Sicko Movie
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A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories.
| Richard Nixon | Himself |
| Linda Peeno | Herself |
| Michael Moore |
8.30 out of 10 (33889 votes)
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I was totally blown away
posted on 30 Aug 2009I have never been a Michael Moore fan, although I liked "Bowling for Coumbine' very much. I was totally blown away by this movie 'Sicko'. WOW! I know we have a problem in the healthcare/insurance area. What I did not know was- a)how bad our problem is, b)how well some other countries are handling this very important issue.The real contrast is that in the USA, of which I am a citizen, it's all about ME. In the countries Moore showed in this movie, it's about WE. When greed takes over, we have a catastrophic situation as we are experiencing now.After showing some horrible cases in the USA, Moore takes us to Canada, UK, France, and ....Cuba- yes, that communist country which is supposed to be so poor that many Cubans try to take a boat to the USA. In this movie the boat went from the USA to Cuba, and the story Moore showed was so heart warming that it brought tears to my eyes.If these countries can provide healthcare to their citizens, why can't the USA do it? Again, the answer is greed and MEism.This movie was an eye opener for me. It almost made me want to immigrate to France (yes, that beautiful country with the Eiffel tower), but any of the English speaking countries would be more convenient- LOL.Seriously, if you have not seen this movie yet, you have really missed something. I highly recommend it.
Scary
posted on 30 Aug 2009Where do I begin? Probably best to declare as a UK citizen I have only experienced the NHS, though I have been to the US thank goodness I never had need of medical treatment there. Secondly I am not a rabid Michael Moore fan, in my view is track record on film and TV is mixed. I thought "Sicko" was a good, eye-opening documentary which was frankly hard to enjoy, but I suppose for an American audience that is the point. I do have family both "blood" and in-laws in the US and I knew from them that the cost of health insurance was both crippling and also the nature of care provided is not always perfect...I think that I can guarantee no country has an ideal system. Yet watching this film made me thank God I live where I do. That scene where a bewildered patient is kicked out of a hospital only to be dumped on to the street was frankly beyond belief to me. Yes there was an inaccuracy about people in the UK who pay for prescription medicine, and there was not a full explanation of the French system which is different from ours, but broadly speaking the NHS was portrayed in financial terms factually. No-one is turned away for treatment, cash is paid out for travel if you are below a certain income and GP's are paid pretty handsomely. I read one UK reviewer complaining bitterly about MRSA. Is that unheard of in the US? NO. Also the 'postcode lottery.' Well my cancer ridden cousin from New York was told by her Insurance provider she was forbidden to see any doctor they did not choose. How would you like that? Ultimately this film was not made for me, it was made for Americans and only you can decide what a horrendous system you have to put up with.
Wonderful documentary
posted on 30 Aug 2009This is wonderful humanitarian documentary and beautiful work as others... like "Fahrenheit 9/11" or "Bowling for Columbine". I even registered to give 10 points :). It is sad, that America losing its name in the World as "country of the dreams". But it is not surprising, when such person as George Bush was elected TWICE. If George Bush is the best choice America can give... it tells much about people, who elected such person and what they deserve - big and juicy bull#hit from government. USA is big and united and that gives advantages for economy. It is scaring how man with child's brain gets massive weapons and plays with it? Blind believing and lost of reasoning thinking led to situation when government can fool all nation easily with demagogy and to bad health-care or outspread guns. Americans like to show their big guns to whole world. But it is how you get fear, not respect :). Until USA have such citizens as Michael Moore, hope is not dead :).
propagandist garbage
posted on 28 Aug 2009in the tour de force of bash-bush movies and make anything up to hurt Bush, Moore shows America what the democratic party is all about in this exciting equivalent to a trip to the toilet.Moore once again trashing the country that made him rich and famous and sells out his own country under the guise of free speech. Watch to learn about socialism and how great Cuba is under their dictator. I shall quote Hitler, Moores hero: "The great masses of the people... will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small one. " also "By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise." also "Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially insofar as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent." also "The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force."
