The Pathological Optimist(2017)

TV-14
1h 33m
- Biography
- Documentary

Release Date: Sep 29, 2017 | Limited

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... Read all

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Releases

Original Release | Sep 29, 2017

Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$5,946
Total US & Canada:
$11,222
Total Worldwide:
$11,222

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Miranda Bailey
Director

Andrew Wakefield
Self

Carmel Wakefield
Self

Brendan McBride
Self - Attorney

William Parrish
Self - Attorney

James Wakefield
Self

Tim Wakefield

Self

Bridget Wakefield

Self

Jennifer Larson

Self

Cade Larson

Self

Imogen Wakefield

Self

Corin Wakefield

Self

Polly Tommey

Self

Mark F. Blaxill

Self

Linda Johnson

Self

Janice Miles

Self

Louise Kuo-Habakus

Self

Kim Mack Rosenberg

Self

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Summaries

Storyline

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.