Cannes--Sicko has become the most talked-about productions

Press views: Michael Moore's Sicko
Documentary-maker Michael Moore's new film Sicko has become one of the most
talked-about productions at the Cannes Film Festival.

Here is a round-up of what the early reviews say.

VARIETY Alissa Simon

[It is] an entertaining and affecting dissection of the American healthcare
industry that documents how it benefits the few at the expense of the many.

Its tone alternates between comedy and outrage, as it compares the US
system of care to other countries.

Employing his trademark personal narration and David vs Goliath approach,
Moore enlivens what is, in essence, a depressing subject by wrapping it in
irony and injecting levity wherever possible.

SCREEN DAILY Lee Marshall

Michael Moore's passionate, bullying, gag-laced approach to the "j'accuse"
documentary worked a treat in Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 -
and it works even better in Sicko.

Moore doesn't change his methods - he still plays to the gallery, and
fingered corporate or government culprits are still given little or no right
to reply. This time round, Moore simply chooses an easier target.

It may not be subtle, but it makes for great, heart-on-sleeve cinema.

FOX NEWS Roger Friedman

Film-maker Michael Moore's brilliant and uplifting new documentary deals
with the failings of the US healthcare system, both real and perceived.

But this time around, the controversial documentarian seems to be letting
the subject matter do the talking, and in the process shows a new maturity.

Unlike many of his previous films, Sicko works because in this one there
are no confrontations.

EMPIRE Damon Wise

Michael Moore's new documentary Sicko unspooled to a VERY warm reception.

Kicking off with the obligatory swipe at Bush, Sicko is a more mellow film
than we're used to seeing from the less-lardy-than-usual firebrand.

Perhaps a little too obvious targeted at a domestic audience (Moore says
"we" a lot when he means "we Americans"), it offers his take on the American
healthcare system and how lives and limbs are being lost in pursuit of
profit.

TIME MAGAZINE Jeffrey Kluger

The movie is double-barreled Moore, a mix of familiar numbers (47 million
uninsured Americans, the ever rising cost of care) and chilling moments (the
18-month-old baby who dies of a seizure when she's denied emergency-room
access, the husband and father with kidney cancer whose insurer won't pay
for a bone-marrow transplant).

Together, they will have many moviegoers angry enough to gouge holes in
their armrests.

CINEMATICAL James Rocchi

Is he a journalist or an entertainer? A fact-finding seeker of truth or a
deadpan comedian of the socially absurd? Are his arguments constructed to
make a point or get a laugh?

I don't think I'm the only person who watches Moore's films and wishes they
had more clarity and less hilarity.

It's that tone - of selfless self-celebration, of public altruism, of snide
sensitivity - that undercuts a lot of Moore's work, and it undermines Sicko.

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