Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: October 5, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOct 3, 2012
When we speak of "American health care," we should in fact be calling it "American sickness care." There's more money to be made in making people sick and healing them than in keeping them well in the first place. The documentary Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare makes this argument with stunning clarity. Read full review
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Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranOct 4, 2012
Cogent, convincing, determinedly non-ideological, Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare tells us that everything we think we know about that incendiary topic might be wrong. And it offers us a way out of the morass. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoOct 4, 2012
That the movie largely sidesteps partisan politics will no doubt irk some viewers, but may just be its greatest strength. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 6, 2012
The bottom line: The impact of this forceful indictment of our healthcare system is lessened by the sheer ubiquity of similarly-themed documentaries. Read full review
70
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisOct 4, 2012
Advocating freedom from a system that "doesn't want you to die and doesn't want you to get well," this hard-hitting film leaves us finally more hopeful than despairing. Read full review
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The PlaylistKatie WalshOct 6, 2012
Ultimately, while 'Escape Fire' proposes numerous options for changing the system-- getting Medicare to cover healthy lifestyle counseling programs, incentivizing doctors to spend time with patients, and patients to empower their own health-- the one that is most poignant is that people should spend the time to take care of each other. Read full review
70
VarietyRobert KoehlerOct 2, 2012
Lacking the outrage and wit of Michael Moore's "Sicko," which dealt with the different matter of health insurance, this documentary is stronger on finding viable solutions. Read full review
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