- Category: Video » Comedy » Comedy, General
- Format: DVD
- Region:
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- Number of Discs: 1
- UPC/EAN: 796019807500
- WAPI (Tower ID): 111430988
- Studio: Weinstein Company/Genius
- Release Date: November 6, 2007
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Average Customer Review:
(1 customer review)
- Tower.com Sales Rank: #237 in Movies (See Top 100 Movies Bestsellers)
- #32 in Comedy (See Top 100 Comedy Bestsellers)
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About "Sicko (DVD)"
Review
New York Times, 06/22/2007, p.E1, "[Moore] has never before made a film that stated his bedrock ideological principles so clearly and accessibly." USA Today, 06/22/2007, p.6D, 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] film that will arouse surprise, outrage, sadness and heated discussion....This is a film that those of various political affiliations will find compelling." Entertainment Weekly, 07/13/2007, p.50, "SICKS is outspoken in its dismay that a country as rich and powerful as the United States should force so many of its citizens to gamble on the odds of sustained good health." -- Grade: B+ Empire, 11/01/2007, p.54, 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]mpassioned cinema....Crusading stuff, bluntly and brilliantly argued." Sight and Sound, 12/01/2007, p.91, "A trawl of witnesses betrayed by HMOs shows his filmmaking at its most brilliant, and raises the odd bitter laugh....Moore also nails the guilty politicians with vigour and relish..." Total Film, 11/01/2007, p.48, 4 stars out of 5 -- "SICKO is a shocker....It's Moore's strong affection for his homeland that fuels these howls of outrage." Uncut, 11/01/2007, p.149, 3 stars out of 5 -- "Moore's populist bombast serves the same commendable purpose as ever, turning a worthy social issue into serious-minded blockbuster entertainment." Rolling Stone, 06/28/2007, p.80, 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Moore brings a blunt clarity to the table....Moore's brutally comic take on matters of life and death is just the ticket....Moore delivers a movie of robust mind and heart."
Title Note
Theatrical Release: June 22, 2007
Product Notes
America's most incendiary filmmaker, Michael Moore, returned in 2007 with this health-care-industry exposé. SICKO tackles material as controversial as the topics explored in Moore's other films, yet does so in a way that places the focus on ordinary Americans affected by the nation's health-care crisis. After providing some historical background on how our nation's medical care system became so ravaged and unfair, Moore interviews a series of individuals and families who have had their lives all but destroyed by the denial of care in the service of profit. While there are two sides to the gun-control debate and even a legitimate discourse for how to best wage the war on terror, it's simply impossible to justify how a baby girl can wind up dead because her mother's health insurance wasn't accepted at a nearby hospital. Moore smartly allows this and other stories to be told with little or no interference, conjuring strong feelings of empathy, rage, and deep sadness.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews  Sicko, February 4, 2008
By kon_spear_ace_ee
Entertaining and interesting we get an ear full of facts in the usual Michael
Moore fashion.
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