It is where we are in History
posted on 24 Aug 2009Mr Moore writes movies for the underdog, you know the people that don't have FOX news in their pocket.The people Murdock wants to silence. The common people have again been represented fairly in in a Moore film. As a union member that will most likely go on strike over medical benefits next year this problem dominates quite a lot of thought time. Rates for the lousy rip off insurance we and our strapped employers are paying for have went up over 70% since 2000. I think this movie simply forces us to focus on the situation, certainly not what people in the hugely profitable health care industry want us to do. I was delightfully surprised at the means Moore used to convey his thoughts, and found it entertaining and thought provoking. This movie kicks off a summer where Medical Insurance will be the focus in discussions everywhere. I believe it is an historic film and will be remembered as a part of the summer of 2007 in our bleak, new, life is for the privileged American history.
The most important film that you'll see all year.
posted on 24 Aug 2009There is one film this year that every American needs to see. That seems to be the general consensus about Michael Moore's new documentary, Sicko.After just watching the movie, I can say that this is the most important film that is going to be released in 2007. It may be the most important film for some time after, as well.This movie is filled with deeply touching and heartbreaking moments. The story of a man having to choose which finger is going to be reattached: the middle finger, which will cost $60,000, or the ring finger, which will cost only $12,000. A mother, who's infant is refused treatment from a hospital because her insurance company wants her to go to a company owned hospital. A couple in their fifties who have insurance, but have to sell their home and move into their daughter's basement because they accrued so much debt from illness that they are forced to sell their house. Rescue workers from 9/11 who haven't received proper medical treatment because they don't have the money, and the government isn't convinced that they spent sufficient time at ground zero to receive government funds.The effect of these stories, told by the people who lived them, is obvious. These stories are meant to overwhelm you. To challenge your assumptions. To raise alarm and disgust over the treatment of human beings by insurance companies. It's no secret that the dollar is the bottom line for every corporation, but to have it written so poignantly across the health of American people is frightening.Moore does his normal routine, here. He uses anecdotal evidence to present his case. Statistics are used sparingly, and never sourced, and the narration is infused with mockery and sarcasm. He holds up Canada, Great Britain, France, and even Cuba as the mirror on which we can see our own faults."Look at what's possible! Look how these people live! They aren't weighed down with medical debt, they don't have to be denied health care by insurance companies unwilling to pay the money! These are are nations with problems, who still refuse to allow their citizens to go uncared for!" And the outcry is heard. It is felt. And it etched plainly on the soul of every American who has had to pay for medical care.Is the portrayal of these nations accurate? I don't know. Michael Moore has a clear reputation for needling the government (especially the Bush administration) and corporate power. Historically, he's never balked from exaggerating the truth and distorting words to suit his purpose. It's doubtful that he didn't do that, here.But that's not the point. The point of this film is not to say that Britain or France is better than us. It is to say that they aren't better than us; to ask why their citizens are treated better. Why do we have to fear going to the doctor because we can't afford it (even with insurance), yet they can walk into any hospital and never pay anyone for the care they receive? The message of this film isn't that the American system is bad, it's that the American system isn't working. The evidence is in how much money insurance companies make, and the effect that has on the population.Every nation has priorities. Universal national health care requires money, and that money has to come from somewhere. We spend as much on the military, in this country, as the next 20 countries in the world. Combined. Whether that is what this administration should be doing or not is another issue, it's a fact.What are we fighting for? To prevent another 9/11? Sure. But, meanwhile, this country is being eaten alive by illness, and insurance and drug companies are growing fat off our plight. There are many dangers in this world, and terrorism is only one of them.See this film. You owe it to yourself.
Scary Movie
posted on 16 Aug 2009The United States is rich and prosperous compared to other countries and gives billions of dollars to the likes of Iraq and Israel, yet according to this film it unjustly fails to provide proper health care to literally millions of its' citizens who deserve better.This is an informative and well presented 2 hour long documentary and gives us an insight into one aspect of the meanness and inequity in American Society. The documentary shows numerous real life case studies of individuals (who are often real patriots) and according to the stories about them in the film they have been denied health care by the greed of companies and individuals and by an inequitable system.There is a comparative study of health care systems in Canana, the UK, France and Cuba who all compare more favorably in how they treat patients than those in the States. The film maker also makes the highly valid point that detained terrorists have proper health care available to them, which is denied to some who actually should be getting it.In my view one of the problems with the States is it is a society controlled by grasping greedy people including a powerful group of extreme religious fanatics. They see profits ahead of people, and a lot of these "controllers" are anti-gay, anti abortion etc and want to impose their madness on the rest of society as well as their cruelness. Media crazies like Fox News propagate this evil agenda, which is often using scare tactics, hence the likes of George W.Bush gets elected.If there was any factual inaccuracies in this movie then cannot say I have heard or seen any serious rebuttal.At least the picture does exemplify freedom of speech, and Michael Moore is deserving congratulations for this excellent film.8/10.
