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The Greater Good

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
197
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The Greater Good (2011)
DocumentaryDrama

The film looks behind the fear, hype and politics that polarize people into emotionally charged pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine camps with no room for middle ground. Verite stories of individual... Read allThe film looks behind the fear, hype and politics that polarize people into emotionally charged pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine camps with no room for middle ground. Verite stories of individuals and their families, whose lives have been forever changed by vaccine choices, interwoven... Read allThe film looks behind the fear, hype and politics that polarize people into emotionally charged pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine camps with no room for middle ground. Verite stories of individuals and their families, whose lives have been forever changed by vaccine choices, interwoven with interviews from leading experts in the field, will re-frame the vaccine debate and o... Read all

  • Directors
    • Kendall Nelson
    • Chris Pilaro
  • Writers
    • Leslie Bradshaw
    • Jack Youngelson
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    197
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Kendall Nelson
      • Chris Pilaro
    • Writers
      • Leslie Bradshaw
      • Jack Youngelson
    • 11User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    10svenskskazie

    Compelling. A must see!

    This film asks the necessary questions. The stories told are compelling and fascinating. They are sad yet hopeful. Who does pay for vaccine studies? How are those studies conducted? This film doesn't claim to have any answers, it simply poses questions. They let "both" sides of vaccine safety experts share their thoughts. I find it sad that this issue is so polarizing. And that more people don't bother to learn more for themselves. No matter what your opinion is, you will learn something from watching this film.I have no idea how that would make it complete sh*t. Fear is very profitable. From a production point of view, it is very well made and riveting to watch. It reminds me of horrifying documentaries like the Cove, except it's our children who are being hurt. Every should see this film.
    3stevefwest

    Problems with big corporations=YES, and do vaccines work=YES

    This movie wrote itself. Forgettable. So you anti-vaxxers know about how diseases and infections are transmitted, and how many people died over the last 500 years of infections, smallpox, scarlet fever, plague, pneumonia etc? Modern medicine has made great strides and we now (on average) live longer than ever. Are there people who would make money off medicine? Yes. Does this require a conspiracy? No. Just keep in mind big pharma make money and yet overall is helping. So get innoculations and also hold big pharma and government accountable. But if you think the answer is to not innoculate your kids, you are doing your children and other peoples children harm. If you want to help people, investigate the opioid industry. Incredibly, that now kills more people than alchohol or guns.
    5Xlyfindel

    Not Immature

    My girlfriend was an anti-vaxxer and i always thought it was so strange she took the most conspiratorial aspects to heart. This really broadens the subject to more concrete economical and political terms that are much more realistic. The science is what scares most people and the misunderstanding of it is what starts the crazies going. Presenting just the facts is enough and this film does that satisfactorily.

    A lot of the reviews here are people with their own agenda and biases confirming their own stance and reinforcing their own established position. The video they are reviewing however is an attempt to provide an escape from that kind of thinking by presenting opportunities for each side to acknowledge and agree with each other.

    I get it, a lot of people are just looking for attention but the fact of the matter is the issue exists and there are things people can do about it.

    So why not make things better for everyone?
    1cecilyvdb

    Unscientific propaganda

    Just another example of how pseudo science is dressed up to look like science. No rational evidence is presented for the claims made in the film, just slickly produced emotional propaganda. Sure the families tear at the heart strings, exactly as intended, but few people with any scientific knowledge will swallow the message. The problem is that the public has forgotten what infectious disease can do to unprotected and vulnerable people. The film is without doubt well made and presented but that in itself cannot make up for the fact that it's message could lead to a further reduction in the rates of vaccination and as a consequence, an increase in death and disability especially among the young. Quote "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it" Joseph Goebbels
    9jena1014-727-356581

    How can it be wrong to want info

    I have 4 kids, 2 grown, vaccinated & 2 younger who aren't. All the parents want:to haves studies done that ARE NOT being paid for by the drug companies that are making BILLIONS of dollars! Would someone please ask me and other parents of non vaccinated kids to be in a study to see how healthy they are? The oldest 2 with vaccines were sick all the time, on antibiotics at least 1 or more times per month. The youngest 2, who are 15 and 13, have NOT seen a doctor or antibiotic in over 6 yrs! All of their friends and cousins are vaccinated and are sick about every other month! To the person who said this DVD is wrong..Do some research, see what is in the vaccines, ask parents who have not vaccinated their kids.Do you work for a drug company, school system, or state agency (who has funds cut when they do not get the required % of kids vaccinated)? Yes, look it up, State agency's get their funding cut if they do not reach a high enough level of vaccinated kids. Vaccines are not held to the same standard as other drugs! Parents should have the right to informed information, that is not provided and paid for by the companies who are making BILLIONS every year! Also, you may want to look up info on a case in France, that held criminal charges against a drug company that produced the Hep B vaccine, after the government saw how many kids were being permanently damaged! You are uneducated or are making money on the drugs, otherwise you would realize that parents should have the same rights and studies done as you do before taking new drug prescribed to you by a doctor!

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    • Release date
      • April 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Zum Wohle Aller
    • Filming locations
      • Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Production company
      • BNP Pictures
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      • 1h 19m(79 min)
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