Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...The stark, graphic, yet serene final images show us that death can be a release and a liberation..." p.51Sight and Sound
"...SICK is an important film....A fine tribute..." 02/01/1998 p.48 New York Times
"...This groundbreaking documentary glimpses more uncomfortable truths about the human condition than you will find in a dozen other films..." 11/07/1997 p.E24 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Bob Flanagan was a wry, witty, funny man who saw the irony of his own situation..." 12/05/1997 p.37 Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
There are scenes in Sick that forced me to look away. But the scenes I did watch were, if anything, more painful. At the end, as Bob fights for breath and Sheree weeps and cares for him, what we are seeing is a couple who had something, however bizarre, that gave them the roles they preferred, and mutual reassurance. Now death is taking it all away. - Roger Ebert
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