No Credibility
posted on 16 Aug 2009I think the film displayed many of the shortcomings in the American health system but Moore didn't show the "cons" which made this film very bias.Plus, he didn't provide information as to how much these "extravagent" health systems cost the taxpayers of England, France or Canada.I was happy, however, to see all the politicians who accepted money from the insurance companies, including Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush. He mentioned all politicians no matter what party they belong to.I did not "buy" his "unbias" interview with his Canadian relatives. As they were extremely charming people their statements appeared scripted.I'm a bit disappointed in Michael Moore. I was looking forward to this film and all I saw was propaganda for a socialized health system in the U.S.
Time for a Change in Healthcare
posted on 14 Aug 2009I thought this was easily Michael Moore's best film. While there might be an argument about gun control or how 9/11 was handled, there is no argument about the United States healthcare system. Moore does a great job of showing just how broken the system is.Through examining the healthcare horror stories of US citizens and talking with British, French and Canadian citizens about how pleased they are with socialized medicine Moore paints a great picture of how flawed healthcare in the United States is. It was disheartening to see the obscene profits that the healthcare companies are taking in, especially after seeing their questionable ethics. It is unbelievable to see some of the claims that insurance companies are able to turn away.It was great when he brought the rescue workers to Guantanamo Bay. We provide the prisoners there with quality healthcare which demonstrates that we feel it is a basic right that even a prisoner should have. How can we consider ourself a world leader when we have one of the shortest life expectancies and highest infant mortality rates of any industrialized country? Through some form of socialized healthcare and a focus on preventative medicine we could certainly improve our quality of life.I honestly feel it would be un-American to not see the film and develop an opinion about the healthcare. The majority of Americans are getting the short end of the stick when it comes to healthcare while some fat cat gets rich. I applaud Moore for making this film and there are even some good laughs in it.
Socialist Europe would have been NAZI Europe without...
posted on 12 Aug 2009US. France may have learned how not to work and get paid for it, but it took the NAZI's less time then they get for their "minimum" vacations to run over the entire country. If it hadn't been for US, then, and to this date in terms of protecting them, they'd be goose-stepping for Hitler's decendent's instead of going to wine and cheese parties on their 5 week vacations. We retooled our automotive industry in one year and were turning out a B-52 long range bomber every 67 minutes, just about the time it took the frogs to surrender and join the other side. Somebody has to defend the free world, and it sure as hell isn't the French or their socialist neighbors. The movie made some excellent points, but emulating socialist Europe wasn't one of them.
Excellent and terrifying.
posted on 10 Aug 2009This movie was absolutely riveting and hopefully impacts the upcoming election. It will definitely impact my decision making process when I vote. The movie will keep your mind focused on the subject at hand. This is the best Moore film and does not strike me as mere sensationalism as did F911. I am not an extremely emotional person but this movie made my eyes water up a few times. The movie begins by talking about Americans with no insurance and then moves on to cover those who have been failed by our managed system of health care. Moore then takes this farther by showing how are country showed appreciation to rescue workers at Ground Zero who were not officially employed by the government. This movie should change people's lives and if there is any fairness maybe it will impact our system.Great.
