Sicko (DVD)

Michael Moore's documentaries tend to be like Les Dawson's piano playing - he hits all the right notes (the facts), but not necessarily in the right order (continuity), but we secretly know they are both fine performers in their own right but it wouldn't be funny any other way. In 2004 the outspoken fat lumbering slob to many seemed to polarize America with his outstanding and award winning Fahrenheit 911, highlighting the Bush Administrations alarming incompetence around the September 11 attacks and their uncomfortably relationship with the nation that had just attacked them, the Saudis, where as here he has back on more popular ground attacking Americas ...  Read the complete review

Michael Moore's documentary 'Sicko' presents a damning deconstruction of the American healthcare system. It begins with an exploration of the ideologies that founded the privatisation of healthcare in America, and shows that the reasons behind privatisation - the belief that the right to choose your doctor would improve standards in medicine - had inadvertently priced healthcare outside the means of average working people in many cases. As a British person, some of the counter-arguments that people have come up with throughout the years to a nationalised health service seem ridiculous and absurd. Michael Moore alludes to the fact that whenever a ...  Read the complete review

Director: Michael Moore Cast: Michael Moore Release Date: June 22nd, 2007 (US), October 26th, 2007 (UK) Certificate: PG-13 (US), 12A (UK) Love or hate Michael Moore, it's difficult to deny that he knows how to make a persuasive, and more to the point, entertaining documentary. Whilst his Fahrenheit 9/11 was far less compelling than the wildly witty Bowling for Columbine, Moore's latest film, Sicko, a scathing commentary on the American health-care system, seeks to return Moore's acerbic wit and relent in pushing the political trundle-wheel. Moore's jovial tone is very much abundant mere moments into Sicko, highlighting the absurdity ...  Read the complete review

"Sicko" (2007) - FILM ONLY REVIEW Writer: Michael Moore Director: Michael Moore Running Time: 123 minutes Certificate: 12A (UK) / PG (Ireland) / PG13 (USA) It has become something of a cliché to describe Michael Moore as a controversial, polarising character. To some, he is the White Knight of the left whose regular-guy approach to discussing uncomfortable subjects should be applauded, while to others he is a man who has exploited vulnerable interview subjects and creatively edited and interpreted history to present the picture he wants to make his attention-grabbing documentaries a success. An entire industry has ...  Read the complete review

Michael Moore is perhaps best compared to Marmite. Most people either love him or hate him. Others, myself included, are partial to a thin layer spread on toast but perhaps fail to take a strong stance in either the love or hate camp. For those of you who aren't familiar with Michael Moore, he is an American filmmaker who has produced some of the highest-grossing documentaries of all time including Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11. As a self-proclaimed Liberal, Moore's films tend to take a political stance and explore contemporary issues in an entertaining and engaging manner and, whether you agree with his points of view or not, they tend to provide a ...  Read the complete review