The Widowmaker

Name: The Widowmaker
Genre: Documentary

United Kingdom, United States · 2015
1h 36m
Director Patrick Forbes
Starring Gillian Anderson
Genre Documentary

Every minute of every year an American drops dead of a heart attack, hundreds of thousands without any prior symptom. This film, named after the left coronary artery whose malfunction can cause sudden death, uncovers a tale of greed, corporate interests, and regulation around attempts to develop and suppress medical treatments for this all-important human organ.

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Village Voice by

The Widowmaker is important and terrifying, enough that I became nervously aware of my heartbeat throughout.

The New York Times by Neil Genzlinger

The Widowmaker is commendable in that although it is a work of advocacy, it gives an array of opinions.

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

Forbes makes this story compelling, moving and provocative enough to prompt outrage.

RogerEbert.com by Sheila O'Malley

The Widowmaker, narrated by Gillian Anderson, is a disheartening portrait of blatant greed, as well as a fascinating examination of the trial and error process used in the scientific method.

Los Angeles Times by Sheri Linden

Despite confusing information about the role of diet and lifestyle, The Widowmaker is a lucid and important work of advocacy journalism. It illuminates yet another way that mainstream medicine thrives on crisis rather than health.