Review by observator_ro

Obviously this movie was very well done in order to achieve its goal. However, would someone care if the facts are true? I cannot say how good or bad the US health care system is even if I have lots of friends living in US and some of them being doctors and what I know from them is far from being as things are depicted in this movie. But I know very well how things are in Canada and a pretty good idea how they are in Cuba and I have to say that regarding these 2 countries Moore completely mystified the reality. In Canada things might be OK as long as you don't need to go to Emergency or you don't suffer of cancer or other life threatening illnesses. For instance if you go to Emergency over night (to a large hospital in Toronto) you have best chances not to see any doctor until morning comes. Even if you are during the day, it will take a minimum of 2 hours to see someone (who will assess if it is an emergency or not). If you are suspected by cancer or something else and need an MRI or CAT scan you will have to wait at least 3-4 months to do one. If you need appointment with a specialist you need to wait for months too. For cancer surgery you have to wait even longer. For cancer suspected patients, summing-up all these waiting times it would take up to 2 years until they will go for surgery but the problem is that within this time they may die or their cancer becomes inoperable. Even if you want to pay for these procedures you cannot do it. So many such patients who can afford it, chose to go to US where they pay and do the tests within the same day (i.e. why I did not appreciate at all the "joke" with the US cancer patient coming to Canada to cure her disease). Regarding Cuban health care system, as one who leaved in a Communist country all I can say is that is laughable at best. First of all you cannot make a movie in a Communist country without being authorized and you can film only approved places. What they filmed was for sure the clinic dedicated to Cuban Nomenklatura. All other hospitals, for ordinary people are like this: you need to find and bring your own drugs, food and you have to tip doctors and nurses. Even if you do this, you will not be able to bring the equipment they miss. I would never wish someone to end-up in a Cuban ordinary hospital - I guarantee it will be a nightmare. However, I don't deny they don't have good doctors the problem is that a good doctor without proper equipment and drugs is powerless. Why should I really believe what he said about the other country health systems if in these 2 cases he was just lying? So this is a good movie as long as you realize is a fantasy. But if it is a science-fiction movie, can it still be called documentary?