The Pathological Optimist

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Jan 14, 2019 The title should have been "The Pathological Optimist: The Truth About Andrew Wakefield According To Himself And The Anti-vaxxers Involved In Making This Film". But hey, I know, it's just too long of a title to work. If a film advertises itself as a fair and unbiased look at something, shouldn't it deliver? This does not. Que sad, dramatic music...spend the majority of time interviewing Wakefield, his family, and his handful of desperate and vulnerable science, history and Immunology illiterate supporters, provide only brief flashes of a limited amount of the legal and professional outcomes of his fraudulent and unethical actions, mislead viewers (who likely have little to no reliable information prior to seeing this tripe) by ommission of incredibly important facts, and you will have.. this film. Truly disappointing!!! I'll add this to my list of 'Wasted time I won't get back's activities. Here's another wonderful and honest critique that lists a multitude of accurate critiques about this film: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-pathological-optimist-more-a-hagiography-of-andrew-wakefield-than-a-documentary-about-him/ See more Nov 20, 2018 A great film, and a very scary look at the corruption that reigns in the world today...A must watch. See more Oct 29, 2018 Excellent film, tells the truth about Andrew Wakefield's fight against the vaccine industry. Well worth a look ?? See more Oct 6, 2018 I saw this film on amazon prime. finally the man gets to tell everyone what happened to him. it's not the picture portrayed by the mainstream media that readily lynched him for the pharmaceutical companies. a must see film! See more Apr 19, 2018 This is a good movie that shows the tragedy of being on the wrong side of the pharmaceutical companies. This amazing doctor was bullied, belittled, discredited for requesting more safety studies, slowing down the MMR to separate components and listening to the mother who asked for his help. See more Apr 18, 2018 Well made and answered a lot of questions about the most unjustifiably vilified doctor ever. See more Read all reviews

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