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  • Directors: Michael Moore
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 7 Jan 2008
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000Z63YRU
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 5,196 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Michael Moore’s latest documentary may see him moving his sights away from the purely political arena, yet he loses none of his bite in the process. And with Sicko, a slanted, at-times devastating attack on the American health care system, he’s made one of his best films.

The problem, of course, for a UK audience is that it’s a very American system that Moore is attacking in Sicko. He’s out to highlight the number of people with health insurance who are getting perfectly legitimate claims turned away, as the companies concerned get fat off the profits. But there is a British angle, as Moore presents a surprisingly idyllic take on Britain’s own health service, that does sit in the midst of the film’s flabby middle section.

Yet when Moore points Sicko at the very people the system is letting down, his skills very much come to the fore. He puts forward passionate, partisan arguments with an incendiary style that few working American documentary makes can come close to matching, and it makes Sicko compulsive viewing. Whether you agree with the man’s politics or not, his films are provocative, very well made and hard not to admire. Sicko is no exception. --Jon Foster

Synopsis
America's most incendiary filmmaker, Michael Moore, returned in 2007 with this health-care-industry expose. 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.


Of course, SICKO isn't a PBS documentary, it's a Michael Moore movie, and his fingerprints are all over it. Moore visits countries that have universal health care--spectacularly so when he takes several World Trade Centre workers to Guantanamo Bay (and then to Cuba) to receive health care that they were denied in the United States--and presents a compelling argument for adopting a similar system in the States. Moore's ultimate purpose here is to compel Americans to care for one another, and it's a simple request that shockingly must be made via a major motion picture, making SICKO essential viewing.

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4.0 out of 5 stars lessons could be learned from other countries, 19 Mar 2008
For the length of the film try to suspend your personal feelings about Moore (it's easy do to... politics plays a much smaller role in this film) and just pay attention to the message. Health care in America is a mess. So many people can't afford it and even those who can/do aren't guaranteed the tests and approvals necessary in order to receive quality care.

As an American I've struggled in the past with thoughts that socialized medicine would be an absolute nightmare... that it would mean endless amounts of time on waiting lists and enough paperwork to fill a landfill. But it doesn't have to be that way. I'm here to tell you as someone benefiting from socialized medicine in Germany that the quality of treatment is quite good. That maybe, just maybe... and this is a difficult concept for lots of Americans who believe their country sets the standard in every way possible... lessons could be learned from other countries.

Moore does an amazing job of pointing exactly this. He visits England and marvels at the fact that its citizens receive free health care. He interviews patients, doctors, hospital administrators, and pretty much debunks the myths that socialized medicine is not only of poor quality, but a slippery slope to communism.

I realize no system is perfect... there are those from GB or Canada or Cuba even who probably scoff at Moore's depiction of their health care, but at least they have health care. Millions of Americans don't, and suffer for the lack.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Bad reviews by healthcare execs?, 9 Dec 2008
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Michael Moore always seems to stir up hatred amongst some people. The common complaint always seems to be that his facts are off. I can only guess that the people that make these accusations have either a) done their own research on the subject or b) are some of the people that Moore is trying to 'take down'. Who cares if he seems to put his own views into his work? The fact of the matter is surely this, he is standing up for the little man. He is sticking it to the establishment who think they can control people like puppets because they have money and power. Is that not a good thing? Maybe some people just prefer to be controlled? Bowling For Columbine saw him taking on the ridiculous use of fire arms in the US. Is that a BAD thing? Fahrenheit 911 saw him taking on the appalingly run and hypocritical US government. Is that a BAD thing? Sicko takes a swipe at the totally unfair American health system. Is THAT BAD? His views may not be to everyone's taste but surely everyone needs some one to take a stand at the injustices of this world? Someone who is not afraid of taking on these people who treat people like dirt just to swell their own pockets. Come one people!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Doc, 5 Nov 2008
By JEY (Largs, UK) - See all my reviews
Well, you certainly learn new things in this documentary about the state of American Health Care. I had a vague notion that they paid for their treatments, but I had no idea it was so mercenary. And at times, utterly merciless.

Of course the facts do get kinda paraded before us with the usual Michael Moore selective-in-yer-face spin. The stunt with the 9/11 rescue workers smacked of blatant sensationalism, but I am glad they at least got treatment for their efforts. Michael's portrayal of a wonderful free NHS doling out money for travel expenses made me giggle. Yes, we have a good health care system but the way Moore was banging on about it, you'd think the bed pans were plated with gold. I would have preferred a more balanced view. Instead of Doctor I-Have-An-Audi, he should have talked to a nurse and anyone on the waiting list for an operation. The same goes for his portrayal of the French system. All pros and no cons. Oh, and a governmental laundry service too! Wheee!

Still, majorly biased viewpoints aside, this is quite an eye opening documentary featuring the plight of US citizens at the mercy of powerful Health Insurance companies and corrupt politicians. It is truly deeply shocking how these people can so easily weigh the cost of a human life against a loss of some profit.

One to watch and wonder about long after it's finished.
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