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Movie Info

Filmmaker Kirby Dick examines the the $400 billion medical device industry and the profit-driven mindset that rushes implanted devices into the marketplace with proper clinical trials.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English (Australia)
Director:

Kirby Dick
Producer:

Amy Herdy, Amy Ziering
Writer:

Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering
Release Date (Theaters):

Jul 27, 2018 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Jul 27, 2018
Runtime:

1h 39m

Cast & Crew

Kirby Dick
Director

Kirby Dick
Writer

Amy Ziering
Writer

Ben Cotner
Executive Producer

Ian Darling
Executive Producer

Amy Herdy
Producer

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Critic Reviews for The Bleeding Edge

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (19)

Here's hoping The Bleeding Edge gets the right attention on a decidedly unsexy topic.

September 1, 2018 | Full Review…

April Wolfe
Village Voice
[Kirby Dick is] an amazing filmmaker, and lately I think he's really on a roll about these very kind of specific activist docs about things that are happening that we don't know about that we should know.

August 1, 2018 | Rating: 7.7/10 | Full Review…

Alonso Duralde
What the Flick?!
It is hard to watch, but it's a must-see. My one complaint is that maybe it tries to get its arms around too much.

August 1, 2018 | Rating: 7.3/10 | Full Review…

Christy Lemire
What the Flick?!
"The Bleeding Edge" needs to be seen, so that it can change hearts and minds.

July 27, 2018 | Full Review…

Owen Gleiberman
Variety
Plays like an all-too-real horror show that is ongoing for thousands of unwitting patients with meager relief in sight.

July 27, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Susan Wloszczyna
RogerEbert.com
The only non-surprise in this eye-opening chronicle is that no representatives for the manufacturers or for the FDA agreed to be interviewed.

July 27, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Tara Brady
Irish Times
How The Bleeding Edge elaborates on FDA's evaluation and decision-making processes as being influenced by the medical device industry makes this a jaw-dropping documentary narrative.

April 19, 2019 | Full Review…

Kellee Marlow
Film Inquiry
Despite its plain-wrap shooting style and dry, analytical tone, this American doco is one of the most vital and worrying pieces of investigative reporting going around right now.

September 21, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Leigh Paatsch
Herald Sun (Australia)
Informative, eye-opening docu about medical-device industry

August 7, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Renee Schonfeld
Common Sense Media
The Bleeding Edge mostly succeeds in hooking its audience and showcasing the horrors of a problem they might not have known existed.

July 31, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Michelle Jaworski
The Daily Dot
If a movie like this doesn't open some eyes about for-profit health care, few things will.

July 30, 2018 | Full Review…

Joe Reid
Decider
The latest in Kirby Dick's powerful series of seething-fury documentaries takes on the medical-device industry with typically devastating results.

July 27, 2018 | Full Review…

Chris Barsanti
Film Journal International