Sicko

Pros: Some good points made, tame, interesting presentation...
Cons: Emotional manipulation, formulaic, maybe a little too tame

You could’ve asked me years ago how I felt about Michael Moore and I would have been straight up brown nosing, but at this stage of my life I am a bit more standoff. While Bowling For Columbine, his examination about the gun control in our ...

Pros: A solid overview of healthcare in America and other lands
Cons: Doesn't look at another problem in American healthcare

In Sicko, Michael Moore reflects on the various tales of American healthcare woes he shares in his film and sadly wonders, "Who are we?" Americans have been told they live in a land of plenty. Some would say that America is most plentiful, ...

Pros: Incredible story of our flawed medical system
Cons: Might have left the Cuba part out

Michael Moore is a controversial figure to say the least. Even though I've agreed with the premise of each of his previous films, I realize that he rubs many people the wrong way. He's attacked the automotive industry, the NRA, and, of course, George ...

Pros: Aims at a very real problem.
Cons: Self-indulgent and melodramatic.

Michael Moore's movie Sicko is a sarcastic indictment of the American Health Care system, which Moore says is in the hands of a few greedy executives making millions in a criminal way, not that far removed from organized crime. It's as if Tony ...

Pros: relentless, thoughtful, smart and moving
Cons: not a tentpole flick, more of a whisper than a roar

Michael Moore is larger than life - and I'm not just talking about his waistline. No single figure - apart from Dubya, Hillary or Paris Hilton - conjures up such an immediate love-hate relationship. Maybe that's why Fahrenheit 9/11 did so well at the ...

Pros: Opened my eyes even wider to how we treat our sick, we need change
Cons: makes me think about retirement in another country

Most people have an opinion of Michael Moore. No gray area here. You either hate him or think he's someone who makes important films that inspire action. Let me go on record by saying that the only other Moore film that I have seen was "Fahrenheit ...

Pros: Shock value - expose' of a sick health care system
Cons: Weak, unbalanced, predictable

Sicko finally makes it to Belgium…but Michael Moore’s new film has left the Flemish public yawning. Most likely because it told us what we already knew: the US is a jungle of a society where people are left to die on the street among the general ...

Pros: We need a catalyst to get this issue to the forefront in America.
Cons: Going to Cuba may have been a little over the top.

It is time for Americans to demand a change in our healthcare system. No, not by saying it is important to us, not by writing it on the internet. It takes more of a revolution than that. We are all going to have to demonstrate, visibly, whatever it ...

Pros: The film's first hour is simply harrowing.
Cons: When Moore ventures overseas, the movie begins to falter.

He's baaack. That incendiary ragamuffin Michael Moore returns to the big screen, and this time, he focuses his attention on the (sorry) state of the U.S. health care system. Whatever your politics, health care is an issue that affects every single ...

Pros: An informative look at an issue of growing importance.
Cons: Needs to be given a chance before it can be debated.

Anyone that goes to the movie theaters to see a Michael Moore film knows what they are in for. Moore has crafted a brilliant career for himself directing and producing informative and interesting documentaries that highlight issues such as the failure of ...

Pros: Accurate, unbiased depiction of one of the most shameful and embarrassing problems in the U.S.
Cons: Some people won't get it, due to prejudice about Moore's style, political stance, previous films.

I have been a big fan of Michael Moore's since his first few films. As a writer and former news broadcaster, even the sometimes silly way he presents things, never changed my level of support and belief in his work. I believe that Fahrenheit 9/11, ...

Pros: Important topic, funny
Cons: People's preconcieved notions may keep them from seeing it

Finally got to see the movie I've been anticipating for quite some time. I've known Michael Moore was taking on the healthcare industry since he announced it during his Slacker Uprising Tour in 2004. I knew it was going to be riveting....I knew it was ...

Pros: A powerful, moving film showing the worst of the U.S. healthcare system.
Cons: Fails to make an effective general argument.

Most of the negative reviews about Michael Moore’s film Sicko have rambled on at length about how biased it is, and about how his film-making is shaped by his strong left-wing orientation. I think at this point saying that Moore has a liberal bias ...

Pros: Educational, Interesting, Funny, Scary
Cons: Overwrought Cuban treatment scene, Moore looks pale and sickly

Mr. Moore's methods have been called into question by many. Though Moore friends and foes alike bring up valid criticisms, no one has come within a hundred miles (160 kilometers for you folks in the Old World) of successfully arguing against any of the ...

Pros: well executed, funny, touching, informative, and heart-breaking. A very "human" film.
Cons: loses a some of its momentum towards the end.

Michael Moore is good at what he does. He pieces the film together in such a way, that he creates suspense, injects a great deal of humor, and practically forces us to feel outrage. He makes it look effortless. Just prior to watching Sicko, I could ...