Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

  • 1997


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Positive Reviews 10
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 3.9/5
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3.8
When lives collide in Julys creative hands, theyre salvaged by each persons generally kind, well meaning disposition.
4.0
But let me emphasize that this isnt a case of some talentless would be provocateur finding artistic validation in his audiences heaving stomachs.
3.8
Sick does a remarkable thing in presenting extreme, sometimes revolting material and simultaneously making us like and admire Flanagan. San Francisco Chronicle
3.8
The story is uplifting, strangely enough, because Bob was able to live with the constant pain and discomforts of the disease by finding his own identi .. Sover
4.5
For those willing to endure its more harrowing moments, Kirby Dicks documentary about Los Angeles artist Bob Flanagan is a touching and rewarding look .. Film Journal International ..
4.0
One of the funniest, most disturbing and poignant explorations of human nature ever made. Flim Threet
4.0
Flanagan and Rose prove to be an exceptionally creative and intelligent couple who were able to turn their obsessions into art, albeit of a highly spe .. Calendar Live
2.0
It contains language and depicts sexual acts that most will find appalling and intolerable, and this fact overshadows any enticing human element the f .. Boxoffice Magazine
3.8
An entirely engrossing (but not incredibly artistic) documentary. E Online
5.0
Under the shackles, the film implies, is an unbroken human spirit triumphantly determined to not only stay alive, but actually enjoy himself while doi .. eye WEEKLY
2.5
Theres never quite been a movie like Sick, which isnt interesting enough, alas, to make its repellent and morbid episodes bearable. Sacramento Bee
4.0
Whatever you want to call Sick, its anything but a piece of exploitative voyeurism, by turns sombre, hilarious, wince inducing and inspiring. Empire Online



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