Glad i'm Canadian
posted on 08 Aug 2009I can understand why people say this movie is a little one-sided since i guess the health insurance industry didn't really get a rebuttal to dispute accusations made in the film. I'd would have liked to see people who like the system say something. Also the part where Mr Moore takes the 9/11 volunteers to Guantanamo Bay was sensationalist(Rudy Guiliani style) since the sensitivities towards the victims was used to intensify the message. Another argument against the validity of the film is the use of other alleged isolated incidence where people fell through the cracks of the system. Now that i've told you my criticisms of the film this is why i think it was a great movie and an insight into the American health care system since i really had no idea before. By the way i enjoy Michael Moore's cheeky wit, it kind of reminds me of Jon Stewart Arguments Michael Moore didn't' use :1. Relying on insurance private companies Anyone who has dealt with insurance companies whether it be health, life, automotive or home you know they will find any way not to pay you. This is a business, for PROFIT, that is the main goal. Government bureaucracy and private sector bureaucracy any differences?2. Social Health Care I'm not arguing that sometimes you have to wait for an operation but if it comes down to waiting and never getting cause i can't afford it, i think waiting wins out. In Canada they have stories on the news about waits for surgeries but what they don't have is stories of people dying because they couldn't afford it. There is a priority list for those people with life threatening ailments so they will get bumped up. Also I've never heard of certain treatments being rejected. In Canada if a doctor recommends a treatment then there is no commitee to discuss whether or not to permit it ... IT JUST HAPPENS. Also the amount of taxes paid for health care cost is lower than premiums paid to HMOs. In Canada there is private health clinics which lets those who can afford to pay and avoid the line ups3. Lawyers and Settlements This point i can't argue against. American lawsuit awards are ridiculously high. You'll never see $50 million awards for malpractices any where but in the US. You should probably fix that too but doesn't mean thats the big problem with health care. If there was a cap on law suits put in place do u really think the health costs are gonna go down after the market has been set
a must see movie
posted on 06 Aug 2009Saw the movie and loved it. This should be a must see. Of course Michael Moore is one-sided on this issue. But so was "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair and other notable works of activism like "Silent Spring". That didn't mean they were wrong.I could have done less with Moore's commentary, but its his style. At least it isn't nearly as prevalent in this film as compared to some others he's done.An interesting point that Moore raises in the film as a question about our cultural identity as a nation when it comes to issues like health care is: "Who ARE we?" And although he doesn't answer it, I'll give my answer. We are a country that culturally is motivated by greed. Every man for himself. "Got mine, screw you." If you believe in using taxes to make lives better for your fellow neighbors and citizens no matter whether they are rich or poor, you're some kind of sucker. That's the legacy we're fighting in the uphill battle for universal health care.A word though about the detractors of this film. They seem to fall into three categories:1. The MM haters who review the film by personally attacking Moore and not even addressing the film except to apply adjectives to it like "fraud", "lies", etc. Yeah, REAL convincing argument there.2. The irrational who take the premise of "socialized medicine" and immediately jump to Communinism, Nazism, and how all citizens will lose all their rights if we dare even move in the direction of universal health care. (Based on which you'd think that by now England would be living in the world of "V for Vendetta". Oh, it isn't?)3. The US "experts" on how bad universal health care is in other countries. If they aren't baldly lying, they are taking a statement with a grain of truth in it and blowing it up so many orders of magnitude as to make it appear that they have made some kind of unassailable point about us good, them bad.My suggestion to combat these critics? Go online and find a forum that nationals from these other countries gather at and ask them questions about their health care systems. Not every system is perfect. But in all the opinions I've read NO ONE is willing to give up their national health system in favor of the American model, or even seriously consider replicating part of our system. Wait times are often the most exaggerated lies spread around. And if people are coming to the USA for health care its usually motivated by highly particular circumstances, not because if they had it done at home they'd surely die waiting or some ridiculous argument like that. And guess what? Those foreigners are coming with all the money in hand or high-cost extra private insurance to pay the full outrageous US bill. Meaning a good amount of them who hop over to the US for some treatments are wealthy to begin with.Finally the thing you NEVER hear the critics address is American ingenuity to solve the problem. They point out one or two bad things about this or that country's system, condemn their entire approach based on those negatives, and then conclude that we therefore already have the best system in the world and to change it would be disastrous. NEVER does a single one of them talk about the good old-fashioned concept of stealing the best ideas from a variety of sources to build a better system than any of the others. No, just be thankful for what you already have (even if you aren't allowed in because you aren't healthy enough, can't afford it, or will be bankrupted by it via denial of claims). End of story.That's why I think most of these people (usually in the #3 category) are shills for big health care and big pharma who are trying to spread misinformation in order to maintain the status quo. Don't listen to them. They DO NOT have your best interests in mind.
