Sicko
Lionsgate | Release Date: June 29, 2007
7.5
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BerendJan 31, 2008
It is a good documentary. But I'm not going to react further on it, I'm going toe react on the people who gave it a 0 and on the people who think that the American health care system is very good for everyone. The American system It is a good documentary. But I'm not going to react further on it, I'm going toe react on the people who gave it a 0 and on the people who think that the American health care system is very good for everyone. The American system is good for everyone who has enough money if you don't have enough money then it's you're problem, and I think that EVERYONE has the right on health care no matter how much money you earn. I live in the Netherlands (for stupid people Holland) and we have public health care and it is very good the Nethelands is number 17 on the list and America? America is number 37 on the list (http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html). So I think Moore is right something has to be done at you're health care system thingie.… Expand
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DerekA.Nov 10, 2007
I think that he does highlight the problems with healthcare in the USA, but glorifies the health service is the UK which if you live here, like I do, you would realise that you have to waith weeks or even months to see a doctor. If you need I think that he does highlight the problems with healthcare in the USA, but glorifies the health service is the UK which if you live here, like I do, you would realise that you have to waith weeks or even months to see a doctor. If you need to see a specialist or need an operation in hospital, you would be waiting months. Good movie though… Expand
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HarryH.Nov 22, 2007
Best film of the year, maybe this will bring change to the health care system
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JoshE.Nov 28, 2007
Michael Moron, is a liar and a terrorist, High in cholestorol-Low in truth.
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SamNov 8, 2007
Message for E.B. Typical flag waving ignoramus. Never question the system and take in whatever hogwash is presented to you like they're the words of Jesus. It's people like you who make Americans like me sick. Sick to my stomach.
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Dr.MichaelE.Dec 22, 2007
If Moore had gone into details, opponents would yell that he got too distracted by minutiae, that it's going to be unworkable, too expensive, etc. I was so moved by this movie that I've set about to find reasons not to change my If Moore had gone into details, opponents would yell that he got too distracted by minutiae, that it's going to be unworkable, too expensive, etc. I was so moved by this movie that I've set about to find reasons not to change my opposition to universal health care. Michael Moore is clearly a hero here, and he has class: Look at his $12,000 anonymous donation for health care for an anti-Moore webmaster whose wife needed an operation. I know that I would not have had that kind of class (and yes, I realize that by putting this in the film the donation was no longer anonymous, but it was at the time).… Expand
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JordanA.Oct 26, 2007
BRILLIANT!!!! Everyone in America should see this!!
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zouzoun.Oct 31, 2007
Even if we hear that Mr.Moore is getting rich by making films like this, it;s really worth paying him, and everybody else who does an efford to tell it like it is!!!! Excellent Mr. Moore!
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RirenJun 24, 2007
Let me save you the price of a movie ticket right now: insurance companies and HMO's aren't helping an awful lot of people in this country, and socialized medicine is helping a lot of people elsewhere. If you actually care about Let me save you the price of a movie ticket right now: insurance companies and HMO's aren't helping an awful lot of people in this country, and socialized medicine is helping a lot of people elsewhere. If you actually care about this, get involved. Read a book on the subject, donate time at a free clinic - either seriously educate yourself or do something. Don't watch this movie and pretend you've done your part. I can't remember a single statistic Moore presented as fact, though there were a few that he or a guest mentioned as something they believed to be true, or something they'd heard. Instead of relying on statistics, he gives us anecdotes: these three people had this bad experience, these eight people in France had this good experience, this nanny works for the French government, this man had a $600,000 medical bill in Hawaii. Is it normal? Were there unusual circumstances? We don't know, we won't know, and Moore doesn't care to give us a hand. He plays on your emotions rather than your reason to keep you from disagreeing with him. You can't disagree with the mother of a dying child, you can only feel horrible for her, and resent the insurance company that didn't help. And before you can analyze these anecdotes, he's off to make whimsical jokes about how great another country's medical system is. The movie doesn't rely on a bibliography like a book would, and makes no effort to be as informative. It's not like Moore is the first person to publicly criticize our healthcare system, and he's certainly doesn't do the best job of it. Please, if you care, read a book about it. This movie is really only good for convincing the stupid or reaffirming the beliefs of people who already agree.… Expand
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CiaranG.Jun 25, 2007
Not just a movie, a message to the world.
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JK.Jun 25, 2007
Thought provoking!
