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  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary America has the most technologically advanced health care system in the world, yet medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death, and the overwhelming majority of high-risk implanted devices never require a single clinical trial.

Directed By: Kirby Dick

Written By: Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick

  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 39 m

The Bleeding Edge

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews
74
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary America has the most technologically advanced health care system in the world, yet medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death, and the overwhelming majority of high-risk implanted devices never require a single clinical trial.

Directed By: Kirby Dick

Written By: Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick

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Jim Spencer

Self - Journalist, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Jeanne Lenzer

Self - Author, The Danger Within Us

Michael Carome

Self - Director, Public Citizen Health Research Group

Angie Firmalino

Self - Essure Contraceptive Victim

Peter Firmalino

Self - Angie's Husband

Gaby Avina

Self - Former Essure Spokesperson

Ana Fuentes

Self

William K. Hubbard

Self - Former FDA Associate Commissioner

David Kessler

Self - FDA Commissioner, 1990 -1997

Stephen Tower

Self - Orthopedic Surgeon

Janice Tower

Self - Stephen Tower's Wife

Adriane Fugh-Berman

Self - Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology Georgetown University

Deborah Cohen

Self - Associate Editor, British Medical Journal

Rita Redberg

Self - Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine

Rodney Evans

Self - Dr. Tower's Patient

Angela Clark

Self - Dr. Tower's Patient

Bill Vigil

Self - Dr. Tower's Patient

Robert Bridges

Self - Diagnostic Radiologist

Tammy Jackson

Self

Byron Jackson

Self - Tammy's Husband

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90
Jul 26, 2018
The surgery scenes in The Bleeding Edge are squirm-in-your-seat uncomfortable. But it’s the interviews — watching patients recount agonies they’ve suffered from poorly researched and regulated medical devices — that are hardest to sit through.
By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW
85
Jul 26, 2018
Finding an enthralling equilibrium between hard numerical data and heartrending testimonials, Dick masterfully weaves together both the expert statements you’d expect in a documentary like this and first-hand accounts from victims; the results are alarming and essential for anyone even remotely invested in their own physical and psychological wellness.
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80
Jul 26, 2018
Combined with the forces of anti-regulation in government and profit-driven companies who know how to market to doctors and cover up their mistakes, the movie lays bare a blueprint for countless suffering.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 27, 2018
Less cohesive documentary than feature-length red flag, The Bleeding Edge assembles a range of talking heads and upsetting case studies to target several key villains.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
70
Jul 26, 2018
Sharply argued, indignantly one-sided and stylistically monotonous The Bleeding Edge sometimes seems closer to angry PSA than documentary. But that may not be a distinction that matters.
By Chris Barsanti FULL REVIEW
67
Apr 27, 2018
[An] overstretched look at the poorly regulated medical devices industry.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 27, 2018
This is neither the most cinematically entertaining nor the sexiest topic ever examined by what amounts to a Code Red warning sign of a public service announcement. But Dick and producers Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy know the value of focusing on a compelling collection of human subjects who generously relive their first-hand agony.
By Susan Wloszczyna FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.7
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Production Company Chain Camera Pictures, Shark Island Productions
Release Date Jul 27, 2018
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating TV-14
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Tagline Exposing the crimes of Big Medical.
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Awards

Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
George Polk Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Peabody Awards
• 1 Nomination

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