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Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

The topic was very engaging. Very eye opening to see how the big companies can control things on a national and local level, but the overall quality of the movie was extremely lacking. I tried to not be that harsh in understanding this is a first time director and that the content itself was powerful to inform and entertain the viewer, but there are some real big problems with the creative side.The good is that overall I really enjoyed this topic and found myself very impressed with how the story telling worked within the edit. There was a good movement that always had you waiting to see what would come next with enough content to allow people to begin to understand the topic. Starting with the case that from watching this seems to be the most misrepresented court case ever it was extremely engaging. Great use of slow reveals through a man on the street technique and a good variation of stories that attracted different audiences. Then we have the artistic side of things. The music for this movie was awful. I mean truly awful to the point that I found myself feeling like I was in a hotel lobby and the worst part was I kept coming back to it. Very poorly produced music that did not at all fit with the content. Then you have the cover ups which seemed to be a combo of i-stock photos mixed with awful visuals that reminded me of corporate videos that the editor had to cover up a cut or find a way to make more time than what they had the footage before. Then you have your animations which at times were very nice and at others that looked like they paid someone to alter a template. Really really poorly put together and all looked like they were done by different people.Similar to this was the interviews, which for the most part were shot professionally, but a few were poorly framed with incorrect lighting and made me think that someone else had to shoot some of them. This was very annoying at times.I enjoyed the content like I said above, but there were many times where things were said in interviews or content was used that really did not go with the movie. I don't know if the editor just wanted to keep it fat or what, but there are moments that just did not at all work for the content. I would say that if there is anything worth learning from this movie it's in the content and that is why I did not try and be to harsh, but the difference between an educational video and a documentary is pretty significant and to be a movie that got into the festivals it did I really really had myself scratching my head. I think of it like when you show your family something that you made. While they might be persuaded by their love for you so much that they can over look the things you did wrong in making it they will almost always tell you it looks great. Which with this it's the politics, so you could make a bad conservative movie or a republican movie and as longs as it subscribes to their beliefs you will be okay.I recommend based on the content that you check it out, but think the artistic merit is lacking.

The world is a better place because of your bravery I wish you were still alive to thank because McD's lids now fit tight and the temperature is not melting the cup. Every American must see this. Two things I learned this year 1. Karl Rove was wrong! 2. I was wrong about The Hot Coffee McDonald's Lawsuit. The hero is Stella Liebeck and we all should be aware of her and Tort Reforms and Caps. All the money used to promote big business getting out of taking responsibility for the harm would make better used in research. Listen to their customers and fix the problems from complaints. This will save money spent in real lawsuits and expose Frivolous Lawsuits. I hope that my life experiences result in changes for a safer world.

The story of the New Mexico woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonald's was widely viewed as the stuff of comedy, but it turns out that the story goes way beyond that. Using bumper sticker phrases like "tort reform" -- often conceived by the likes of Frank Luntz and Karl Rove -- the special interests sensationalized stories of "frivolous lawsuits" and convinced state legislatures to make it harder to sue, while also placing caps on damages, installing business-friendly judges, and often creating mandatory arbitration (signing away your right to sue).Susan Saladoff's documentary "Hot Coffee" looks at these issues. Saladoff organizes it like Michael Moore's documentaries (interviews with the subjects interspersed with cultural icons). Among other things, people often voted for tort reform without realizing that they were the ones getting screwed. Not only that, people often don't even know what a tort is.The point is that our justice system has gotten completely manipulated. See if you don't feel a chill run down your back while watching this.

"Hot Coffee" is a film seeking equal time to explain the famous McDonald's coffee lawsuit. Information that public wasn't aware of is given in the film and the case isn't quite as simple as TV reported. But what they can't refute is that the original jury award was $2.9 million--an amount that STILL seems huge to me--though her injuries they showed in the film were pretty bad.Following this discussion, the rest of the film also explores lawsuit caps, cases where media reports are dead wrong and are only intended to illustrate a need for tort reform (such as the totally bogus lawnmower hedge-trimming case that never actually occurred though it was reported as fact)."Hot Coffee" is an interesting film but it's also one that has a very strong bias in favor of lawsuits. It gives lot of examples of legitimate lawsuits, damage caps and exaggerated cases that were reported in the media--and all this is true. But, the tort reform side can report the exact opposite--illegitimate lawsuits, ridiculously high jury awards and exaggerated cases that were reported by the media. As a result, I strongly caution LET THE VIEWER BEWARE. If anyone seriously says there is no need for lawsuit reform or that corporations are always right, then they are either out of their mind or simply cannot be trusted.This pro-lawsuit film doesn't seem to acknowledge ANY cases where oversight or abuses have occurred or the long-term cost on everyone (they just dismiss this and say suits DON'T increase costs--which just makes no sense). Doctors unfortunately DO make mistakes--and I felt for the family in the film. But repeated lawsuits have forced too many good doctors out of business--with many obstetricians abandoning their specialization. And, such unwanted and unexpected problems such as the shutting down of playgrounds, prisoners suing EVERYONE (including their victims) because they can, disbanding of little leagues and the like due to super-high insurance rates aren't discussed as well.Now I am not some big-business hack. I know that despite too many lawsuits, big corporations can buy still justice and have armies of lawyers and practically unlimited funds at their disposal. And, like the pro-lawsuit side, they, too, have their own hired experts who are paid to claim what's in their best interests.By the way, I checked and the consensus across internet sites devoted to coffee making seemed to indicate that the optimal temperature for coffee to be brewed is between 180-190 degrees. The public has shown the preference for this temperature and won't buy significantly colder temperatures. And, incidentally, this is the SAME temperature (190 degrees) as the coffee that spilled on this poor old lady's lap. Yes, the temperature we all want will cause horrible burns in some situations--so be careful! Overall, a well-written and constructed film--but a film whose message is heavily one-sided. I would REALLY like to see a film that looks at both sides of the issue--thus providing a much more objective look at lawsuits in America today.By the way, one thing the film did made me irritated. While the Chamber of Commerce and corporations do pour huge amounts of money into campaigns, it does NOT point out that trial lawyers and their organizations do the same. And, MOST politicians are lawyers--and some very famous ones have been trial lawyers (such as John Edwards), so the REAL story is much less black & white than the film portrays it to be.