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MikeMurphyJun 27, 2007
To those few who've given zeros to this film, it's obvious they haven't even seen Sicko. Still holding grudges on Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 film? Sweet, continue to be the embarrassing ignorant Americans we all know you can To those few who've given zeros to this film, it's obvious they haven't even seen Sicko. Still holding grudges on Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 film? Sweet, continue to be the embarrassing ignorant Americans we all know you can be. The film doesn… Expand
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DanielS.Jun 27, 2007
Yeah, what's up with Metacritic's TIME score of 50? I quesiton that too. Great tackling of this important topic that affects all of us. At least someone has the courage to tackle the details and stories concerning this issue.
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[Anonymous]Jun 28, 2007
When a movie that criticizes a corrupt system that, instead of helping sick people, attempts to maximize profits and rejects dying people because of the cost, I tend to think that progress might be made if enough people start to focus in on When a movie that criticizes a corrupt system that, instead of helping sick people, attempts to maximize profits and rejects dying people because of the cost, I tend to think that progress might be made if enough people start to focus in on this terribly neglected issue. The light humor that pervades SiCKO adds the greatest tool Moore has ever used: People dying because of corrupt insurance companies is not funny and something must be done.… Expand
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SergioP.Jun 28, 2007
So why did Metacritic just change TIME's review from a "50" to a "80" on this webpage--and the score didn't change--it's still a 71? I thought TIME had more oomph that that. Grrrrrrrreat film. Eye-opening. Tackles a subject So why did Metacritic just change TIME's review from a "50" to a "80" on this webpage--and the score didn't change--it's still a 71? I thought TIME had more oomph that that. Grrrrrrrreat film. Eye-opening. Tackles a subject which seems difficult but at the bottom of it all, is just really about being human and how to treat humans the right way. Thank you for this film.… Expand
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DustinB.Jun 29, 2007
Outstanding job of showing how backwards USA can be. Our country is being held hostage by big business, pharm companies are messing with our kids. Hopefully this will ignite a change, its powerful enough to do so.
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SarahBJun 29, 2007
I am so thankful to live in a country with public health care, especially after seeing how little the American for-profit model does to care for its citizens. This is an important film that will hopefully provoke a long overdue dialogue on I am so thankful to live in a country with public health care, especially after seeing how little the American for-profit model does to care for its citizens. This is an important film that will hopefully provoke a long overdue dialogue on how America is failing its citizens where health is concerned.… Expand
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MikeS.Jun 29, 2007
This is the last time I pay to see a Michael Moore movie. I thought I might learn something; America just isn't that bad. With Moore, nothing is good enough. Not only is the glass half empty, it's the wrong color glass, the wrong This is the last time I pay to see a Michael Moore movie. I thought I might learn something; America just isn't that bad. With Moore, nothing is good enough. Not only is the glass half empty, it's the wrong color glass, the wrong size glass... don't waste your money or time.… Expand
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TonyS.Jun 29, 2007
I'm not surprised that most of the negative reviews failed to mention anything that takes place in the film. For once in a longtime Moore has made a Non-Partisan film. Even Fox News gave this film a rave review (Though maybe to proud to I'm not surprised that most of the negative reviews failed to mention anything that takes place in the film. For once in a longtime Moore has made a Non-Partisan film. Even Fox News gave this film a rave review (Though maybe to proud to post it here). I new our (America's) health care system was so poor...I didn't know it was that poor. I didn't know Cuba had free Heath Care. I didn't know that France had a free heath care system. The only problem I had with this film is that Moore sometimes tries to sneak in rehashed ideas from Fahrenheit 9/11. While Moore suffered a defeat after that film, I doubt it will be the case this time around.… Expand
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WillH.Jun 29, 2007
Moore's best film by far! I have personally had a taste of health care in Canada (skiing accident), France (fractured ankle), England (major food poisoning) and the majority in the U.S. Surprisingly I'm a pretty healthy guy with a Moore's best film by far! I have personally had a taste of health care in Canada (skiing accident), France (fractured ankle), England (major food poisoning) and the majority in the U.S. Surprisingly I'm a pretty healthy guy with a lot of air miles. I can tell you from first hand experience that Moore nails it! Although I have 'good' insurance here, the great treatment I received in these other countries was incredible. The actual thrill of having a kind doctor come to you was mind numbing for an American expecting to wait to get in for an appointment or worse spending hours in an emergency room waiting to be seen (appendectomy). Trust me, it doesn't matter how good your insurance is here....in the E.R. it's "back of the line!" Although saddened by the despair of the victims of our corrupt bureaucracy, I left the theater optimistic that we as Americans have the democratic ability to change the system!… Expand
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PeerB.Jul 14, 2007
I just SiCKO and left in tears. When I read the people on this site who trash the film, none of them have really any rebuttal to the facts presented in Moore's film. Instead they repeat the tired line that people would rather go to an I just SiCKO and left in tears. When I read the people on this site who trash the film, none of them have really any rebuttal to the facts presented in Moore's film. Instead they repeat the tired line that people would rather go to an American hospital. The point is that most people either can not get care in , or can not afford to go to, an American hospital. Yes, horror stories exist everywhere, but only in America is there total fear that going to the doctor will bankrupt you.… Expand
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RolandP.Jul 15, 2007
Moore nails our United States health care "system" fiasco "head on" and "flat out" with no equivocation. He does a superb job on exposing this wretched state of affairs that has been much too long in being and must be busted and exposed.
