Sicko (2007)
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 120 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Michael Moore
Stars: Michael Moore and George W. Bush
IMDb score:
8,0 (78.213)
Releasedate: 18 May 2007
Sicko plot
"This might hurt a little."
This time, Michael Moore examines the health system in the United States and, in particular, why countless patients are not getting the care they should have, because insurance companies do everything they can to cut costs and pharmaceutical companies want to maximize their profits. In this documentary, Moore himself tries to save the lives of certain individuals.
Reviews & comments
Denveen
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- 355 messages
- 288 votes
Very shocking because of the very one-sided nature. A striking example is how the defense of Guantanamo Bay is taken out of context. Despite this, Moore has a good point again this time and some of the situations outlined remain inexplicable. Very interesting.
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K. V.
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- 4376 messages
- 3777 votes
There's been so much going on on Obama's health plans lately, so check this one out. I have to say, it was a very impressive documentary. I didn't know that their hospital visits were so bad. I thought this documentary was definitely worth watching, certainly not only for the Americans, but we also get a good wake-up call that we have it so good.
The film is not totally objective and Michael Moore sometimes presents it a bit too rosy (eg with that French "rich" couple), but nevertheless he is right.
The documentary is otherwise well presented, I would say if you have the chance to watch this docu, definitely do it.
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JJ_D
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- 3815 messages
- 1344 votes
lousy.
The abuses of the American health care system cannot be exposed often enough and grotesquely and painfully and poignantly. Only this time Michael Moore clearly ignores the essence of the story. As if the extensive yet one-sided portrayal of the French, British and Cuban alternative is an excuse for not having to go into where the shoe pinches fundamentally in the US: the idea that solidarity and the idea of 'the American dream' are irreconcilable. to be.
My concern is this: does it matter that the French government supports the washing and peeing of young families? And above all, speaking of the NHS, one must also speak of the two-track medicine, the long waiting times in the state-funded system and the inequality that comes with the emphatic presence of a private section. That's not what the film was about, of course, but the contrast that Moore tries to portray is not quite right. Connecting the eternal 9/11 trauma to the Cuban Missile Crisis and thus pushing 'Sicko'[/i] to a sentimental high: there's something absurd about it, and it's like a kitschy and explicitly emotional layer actually completely redundant. And, again: it is a missed opportunity to name the true pain point.
I've missed the doctors, the politicians, the academics, the sociologists and philosophers who approach the problem more intellectually than emotionally. Anyway, again reaching for daily or weekly newspapers, instead of this one that is monotonous.
2.5*
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