We’re going to the movies
06/29/2007
Next week, Sicko's coming out near you to great reviews. Michael Moore has filmed a special invitation to MoveOn members.
Here's where Sicko is playing in Rochester next week:
Chateau 14
971 East Circle Drive NE
Rochester, MN
Since theater schedules can change, call or look online to confirm the day before.
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Dear MoveOn member,
Next week's going to be huge. Just since yesterday, tens of thousands of MoveOn members have lined up to see Sicko, the new movie that could change the way America thinks about our health care crisis.
We're going to have a great time—want to join us? (We're already getting reports of sold out theaters, so get your tickets early.)
You don't need to be a health care wonk to come. Sicko's a great movie—entertaining, moving, and funny. When I saw it, I couldn't believe a movie about health care could be this good.
And the reviewers love it, too—in fact, it's one of the best-reviewed movies of the year. Here's a taste of what they're saying:
"Sicko is Moore's best film: a documentary that mixes outrage, hope, and gonzo stunts in the right proportions; that poses profound questions about the connection between health care and work; and that throws an unforgiving spotlight on what is, in both senses, the elephant in the room."1
–New York Magazine
"Sicko is the...most broadly appealing of Mr. Moore's movies [and], perhaps improbably, the funniest..."2
–New York Times
"[Moore] leavens his serious comedy with absurdist anecdotes. Funniest is that of the young woman, made unconscious by an auto collision and rushed to the hospital, who awakened to learn that her insurer had denied reimbursement for the ambulance because it wasn't 'preapproved.'"3
–Philadelphia Inquirer
"Filmmaker Michael Moore's brilliant and uplifting new documentary, Sicko,...never talks down or baits the audience."4
–Fox (!)
"Sicko is a movie whose time has come...In an era when the mainstream news media have lost the public trust to Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report, Moore's brutally comic take on matters of life and death is just the ticket...the weight of evidence Moore marshals for taking the profit motive out of medicine is overwhelming. In a summer of dumb, shameless drivel, Moore delivers a movie of robust mind and heart. You'll laugh till it hurts."5
–Rolling Stone
"I am not a devout Michael Moore fan by any means...[But] Sicko is a beyond brilliant, nonpartisan exposé on American politics that should be mandatory for every student in America...Yay for digging into the roots of our current fiasco. Yay for Michael Moore."6
–E! Online
HMOs, big health insurers, and drug companies are already attacking the movie.7 They're eager to preserve their billions in profits—even though that means denying us affordable health care. But next week could mark the beginning of the end of that system—a tipping point moment when Americans call for something better.
It's not often that you can fight for progressive policies with a movie ticket and a bucket of popcorn. Bring your friends, and join tens of thousands of other MoveOn members at Sicko next week. And if you're coming, let us know here:
http://pol.moveon.org/sickopledgeweek/?id=10652-8299453-3AJjOo&t=3
Here's where Sicko is playing near you next week:
Chateau 14
971 East Circle Drive NE
Rochester, MN
More theaters...
Since theater schedules can change, call or look online to confirm the day before you go.
Hope you can make it. And thanks for all you do.
–Noah, Laura, Joan, Eli, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Friday, June 29th, 2007
Sources:
1. "The Treatment," New York Magazine, July 2, 2007
http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/33977/
2. "Open Wide and Say 'Shame'," New York Times, June 22, 2007
http://movies2.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/movies/22sick.html
3. "Moore's 'Sicko' shows U.S. health care in critical condition," Philadelphia Inquirer, June 29, 2007
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2715&id=10652-8299453-3AJjOo&t=4
4."'Sicko' Shows Michael Moore's Maturity as a Filmmaker," Fox, May 20, 2007
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273875,00.html
5. "Sicko," Rolling Stone, June 13, 2007
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2706&id=10652-8299453-3AJjOo&t=5
6. "Sicko: Best Movie Ever? Maybe," E! Online, June 26, 2007
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=2707&id=10652-8299453-3AJjOo&t=6
7. "Health Insurance Industry, Big Pharmaceuticals Launch Michael Moore Smear Campaign," ThinkProgress.org, June 22, 2007
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/22/moore-smears/