Sicko (2007)

Synopsis

The film investigates health care in the United States, focusing on its health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry.

The film compares the for-profit, non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.

Moore interviews a number of people who have been left broke by medical bills even though they were fully insured, and explains how the corporate drive for profits has left numerous people in financial and medical disarray.



After exploring the predominance of violence in American culture in Bowling for Columbine and taking a critical look at the September 11th attacks in Fahrenheit 9/11, activist filmmaker Michael Moore turns his attentions toward the topic of health care in the United States in this documentary that weighs the plight of the uninsured (and the insured who must deal with abuse from insurance companies) against the record-breaking profits of the pharmaceutical industry.

After hearing that detainees in Guantanamo have access to free health care, Moore assembles a group of World Trade Center rescue workers to travel to Cuba in order to get the medical help they need for ailments they incurred in 2001.

Moore’s film debuted at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. —allmovie guide

Cast: Michael Moore, Tony Benn

Cannes (Out of Competition), London (Gala)

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Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Runtime: 123 min.