Chronicles the global race to research, develop, manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in the most enormous coordinated public health effort ever undertaken.... (Full plot summary below)
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Chronicles the global race to research, develop, manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccines in the most enormous coordinated public health effort ever undertaken.
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| VarietyGuy LodgeSmart, humane and gripping even as it rakes over events all too fresh in our memories, How to Survive a Pandemic ends with plenty yet to be discussed and explored: It provides a road map to survival, but doesn’t suggest we’ve all made it just yet. |
| CNNBrian LowryHow to Survive a Pandemic is a poor title for a mostly fascinating documentary, whose flaws reflect its slightly fragmented nature. Yet at its core this HBO presentation captures the race to produce a vaccine amid political pressures imposed by a president preoccupied with his reelection, offering fly-on-the-wall access to many of the key players. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleIt’s a globe-trotting look at the worldwide response to COVID-19, with an emphasis on the unprecedented effort to get a safe, effective vaccine quickly into billions of people. |
| The Film StageRory O'ConnorIt’s compelling viewing, if a bit uneasy—not just for the flashbacks to those early COVID days of respiratory machines and people in HAZMAT suits, or the film’s second half, which covers the lack of egalitarianism in the vaccine rollout, and how those decisions ravaged non-Western countries and accelerated the rise in variants. |
| The Hollywood ReporterAngie HanWhile its ambition and immediacy occasionally lead to some uneven patches, its insight nevertheless makes it a worthy addition to the growing library of films grappling with what just happened. |
| RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmI doubt How to Survive a Pandemic will alter anyone’s opinion regarding the necessity of vaccines, yet it does pay admirable tribute to the scientists fighting to save the world, including those stubborn earthlings who have no interest in being saved. |
| The New York TimesDevika GirishThe message — that science cannot succeed without a politics of solidarity — is important, but the film ends on a note of uncertainty that feels defeatist rather than urgent. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleIt’s as if the film itself is suffering from a pandemic hangover and can’t believe there’s a reason to feel better, even when describing one of the greatest scientific and manufacturing achievements in human history. |
| User Reviewalanpotter17Um documentário que terá seu valor histórico acrescido com o tempo, focando nas medidas de prevenção e na luta pela produção de vacina da COVID-19, incluindo aí uma tensa eleição nos EUA e seus efeitos políticos. É visível que é uma produção apressada, feita para agradar o contexto, para aproveitar o timing de lançamento. Com isso, muitas questões são jogadas (efeito rebanho, números de morte que ficam limitadas até a data de produção) sem o devido aprofundamento. É como assistir a uma notícia jornalística mais do que a um documntário. Ganha pontos por focar nas relações e nos homens públicos, muito mais do que apela a sentimentalismos das vítimas. Não é absolutamente necessário, mas poderá compor as obras que retratam esse período triste da saúde mundial. |
