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The Widowmaker

Watch this movie - it could save your life
Watch this movie - it could save your life
Documentary - 2015
The Widowmaker
7.9
100%
70
Every minute of every year an American drops dead of a heart attack, hundreds of thousands without any warning or prior symptom. But these people could have been saved. The Widowmaker uncovers a chilling tale of greed, ego, and a conspiracy of silence around that most vulnerable of human organs - the heart.
Director:
Sicko
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Details

Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
96 min
Release date:
27 Feb 2015
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
"The Widowmaker" is commendable in that although it is a work of advocacy, it gives an array of opinions.
– Neil Genzlinger,
New York Times,
26 Feb 2015
fresh:
A lucid and important work of advocacy journalism. It illuminates yet another way that mainstream medicine thrives on crisis rather than health.
– Sheri Linden,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb 2015
fresh:
The Widowmaker is important and terrifying, enough that I became nervously aware of my heartbeat throughout.
– Dan Gvozden,
Village Voice,
24 Feb 2015
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