The Pathological Optimist

Name: The Pathological Optimist
Director: Miranda Bailey
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2017-09-29
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Andrew Wakefield, Carmel Wakefield, Brendan McBride, William Parrish, James Wakefield

8.3

2017

United States

1h 33m

Documentary

Overview

"Liar. Healer. Monster. Savior."

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.