The Pathological Optimist(2017)

Name: The Pathological Optimist
Director: Miranda Bailey
Released: 2017-09-29
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Andrew Wakefield, Carmel Wakefield, Brendan McBride, William Parrish, James Wakefield

09/29/2017 (US)Documentary1h 33m

8.3

"Liar. Healer. Monster. Savior."

Overview

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.

Miranda Bailey

Director