Michael Moore

Though a debate about practical application would be welcome, Moore's people-person approach and sense of humor make Sicko a warm, humane, sad, and funny response to a social crisis.

Moore finds a galvanizing climax by rallying around the notion that idealism trumps, if you’ll pardon the word, defeatism.

[A] dire accounting of the corruption of the Republican Party, the sell-out centrism of the Democratic Party, and the victimization of working-class Americans...[and] an urgent call to action.