Sicko

Genre: Documentary

Worldwide gross$24.5M

Documentary look at health care in the United States as provided by profit-oriented health maintenance organizations (HMOs) compared to free, universal care in Canada, the U.K., and France. Moore contrasts U.S. media reports on Canadian care with the experiences of Canadians in hospitals and clinics there. He interviews patients and doctors in the U.K. about cost, quality, and salaries. He examines why Nixon promoted HMOs in 1971, and why the Clintons' reform effort failed in the 1990s. He talks to U.S. ex-pats in Paris about French services, and he takes three 9/11 clean-up volunteers, who developed respiratory problems, to Cuba for care. He asks of Americans, "Who are we?"

🏆 Nominated for 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 17 nominations total

Genres

Documentary, Drama

Director

Michael Moore

Cast

Michael Moore, Tucker Albrizzi, Tony Benn

Released

3 July 2007

Runtime

2h 3m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

8 / 10

Votes

77,185

Metascore

74

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

Box office

$24,540,079

Budget

$9,000,000

Edition

Base