Bed Stories, Wolves
posted on 06 Aug 2009I enter all films through the same door: the same mind and eyes. But the filmmakers enter through different doors. Some just want to mine our need for old stories for lucre. Some want to create art, which I find it useful to think of in terms of new stories.And some want to convince, sometimes through inspiration. These are the dangerous ones. They want us to come in with our old stories and leave with new ones. But unlike the case with real art, they have a goal in mind, a specific goal. This is why I am troubled by Pat Robertson's "Christian" film school. Its extremely well funded by mostly lower class donors hoping to buy themselves a place in heaven. Graduates come out ready to fight the devil by winning my soul. Advertisers want to convince as well, but the agenda there is acknowledged and we use different story- combating tools when they knock.What to do with documentaries, though? The very idea is questionable. There is no such thing as honest journalism, not unless you have a commitment from the reader/viewer to actually weigh many stories. So we are confronted with a movie like this. Do we "like" it?What does it mean to be "good?" That it convinces?Michael Moore is getting good at this game. His target stories are less bizarre than in the 9-11 movie. It would have been enough to say that Bush and company were incompetent, superficial and panicked. But he went further with the notion that W was just in it for the bucks. This spun a stronger counter-story. If that film had not been made, Bush probably would not have been in a second term.So here he sticks mostly to stories we already know. Obviously the health industry benefits from things not in the public interest. Obviously they got this privilege through bribery (or influence if you prefer). Yes, it is true that nearly every viewer has a health care horror story. Yes, we already know that every non-American city in a developed country has it better health care wise.So what story is it that Moore needs to spin? What's the thing that he wants us to use to convince ourselves he isn't just a left-wing version of a big fat right wing entertainer?Its the story that universal health care is close to what the American ideal is. Not that it makes sense in a vast battle between armies in Washington, but that it is next to why we all have a social compact, and what that compact is.I admire this film. Its effective, but that's not why. I think in his past projects, He shot from the hip. He saw a wrong and wanted to get help — to convince viewers — to make it right. This time he has sought advice. This time he has real storymaking expertise. Sure, he rails on about bribery and greed, but only in so far as establishing his bonafides. I worry though. The fact is that we have HMOs in the US because the bad guys used this very technique in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of ads against "socialized medicine." Okay, so the other side after twenty years is now as competent. Is that enough?More precisely, is that enough to make this convincing film a worthwhile experience? Or just a social obligation?Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.
horrible
posted on 04 Aug 2009i probably hated this movie cause i don't take an interest in documentaries, since i am only 15. but this had to have been the most boring, non-funny movie i have ever witnessed in my entire life. i hated it. a lot. no joke. horrible. wouldn't recommend it to anyone under the age 100. sorry for the people who liked it, this is just an opinion, but i thought it was incredibly boring and i did not like it whatsoever.i have to use 10 lines of text. bad moviedon't spend time seeing it unless you like documentaries that are boringthis was so boring that i walked out.i didn't like it.I'm trying to finish up these last ten lines.bottom line: you probably won't like it.
Brilliant!
posted on 31 Jul 2009I know this is redundant to say by now, but spot on! Although Micheal Moore has a bias for a highly personal angle on the stories he tells which give them a feel of not being very balanced at all and rather biased on emotions. He does however get his points across in very clever, thought inducing and provocative ways! Bringing the 9/11 workers to Cuba for the health care they were denied in the US was simply brilliant, and I think that goes double for Americans who actually view Cubans as enemies. Time has come to rethink a few things no? And I don't think anybody can argue with that!
very good
posted on 31 Jul 2009I very much enjoyed this movie, although it is very sad. It shows the corruption of the American government and the American health care system is worse than that one many third world countries. People, including children are left to die because they can't pay thousands of dollars required by the insurance companies. Theses companies are making absolute millions by playing "God" with people and deciding, almost in a random way who gets treatment and who dies. It is sad to see how the Americans are being used and betrayed by their own country. It shows the capitalist character of America and its appetite for money over anything else. M. Moore is very entertaining and uses well researched information as always. The contrast with the European health care system is socking. It makes me feel proud of being European. I hope that Michael Moore starts a revolution.
