Sicko

Michael Moore’s latest broadside is against America’s private health industry and how it makes money by denying patients medical care. Although Moore is still over-fond of tugging at the heart strings, this is a more mature and thoughtful film than either Fahrenheit 9/11 or Bowling for Columbine. There is only one of Moore’s trademark stunts – taking injured 9/11 survivors to hospital in Cuba – and the big man himself only appears on screen after 40 minutes or so. The 20-minute section praising our own NHS may grate, but Moore successfully uses the USA’s disgraceful health policies as a symbol for everything that’s wrong with his country.

Dan Stewart