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Sicko documentary

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Original title

Sicko

Year

2007

Running time

120 min.

Country

United States

Director

Michael Moore

Screenwriter

Michael Moore

Cast

Music

Erin O'Hara

Cinematography

Christoph Vitt

Producer

The Weinstein Company, Dog Eat Dog Films

Genre

Documentary | Satire. Medical

Synopsis

After his Palme d'Or at Cannes 2004 for "Fahrenheit 9/11" and his Oscar-winning film "Bowling for Columbine", acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore is back with a documentary that denounces the American healthcare system; A system that, in the absence of universal health care, excludes 50 million Americans - who either do not have private health insurance or cannot afford it - and which is based on private companies, which mainly seek economic benefits, and especially on insurance companies that pay bonuses to the employees who provide them with the most profitability by denying benefits and claims to the insured.

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Awards: 2007: Nominated for Oscar: Best Documentary

2007: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection (Out Of Competition)

2007: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Documentary

2007: Critics' Choice Awards: Best Documentary Feature

2007: Chicago Film Critics Awards: Best Documentary

2007: Producers Guild Awards (PGA): Best Documentary

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Critics' reviews

"Sicko will scare people, and it probably should. (...) Moore documents a corrupt and scandalous situation (...) No one should consider 'Sicko' the last word on the health care issue, but it just might spark the demand for a genuine, honest discussion."

Mick LaSalle: SFgate
"Moore is onscreen less, not so cocky, not going for so many laughs. He simply tells one story after another about Americans who are sick, dying or dead because we have an undemocratic, profit-gouging health care system (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"'Sicko' is the least controversial and most broadly appealing of Mr. Moore’s movies. (It is also, perhaps improbably, the funniest and the most tightly edited)"

A. O. Scott: The New York Times
"A classic entertainer and a professional mensch, [Moore] knows how to couch a daunting issue in human terms."

Richard Corliss: Time
"An affecting and entertaining dissection of the American health care industry"

Alissa Simon: Variety
"It's not impossible that this bitterly funny, bitterly sad call to alms could move reform back up the political agenda. For that reason alone, you owe it to yourself to see this movie."

Tom Charity: CNN
"'Sicko' is a full-throttle polemic, teeming with tremendous flourishes of showbiz sentimentality, gloriously outrageous stunts and exquisitely judged provocations (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian

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