
In 2013, biologist Dr. Brian Hooker received a call from a Senior Scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who led the agency's 2004 study on the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine and its link to autism. The scientist, Dr. William Thompson, confessed that the CDC had omitted crucial data in their final report that revealed a causal relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism. Over several months, Dr. Hooker records the phone calls made to h... (Full plot summary below)
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In 2013, biologist Dr. Brian Hooker received a call from a Senior Scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who led the agency's 2004 study on the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine and its link to autism. The scientist, Dr. William Thompson, confessed that the CDC had omitted crucial data in their final report that revealed a causal relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism. Over several months, Dr. Hooker records the phone calls made to him by Dr. Thompson who provides the confidential data destroyed by his colleagues at the CDC. Dr. Hooker enlists the help of Andrew Wakefield, the British gastroenterologist falsely accused of starting the anti-vax movement when he first reported in 1998 that the MMR vaccine may cause autism. In his ongoing effort to advocate for children's health, Wakefield directs this documentary examining the evidence behind an appalling cover-up committed by the government agency charged with protecting the health of American citizens. Interviews with pharmaceutical insiders, doctors, politicians, and parents of vaccine-injured children reveal an alarming deception that has contributed to the skyrocketing increase of autism and potentially the most catastrophic epidemic of our lifetime.
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| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferA fair and balanced exposé. Prepare to be enlightened, alarmed, and enraged. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerThe most talked about film not at Tribeca. With Vaxxed axxed as unintended but hardly unrelated sequel of sorts, both implicating the US medical industrial complex interests more freaked about prospective lawsuits in the billions. Tobacco industry alert. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA one-sided polemic....If the history of this debate is any indication,...it will merely confirm Wakefield's followers in their views while vexing their detractors (if you'll excuse the pun). |
| Screen-SpaceSimon Foster[A] competently presented piece of investigative filmmaking, albeit one buoyed by the typical heavy-handedness of a heart-over-head polemic. |
| Willamette WeekJames HelmsworthShould evidence that vaccines cause autism appear, I will raise the alarm. As will, no doubt, the vast majority of pediatricians across the country. But that hasn't happened. |
| Toronto StarPeter Howell"The Film They Don't Want You to See" sales pitch will now draw more eyeballs than this disingenuous screed deserves. |
| NOW TorontoGlenn SumiVaxxed: From Cover-Up To Catastrophe is billing itself as "the most controversial film in America." You might also call it the most unbalanced. |
| The GuardianJordan HoffmanThere’s something inherently fishy about a movie that claims our facts are drawn from an inefficient data set which then turns around and uses the same methodology. |
| The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOn the surface, the doc makes some compelling arguments, although most of its power is emotional rather than informational. |
| IndiewireEric KohnWakefield's by-the-numbers approach to didactic storytelling relies on tons of random factoids positioned out of context to drive home his agenda. |