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DanB.Jul 15, 2007
It's definitely worthwhile but it teaches me nothing because he doesn't even try to prove anything he says. He cherry picks horror cases from the US and suggests they are representative. And then he presents his version of foreign It's definitely worthwhile but it teaches me nothing because he doesn't even try to prove anything he says. He cherry picks horror cases from the US and suggests they are representative. And then he presents his version of foreign systems and suggests he is being fair and representative. But why should I trust him? Who is he to me? He also contradicts himself on Cuba. On the list he himself sites and puts on screen, which says America is 37th in health care in the world, Cuba is right there two notches down, at 39. And then he tries to tell us Cuba is the best of the best, meds-wise. I am not averse to universal healthcare or government-run systems, and as far as I know the systems in France and Britain and Canada really are as great as the film claims, but this movie is not at all convincing because it employs only trust-me reasoning.… Expand
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DanF.Jul 17, 2007
Any country that simply lets its citizens die shouldn't be called developed. And one who does that while at the same time letting the supposed representatives of those citizens' health get rich is downright sick. This movie Any country that simply lets its citizens die shouldn't be called developed. And one who does that while at the same time letting the supposed representatives of those citizens' health get rich is downright sick. This movie didn't teach me much I didn't already know, but it was still fantastic.… Expand
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AndrewKJul 23, 2007
The best film I've seen all year. If you think Moore gets his facts wrong, I suggest you visit his website where he always has direct links to the sources of all his information. One commenter on here made the same mistake that Sanjay The best film I've seen all year. If you think Moore gets his facts wrong, I suggest you visit his website where he always has direct links to the sources of all his information. One commenter on here made the same mistake that Sanjay Gupta made on CNN in claiming factual error. One which is completely invalidated by Moore's website by citing, as I just explained, specific factual evidence. People who think Moore has a political bias have obviously not been following his career any further back than Bowling for Columbine. He criticized Bill Clinton every chance he got, and in 2000, he supported Ralph Nader in his presidential run. But all of this is beside the fact. Moore made an amazing film that will blow people away. Yeah, I already know our healthcare system sucks. I didn't know quite as much about how good they have it in some other countries. To paraphrase one woman he talks to in a doctor's lobby in Canada, people will always find something to complain about. There are always problems. No system is perfect. But what they've got is still a hell of a lot better than what we've got. I work in the healthcare industry and nobody I work with has any faith in insurance companies. We all know that they are constantly trying to get out of paying for peoples' treatment. I don't understand why anyone would try and defend these companies on the grounds that we live in a capitalist system and that people making money is a win-win for everyone involved. We're talking about people's lives and you have the nerve to say, "but then people won't make money!" You obviously have your priorities out of order. The same argument is made by those against environmental regulation. Money isn't worth anything if we're not alive to have it. This film makes an absolutely convincing case for universal health care. There is no debate. We need it and we need it now. Go see this film.… Expand
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RyanCJul 25, 2007
Great film, very informing, and entertaining to boot! Of course, you must understand that this film is biased. However, it sheds light on major issues that plague the United States. I've noticed that most people giving this a low rating Great film, very informing, and entertaining to boot! Of course, you must understand that this film is biased. However, it sheds light on major issues that plague the United States. I've noticed that most people giving this a low rating are assuming that Moore is trying to paint a picture that says, "our health care system is broken, countries like Canada are better." This is not the case. All Moore is doing is showing us that universal healthcare is possible, and that it works. As the most powerful and wealthy country in the world, Moore (and I) believe that we can adopt such a system, and attempt to remove the negatives that people are talking about. If you take nothing else from this film, be opened minded enough to notice the horrible things corporate greed and crooked politicians - on both the right and left - are doing to this country.… Expand