I've become a SiCKOphant!
posted on 29 Jul 2009Just like Fat Man, the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945, "Fat Man" filmmaker Michael Moore drops his own 21 kiloton bomb on the American Health Care Industry in his latest pseudo-documentary, SiCKO. Make no mistake, this is a provocative, powerful, persuasively structured polemic that blasts privatized health care providers and their profiteering agendas. Moore's manipulative machinations hit the mark and, surprisingly, they do so with far more heart than hostility.Over 500 hours of footage was shot during the making of SiCKO. Moore has deftly edited this down to a running time of approximately 120 minutes -- it is time well spent. Especially effective and poignant is the footage taken in Cuba where Moore first tried to get a number of ill Americans free and much-needed medical attention at Camp Gitmo ("the only place on American soil with universal health care.") This, of course, failed -- but not without making a key point and doing so with both humor and pathos. Moore and his fellow Americans, including three 9/11 rescue workers who have been unable to get their medical needs taken care of in the U.S., then head for Havana where everyone is treated for free. The sheer audacity of orchestrating something like this is what "Fat Man" does best -- it's definitely worthy of a fine Montecristo Panetela and a ice-cold Mojito at the very least. For more on Moore, go to www.needtovent.com.
Health Cared to Death
posted on 27 Jul 2009I saw Sicko today at a sold-out sneak preview in Las Vegas. My neck still hurts because I had to sit in the first row, as I came in last minute.The movie got plenty of applause during the entire film and when the final credits were rolling. And I have to say well-deserved applause.I have always been a fan of Michael Moore, but this is his best so far and I can only hope that the right and plenty of people are going to see it and that America gets up in arms and starts fighting the insurance and pharma industry.And not only the health insurances the entire insurance mafia.Actually, for me there was nothing new in this movie. I have lived through abuses and denials myself or through friends and acquaintances; we all experienced, how cruel the health care system in the U.S. is. A civilized nation, who health cares their citizens to death?I also have lived in France, Great Britain, Germany and Italy and everywhere medical care was better, easier and cheaper than in the U.S. I am not saying that it was perfect, but definitely much better and much more humane than here. I was also grateful to Michael to point out that in other countries doctors make house calls, overworked mothers get government assistance, people get long paid vacation, paid maternity and sick leave and an illness does not mean financial and mental ruin. Here an illness makes you even sicker because of all the problems you have with insurance companies, outrageous bills, doctors performing all kind of unnecessary tests because they are afraid of being sued, loss of income, employers firing you because of your illness, etc.We are not on this earth to make a few rich and live in slavery to pay for dividends of share holders and multi-million dollar salaries of CEOs.Michael also made it clear that fear-mongering and financial oppression are the favorite tools of corporate America to enslave people. First they sleep-school everybody into obedient little consumers and drug them up to the eyebrows.I am so glad that somebody else tells people that living in the U.S. may not be the greatest thing on earth. I get so tired being told that by people, who have never set a foot outside their state, do not own a passport and whose only connection to foreigners is to illegal uneducated immigrants, who are mowing their lawns or are cleaning their kitchen. Usually when I told somebody about health care and working conditions in other countries, the reaction was: Why don't you go there, if you do not like it here? They have been so indoctrinated that their system is the best, that they just cannot believe that somewhere else things might be better than here. Of course, if somebody tells them that now they have to drink better tasting coffee for 4 or 5 dollar instead of the 75 cents including refills, they used to pay, they gladly do that. When I told people before Starbucks that American coffee tastes and looks like colored dish wash-water, guess what I was told: Why don't you leave?Thanks, Michael Moore, I hope the movie becomes a huge blockbuster and you will be able to make many more movies.
A truly brilliant piece of documentary film-making...
posted on 30 Aug 2009Quite simply, this film is brilliant. Michael Moore's Sicko covers the spectrum from universal health care, to HMOs, to pharmaceutical companies, to sickening governmental complicity. It is a truly intelligent documentary on the state of America's health care system. But the film is about more than just health care; it is a non-partisan, richly in-depth piece of film-making that manages to capture the zeitgeist of our times. Unlike his previous work Fahrenheit 9/11, this film does not carry with it a blatantly biased point of view. Rather, it speaks to the human condition, in sometimes gut-wrenching ways, and the pathetic, dangerous state of America's health care system – a system that doesn't care if you're red or blue, but only about the bottom line. In a country where the vast majority of citizens feel we're headed in the wrong direction, Moore manages to take the issue of health care and shed light on much broader reasons for American discontent. Good work Mike - no one can argue with what you've done here.