RockDad37

While it is initially interesting to see how the main players of the story were brought together by Snowden's efforts, it quickly becomes something not all that dissimilar to a classroom lecture, as we listen to Snowden explain everything from his hotel room. Not to devalue the incredibly relevant information he's relaying, but at this point so much of it is old news, and, frankly, it's just not executed in a way that keeps it interesting. I suppose it is interesting to get to know Snowden a bit more, but it mostly feels like the filmmakers didn't have all that much to work with besides that bedroom interview.

Some of the cases are fascinating, and the presentation is fine. There is some interesting human drama to observe in the way patients and family members behave through the process as well. I think my primary issue with the storytelling is just that they haven't allowed enough time to elapse to actually assess whether significant progress was made. That left almost all the cases with a feeling that nothing had really been resolved other than more tests to arrive at no firm diagnosis Given the alleged concept of the show, it doesn't seem like that should have been the case. Time is often the friend of a great documentary, and more time to follow up on some of the cases likely would have made this more interesting.

This doc makes a really interesting topic really hard to stay interested in. The editing is poor. The direction, as so many other users are mentioning, is poor. Mickey Rourke's laughable narration is near-indecipherable mumbling of overwrought nonsense intended to sound deep. So disappointing.