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CameronM.Aug 23, 2007
Very solid and very insightful. Yes, many things unanswered and lack of cohesiveness at times. Anyone that does not feel this film could fuel a serious discussion on health care has made up their mind based on the filmmaker and not the Very solid and very insightful. Yes, many things unanswered and lack of cohesiveness at times. Anyone that does not feel this film could fuel a serious discussion on health care has made up their mind based on the filmmaker and not the content. His greatest contribution to date.… Expand
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ASFeb 11, 2008
For the immigrants from the third world nation, we think that out of all the western countries, United States of America is the best country to live in. But after watching a couple of movies including Michael Moore's Sicko, I think that For the immigrants from the third world nation, we think that out of all the western countries, United States of America is the best country to live in. But after watching a couple of movies including Michael Moore's Sicko, I think that U.S.A is very similar to that of the Third world nations. For example, leaders are very much corrupt in Third world nations .. but after watching Sicko, I think that leaders are more corrupt in USA.. I think USA should switch to Universal Healthcare System ... and Mr. Moore if you are reading this .. plz bear in mind that we all are after you .. WE are there to support you .. Good Job!!… Expand
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TubieNov 2, 2010
Just like many of his work, Michael takes a very real issue and uses exageration and a pretty childish approach that only hurts the people trying to push for these changes.
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smartmartJul 18, 2015
Michael Moore. You either hate or love him, and the works I've seen from him ("Fahrenheit 9/11", "Bowling for Columbine", and this film) make me love him! Out of the films I just mentioned, I'm happy to say that "Sicko' is my favorite. ItMichael Moore. You either hate or love him, and the works I've seen from him ("Fahrenheit 9/11", "Bowling for Columbine", and this film) make me love him! Out of the films I just mentioned, I'm happy to say that "Sicko' is my favorite. It gives the viewer a funny, yet tragic look at the horribly flawed health industry in America. People share horrific stories of their experiences with health care, and Moore also travels into 4 different countries, and shows the superiority of their own health care systems. One of the best docs out there!… Expand
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Mauro_LanariMar 23, 2020
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Net of Moore's well-known flaws, in this case there is the surprise of both a greater political balance (the frontal attack on the false liberal Hillary Clinton), and an incredible lack of foresight: 14 years later, it is not(Mauro Lanari)
Net of Moore's well-known flaws, in this case there is the surprise of both a greater political balance (the frontal attack on the false liberal Hillary Clinton), and an incredible lack of foresight: 14 years later, it is not that the Yankees have rethought the socioeconomic model of the infamous Chicago school, but it is the rest of the (only?) West that has been infected by it. The result is now under the eyes of the whole world: Covid-19 has infected over 350 thousand people and killed over16 thousand of them, but among the dead there are no VIPs, who benefit from forms of (even preventive) healthcare that are inaccessible to any ordinary citizen. On March 17, 2020, Gordon Lichfield, director of the "MIT Technology Review", published this analysis: "As usual, the true cost [of the pandemic] will be borne by the poorest and weakest. People with less access to health care, or who live in more disease-prone areas, will now also be more frequently shut out of places and opportunities open to everyone else ... as with all change, there will be some who lose more than most, and they will be the ones who have lost far too much already. The best we can hope for is that the depth of this crisis will finally force countries—the US, in particular—to fix the yawning social inequities that make large swaths of their populations so intensely vulnerable". There is no justice even in the face of death.… Expand
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MattyTheLedgeJun 2, 2022
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fantastic documentary. Made me sick just how corrupt America is, and how Americans are made to believe that their health system is the best, because Americans have to pay for it - which is a load of rubbish; the NHS and free healthcare around the world are far superior without a doubt.

The documentary opened my eyes to know that I am so lucky to live in the UK (although the Tories are trying to dismantle the NHS - hopefully the Tories will be out next election) and how I am treated immediately regardless of condition, and I’ll receive top tier care.… Expand
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