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The Waiting Room Review

  • Release Date: Sep 28, 2012
  • Rated:
  • Runtime: 1 hr. 21 min.
  • Genres: Documentary

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 5.0
    84

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    Scrupulously apolitical, The Waiting Room is the opposite of a polemic like Michael Moore's "Sicko." But by removing any editorial screen, it confronts you head-on with human suffering that a more humane and equitable system might help alleviate.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    What makes The Waiting Room worth visiting is how well it does without the usual narcotizing documentary tactics.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Robert Abele

    Wherever you stand on healthcare and the fact that uninsured people nationwide use emergency rooms for basic services, the documentary The Waiting Room is a revealing portrait of the often tough transactions between patients and hospital staff at the urgency level.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter John DeFore

    Inherently unpreachy but making its point more effectively than many participants in the debate can, the film should find vocal advocates in a niche theatrical run.

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