An Analysis of Sicko

An Analysis of Sicko

As a new week comes, it brings agonlg with it a new set of films, films that are different from each other according to their genre, their cast, and the countries they are shot in. Movies come out these days as if the world has a massive colossal amount of money to make everyone insanely rich. Although one shoudln't have any objection to the number of motion pictures being released per week, most people believe that this is a sure shot way of disposing money, as more than two-thirds of the films are pathetic. Still, once in a blue moon, filmmakers actually or probably accidentaly manage to direct good movies or documentaries, some of them being out of the world. A documentary is a movie which is based on any idea or current happening in the real world, and the director goes into much detail about the issue being discussed,giving facts, as well as giving his own opinions. One such documentary highly appreciated throught the world is Sicko, despite having to go through many criticisms and controversies. It is directed by Michael Moore. Its main goal is to describe the hazardous situatin the American health system is going into. It tries to proves this point by showing some unbelievable yet deadly occurances with the hoi-polloi in the U.S., and then comparing its insurance policies to the policies of U.K., Cuba, and France. "This film presents, instead, a simple compare-and-contrast exercise. Here is our way, and here is another way, variously applied in Canada, France, Britain and yes, Cuba. The salient difference is that, in those countries, where much of the second half of “Sicko” takes place, the state provides free medical care."[1]

Sicko's evaluation of the medical services in America gave the people a chance to view the U.S. and its greedy government's role in policing the medical profession from another perspective. Before a copiuos number of people came across this documentary, they all thought that residing in this caring and helping nation was easily...

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