The Bleeding Edge

Name: The Bleeding Edge
Genre: Documentary
Released: July 27, 2018
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Angie Firmalino, Rita Redberg, Robert Bridges, Stephen Tower

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Netflix | Release Date: July 27, 2018 | TV-14

Starring: Angie Firmalino, Rita Redberg, Robert Bridges, Stephen Tower

Summary: America has the most technologically advanced health care system in the world, yet medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death, and the overwhelming majority of high-risk implanted devices never require a single clinical trial.

Director: Kirby Dick

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: TV-14

Runtime: 99 min

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Ken Jaworowski

Jul 26, 2018

The surgery scenes in The Bleeding Edge are squirm-in-your-seat uncomfortable. But it’s the interviews — watching patients recount agonies they’ve suffered from poorly researched and regulated medical devices — that are hardest to sit through. Read full review

Carlos Aguilar

Jul 26, 2018

Finding an enthralling equilibrium between hard numerical data and heartrending testimonials, Dick masterfully weaves together both the expert statements you’d expect in a documentary like this and first-hand accounts from victims; the results are alarming and essential for anyone even remotely invested in their own physical and psychological wellness. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Jul 28, 2018

The Bleeding Edge needs to be seen, so that it can change hearts and minds. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Apr 27, 2018

Less cohesive documentary than feature-length red flag, The Bleeding Edge assembles a range of talking heads and upsetting case studies to target several key villains. Read full review

Chris Barsanti

Jul 26, 2018

Sharply argued, indignantly one-sided and stylistically monotonous The Bleeding Edge sometimes seems closer to angry PSA than documentary. But that may not be a distinction that matters. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Apr 27, 2018

The Bleeding Edge is a terrifying eye-opener. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Susan Wloszczyna

Jul 27, 2018

This is neither the most cinematically entertaining nor the sexiest topic ever examined by what amounts to a Code Red warning sign of a public service announcement. But Dick and producers Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy know the value of focusing on a compelling collection of human subjects who generously relive their first-hand agony. Read full review

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Deanomite

Jan 24, 2020

Good healthcare documentaries are very rare, this one is about medical devices implanted in people, the innovations and the power of companies producing them. This covers birth control implants, hips (10 million replacement hips causing neurological problems). Surgical mesh getting wrappedGood healthcare documentaries are very rare, this one is about medical devices implanted in people, the innovations and the power of companies producing them. This covers birth control implants, hips (10 million replacement hips causing neurological problems). Surgical mesh getting wrapped around nerves, slicing open genitals-19 surgeries to remove mesh. Johnson and Johnson paid $300m in lawsuits in a decade, made $683b in profits off it. 50,000 people a year getting cancer from ct scans. FDA installing spyware on doctor and scientist computers. it looks like this documentary got essure taken off market.… Expand

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