Sicko
2007 Directed by Michael Moore
Synopsis
This might hurt a little.
Sicko is a Michael Moore documentary about the corrupt health care system in the United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing peoples lives. -The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make- is the business concept for health providers in America.
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Inte ens om jag gav min pappa en vinkelslip och ett år skulle han kunna få fram en så här fin vinkel. Kudos, Micke.
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Vi e me frustei. Não com o filme, com a vida. Aonde cancela?
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ίσως υπερβολικό, αλλά ωραίο.
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I like the way Michael Moore presents things through criticism and sarcasm, without caring how much really is thuth and/or propaganda, since the subject is right. He askes the right questions all the way. The picture of capitalized money-greedy American Goverment now gets me sick. Good documentary, like the rest of the Moore's work. Loved it.
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Moore takes on the American system of healthcare (as was), in a film as gratuitous, sanctimonious, disingenuous, uneven, entertaining, impassioned and correct as all his others. Mixing horror stories from people cut adrift with intelligent interviews (hurray, Tony Benn!), historical analysis and those attention-grabbing, usually overwhelmingly pointless stunts, he creates an erratic, patchwork portrait of a sickening, profit-driven industry that leaves society's weakest to fend for themselves. And then he ventures further afield, to see how other countries care for their citizens.
I could do without Moore's camera zooming in greedily as soon as anyone starts crying - a hideously exploitative affliction - his mock-ignorance becomes a little tiring after a while, and his films would be a whole lot…
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A brilliant and sardonic take on America's healthcare system.
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You know for a guy who says he loves America so much you would never know it based on Michael Moore's documentaries where he just seems to bash his beloved country on one controversial topic after another. This time Moore takes aim at the American health care system.
While he makes sure to say that the the doctors are top notch he makes sure to let people know that that is only the case if you have the money to pay for it out of your own pocket or if you qualify for some sort of health insurance which seems impossible given the way he talks about it.
After talking about how terrible the American health care system including sharing…
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Inte ens om jag gav min pappa en vinkelslip och ett år skulle han kunna få fram en så här fin vinkel. Kudos, Micke.
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moving to guantanamo bay asap
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Amazing. I have spent a good part of the last year & a half telling people about insurance plans and answering concerns. I think everyone I know has at some point been screwed over by the sick system we have in place. I have sat in rooms where representatives from companies have talked about promoting "consumerism" among members, how HMOs are bad because people use them more, and about how it all comes down to the numbers. The well being of a human being should never come down to the numbers. Universal healthcare is the only humane way to care for people. Now we just need to remind some politicians that being "public servants" should at some point involve caring!
(2007 rating & review; my rage over the system has increased, not abated but I don't feel like writing a screed over just another documentary)
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Vi e me frustei. Não com o filme, com a vida. Aonde cancela?
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ίσως υπερβολικό, αλλά ωραίο.
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I don't watch many documentaries, the main reason is that they've never been easy to get, but I also never went out and seek them out. However Michael Moore's documentaries are always controversial and "infamous", so they attract more attention.
Not living in the US, I was happy to learn about their healthcare system and I didn't have any political preconception before watching this. I only saw this to have information, not to criticize or take sides.
The information provided is very interesting, it helps my understanding of the way different countries work. Some of the info about Europe was more familiar to me, but still welcome.
Of course Moore's films are never unbiased. He always has a motive and…