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Summary
THE PATHOLOGICAL OPTIMIST takes us into the inner sanctum of Wakefield and his family from 2011- 2016 as he fights for his day in court in a little known defamation case against the British Medical Journal. Wakefield attempts to clear his name as the media-appointed Father of the Anti-vaccine movement.
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Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+7)
Critics 60Audiences 67GoodWatch 57
Tomatometer60%
Audience score85%
IMDb4.8
Running time
1 h 33 min
A typical length for documentaries
typical 9693Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
2017
September 29, 2017
9 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Miranda Bailey Director, Producer
Production · 6
- Jennifer Fox Executive Producer
- Amanda Marshall Producer
- Mike Lebovich Producer
- Marc Lesser Producer, Director of Photography
- Andrea Maxwell Co-Producer, Editor
- Rachel Crouch Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Jeffrey Buras Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Craig Richey Original Music Composer
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