Smug 'Sicko'
" 'Sicko' isn't a bad film, exactly, but anyone who's seen even one of Michael Moore's previous screed-cum-documentaries could probably give a fairly accurate summary of its content, sight unseen. As in 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' Moore leans heavily on admittedly affecting but patently manipulative sob stories. ...
"Also, I must say that I'm starting to sympathize with the anti-Moore faction. Late in 'Sicko,' Moore reveals, with audible self-satisfaction, that he anonymously sent $12,000 to pay medical expenses for the wife of Jim Kenefick, the guy who runs the anti-Moore Web site Moorewatch.com. Which seems like a remarkably generous and altruistic act, until it dawns on you that its primary purpose was to make Moore look remarkably generous and altruistic, since his 'anonymous' donation is now the last-laugh climax of a major motion picture."
-- Mike D'Angelo, writing on "Cannes Report" on Sunday at the Screen Grab blog at www.nervepop.com |
