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.
The Pathological Optimist has generally received positive reviews.
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The Pathological Optimist was released in 2017 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 13 reviews, giving The Pathological Optimist (2017) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Pathological Optimist a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 73%, The Pathological Optimist is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2017, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 2017 with similar scores include films like The Post, Thelma and Detroit.
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