The Pathological Optimist(2017)

Name: The Pathological Optimist
Director: Miranda Bailey
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: Sep 29, 2017
Cast: Andrew Wakefield, Carmel Wakefield, Brendan McBride

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1h 33m
- Documentary
- Biography

Release Date: Sep 29, 2017

In the center of the recent Tribeca Film Festival scandal surrounding his film VAXXED: From Cover-up to Controversy stands Andrew Wakefield, discredited and stripped of his medical license for his infamous study suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine, bowel disease, and autism... Read all

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Release Details

Original Release | Sep 29, 2017 | Limited

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Box Office Results

2025-04-29T02:13:05.036Z

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$5,946
Total US & Canada:
$11,222
Total Worldwide:
$11,222

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Director & Top Cast

Miranda Bailey
Director

Andrew Wakefield
Self

Carmel Wakefield
Self

Brendan McBride
Self - Attorney

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Summaries

Storyline

In the center of the recent Tribeca Film Festival scandal surrounding his film VAXXED: From Cover-up to Controversy stands Andrew Wakefield, discredited and stripped of his medical license for his infamous study suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine, bowel disease, and autism. 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. Director Miranda Bailey weaves a delicate portrait of a man who is THE PATHOLOGICAL OPTIMIST utilizing a never-before-seen, full access look at the man at the center of one of the biggest medical and media controversies of our times.