i wasn't looking forward to this movie at all, but i watched it online and it really blew me away. i wasn't even really AWARE of what a fucked up quagmire our health insurance system is, and even if some of the flaws of health care systems in canada, france, and england are glossed over, it's still perfectly clear that they are serving patients far more adequately in those countries, and with a more humanitarian philosophy.

beyond the health care issues, it also really opened my eyes to what some demonized societies are really like. i won't look at france or cuba the same way again.