The Greater Good
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  • Summary: The Greater Good looks behind the fear, hype and politics that have polarized the vaccine debate in America today. The film re-frames the emotionally charged issue and offers, for the first time, the opportunity for a rational and scientific discussion on how to create a safer and more effective vaccine program. (BNP Pictures)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Veronika Ferdman
    Mar 30, 2012
    70
    The pace of the film remains fairly brisk, in no small part because what's being said is staggering, especially if you don't know too much about the science of and politics behind vaccines.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    Nov 16, 2011
    70
    These profiles are frank, absorbing and heartbreaking, if also a bit inconclusive.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    Nov 16, 2011
    50
    The intersection between drug-company profiteering and lobbying, and governmental and private-sector desires to protect people from deadly diseases, is navigated too cursorily by the documentary.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Jeannette Catsoulis
    Nov 17, 2011
    30
    This emotionally manipulative, heavily partial look at the purported link between autism and childhood immunization would much rather wallow in the distress of specific families than engage with the needs of the population at large.

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