Sicko

SICKO (2007) - June 30, 2007
Wow! I don't think I've been that bored during a movie in a long, long time. About how awful the medical system is in America compared to other countries, this movie has one point to make and it makes it, and makes it, and makes it, and makes it, and makes it, until you're sure it must be done, but then it continues making it for what feels like another few hours. I don't think there's enough here to sustain a 15 minute short, let alone a feature film running at almost two hours long (very long). The film features profile after profile of people who either live in America and have had a terrible medical experience, or live in another country and had a great one. It just hammers home the same point over and over again until it's just like ENOUGH ALREADY. Okay. The health system in America stinks. I get it. Everyone in the theatre gets it. We all got it like an hour ago. Can we go home yet? Michael Moore is obviously a controversial figure because of his blatantly one-sided politics. But what should really be controversial is how such a mediocre filmmaker has managed to become so popular. *