he travels to Canada, England, and France to see if socialized medicine is as inefficient as U.S. politicians like to claim--especially those who receive funding from pharmaceutical companies. Moore finds quality care available to all, regardless as to income. He concludes with a stunt that made headlines when he assembles a group of 9/11 rescue workers suffering from a variety of afflictions. When Moore is informed that detainees at Guantánamo Bay--technically American soil--qualify for universal coverage, he and his companions travel to Cuba to get in on that action. It's a typically grandstanding move on Moore's part. And it proves remarkably effective when these altruistic individuals, who've either been denied treatment or forced to pay outrageous costs for their medication, experience a dramatically different system. Nine years in the making, SiCKO makes a persuasive case that it's time for America to catch up with the rest of the world. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Wow.... Wasn't sure I'd like it
I am not at all a Micheal Moore fan. I thought the 911 movie was disgusting and dishonest, so I wasn't sure what I would think of SICKO. Wow, I finally have seen a Moore film that I can appreciate and that I appreciate him for making. I was heartbroken and in shock over some of the things that I saw in that film. The scenes in Cuba broke me down and angered me. How can our health care system be so out of whack? Really.... How many millions do you need to make before you start doing the right ... Read More
Rating:  - Interesting? Yes. Propaganda? Maybe...
felt that this movie was very well done. The basic premise, of course, is that while we in the United States excel in many things, we are lacking in our development of a health care system that provides service to everyone. The film focuses on universal health care systems in countries like Canada, Great Britain, France, and even Cuba. It also shows many Americans who have had horrible experiences, even deaths, with the American Insurance and Health Care systems. I found the information in this film ... Read More
Rating:  - Why do negative reviewers rate Moore and not his films?
I enjoy reading the negative reviews for Moore films. They will attack Moore himself and his politics and then wave the magic anti-liberal wand like it automatically absolves them from making any further logical argument. Is it because they don't have rational argument for the actual content of the film and the questions being asked in it?
One of the oft-heard arguments is the grandstanding that Moore does in his films. Is taking a bunch of sick people to Cuba a showboat tactic? Yes it ... Read More
Rating:  - Propoganda Not Documentary
Michael Moore is a popular, if polarizing, figure with the ability to draw millions in America into a conversation with the potential to impact our lives. Health Care is a serious issue and requires serious discussion and debate if we are to fix it.
I would find it hard to believe that any who watched this film would not feel for the individuals in the film. The problem is that Mr. Moore only interviewed individuals. And only individuals that represented the viewpoint he was attempting to ... Read More
Rating: - Just try not to get in sick in America ...
You would have to be a pretty hard heart-hearted person and stubborn to boot, if you couldn't watch Michael Moore's documentary `Sicko' and not be a concerned, troubled or a little worried.
It's interesting to say the least, that of the few documentaries that Moore has done, this one has taken the least amount of flack, but also getting the smallest amount of press. I guess the message is in the movie, and you should come away with it if any of your humanity is still intact when it's all ... Read More
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