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Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Paul Magne Haakonsen Michael Moore does portray some rather interesting viewpoints throughout the course of "Sicko". Just a shame that it is so painstakingly staged. and that leaves a big question mark as to how much of this is actually true and portraying real situations, and just how much is staged and presented in a very manipulated way.For example, the thing with the Cuban hospital, which he failed to state as being an elitist hospital and that it is not readily available to the general Cuban populace. So he falsified the actual truth here and manipulated into seeming like this was just something that was easily done in Cuba. (Insert buzzer sound here) Sorry Michael, but that is a no go. And it builds so much discredit to your reputation.Sure, "Sicko" was entertaining enough, but this is hardly something that you should just buy and accept with closed eyes, because it was just too staged.And this is not the type of documentary that you will watch more than once.

Python Hyena Sicko (2007): Dir: Michael Moore / Featuring: Michael Moore: Michael Moore's often hilarious documentary that attacks American health care and in particular the attitude that translates to him from the government as indicated through those whom he interviews. There is a couple whose medical bills were so high that they were forced to sell their house and move in with their daughter. Another gentleman is still working at 79 years of age. Moore also introduces those who went unnoticed after their heroism at 911. American health care is so bad that Moore sought answers elsewhere only to learn that Canada, Great Britain, France, and Cuba have tremendous care. He brings out the sorrows of his guests while still taking hilarious crack shots at politicians particularly George Bush. His films often attack or address issues concerning our corrupt society, or more often our government. He does this famously with the humour and sarcasm that attracts viewers who made Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 911 tremendous hits. He manages to pull off a film every bit as effective as those other titles but that may also pend to how one feels about his political views. The film concludes with a humorous scene where Moore lugs his dirty laundry towards the White House with claims that they can do it. He is attempting to fight our battles for all those too ill to care anymore. Score: 10 / 10

xxxloroxxxx Michael Moore has always been controversial. And, as all conflictive people, you can only love him or hate him. Because of this his messages are, very often, misunderstood or simply dismissed. I will not align myself 100% with Moore politically but his message in Sicko got to me loud and clear. Some reviewers have criticized this documentary for, according to them, telling total lies or half-truths at best. Of course, we all know that the US Health System is not as bad as Michael portrays it and the systems in place in the UK, France, Canada and Cuba are not as fantastic as he shows them to be. But it's only natural that Moore would carefully select the appropriate examples to make the point he's trying to get across, isn't it? I know of some examples of my own that he could have easily included in Sicko had he known about them. An Argentinian friend of mine went to Spain on vacation, suffered severe food poisoning and had to be treated at a local hospital for a day and a half. He was expecting a substantial hospital bill but when he was discharged he was told his treatment was free as Spanish Social Security pays for all health care expenses for, not just Spaniards but also, foreigners while legally in Spain. He also told me the care he received was top notch. So these things do happen, they're not a figment of Michael Moore's imagination. But let's get to the main topic of Sicko. Should health care be afforded everyone in the USA for free or not? I am no communist and I still believe it should. I cannot imagine any obligation that should be more important to any government on earth than to protect the well being of their citizens.And we have the money to pay for health care but our government chooses to use it elsewhere. I cringe when I hear how much we're spending in building yet more fighter planes, bombs or any device manufactured with the sole purpose of killing other human beings. The LGM-118 Peacekeeper ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) cost $400 million apiece and 114 were built thru 1998 alone. Each F-177 stealth fighter comes at $111.2 million each and they were all retired in 2008. The bigger stealth bomber (Northrop Grumman B-2) came with a price tag of $737 million per unit and $44.6 billion total program cost thru 2004. We built all these weapons, spent fortunes and never got to use but a few of the planes in Iraq. We threw away billions of dollars while people at home could not pay for health services as they were losing their homes. We're still building weapons we don't really need just because of the scare tactics and lobbying by Northrop Grumman, Boeing and the likes. The USA is already, by far, the most heavily armed military in the world and their latest budget is higher than the combined budgets of the eight nations that follow us. And Congress actually believes it's better to spend an additional 2 trillion in 2014 than to pursue health care reform!If we used this money to take care of our poor and specially our sick....I believe we'd be a much better country. Quite frankly, I very much prefer my tax dollars be used for taking care of our people than to ensure we're more capable of killing others abroad.That's Michael Moore's message in Sicko and I, for one, wholeheartedly have to agree. Don't let whatever personal dislike, or even hatred, you may have for the guy obscure this simple fact. Moore may be a Marxist, a reactionary or whatever you choose to label him but...on this particular occasion he's totally right!!!! Let's get our priorities straight...

pcast99-1 I will say this movie is what has made me advocate for a universal healthcare system in this country because Moore brings undeniable facts and statistics and personal testimony of how our current privatized system is a failure.He starts out with a story of a man who cut two of his fingers off accidentally and was forced to pay $12,000 to have one finger reattached because he didn't have health insurance. But Moore states the film isn't about him or the other 50 million plus Americans who don't have health insurance, but to all the others who do.Moore brings up several different stories of people who came down with illnesses or serious injuries and were rejected by their healthcare companies for multiple different reasons, such as having a pre-existing condition or the companies simply not wanting to shovel out the money to cover the medical expenses, and as a result were refused treatment or became bankrupt.He travels to countries that have universal healthcare and those countries do not reject anyone for any reason, and their medical professionals make more money than American doctors.He really does a good job of showing how our healthcare system is designed to make profit and not actually help people. Nearly seventy percent of bankruptcies in this country are a result of medical expenses. These things are frightening, and this documentary does a very good job of exposing the greed of the insurance companies. Say what you want about Michael Moore but all middle and lower class people owe it to themselves to see this film.