The Pathological Optimist (2017): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2017, The Pathological Optimist is a dokumentarfilm film directed by Miranda Bailey, running about 93 minutes.

What it’s about. In the center of the recent Tribeca Film Festival scandal surrounding his film VAXXED: From Cover-up to Controversy stands Andrew Wakefield, discredited and stripped of his medical license for his infamous study suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine, bowel disease, and autism. 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. Director Miranda Bailey weaves a delicate portrait of a man who is THE PATHOLOGICAL OPTIMIST utilizing a never-before-seen, full access look at the man at the center of one of the biggest medical and media controversies of our times.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.5/10, The Pathological Optimist sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In USA you can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Pathological Optimist page.

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