Escape Fire: The Fight To Rescue American Healthcare
October 2012
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Colin Covert
This swiftly paced documentary assembles expert talking heads and real-world patients and practitioners to discuss defusing the ticking time bomb of American health care costs.
Frank Scheck
There's no escaping the fact that the sheer profusion of similarly-themed efforts in recent years reduces their individual impact.
Ann Hornaday
Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke's sobering, often infuriating documentary about medical care in 21st-century America.
Walter V. Addiego
The film is surprisingly optimistic, arguing that there are genuine, practical answers to many of the problems afflicting the system, and some are already being adopted.
Jeannette Catsoulis
Arranged in a handful of clear, concise chapters, "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare" turns an unwieldy, Medusa-headed topic into a convincingly humane argument for change.
Kenneth Turan
Cogent, convincing, determinedly non-ideological, "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare" tells us that everything we think we know about that incendiary topic might be wrong. And it...
Critic reviews
Colin Covert
This swiftly paced documentary assembles expert talking heads and real-world patients and practitioners to discuss defusing the ticking time bomb of American health care costs.
Frank Scheck
There's no escaping the fact that the sheer profusion of similarly-themed efforts in recent years reduces their individual impact.
Ann Hornaday
Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke's sobering, often infuriating documentary about medical care in 21st-century America.
Walter V. Addiego
The film is surprisingly optimistic, arguing that there are genuine, practical answers to many of the problems afflicting the system, and some are already being adopted.
Jeannette Catsoulis
Arranged in a handful of clear, concise chapters, "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare" turns an unwieldy, Medusa-headed topic into a convincingly humane argument for change.
Kenneth Turan
Cogent, convincing, determinedly non-ideological, "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare" tells us that everything we think we know about that incendiary topic might be wrong. And it...
User reviews
Presenting problems in with US healthcare. This film formulated ways to look at healthcare in a factual, educational, and encouraging way to create change. Its empowering information without being offensive.
Cast and credits
Producers | Matthew Heineman, Susan Froemke, Doug Scott |
Director | Matthew Heineman, Susan Froemke |
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English
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Start within 30 days, finish within 48 hours.
Run time
99 minutes
Rating
PG-13
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