Hot Coffee (2011)
- Directed by
- Susan Saladoff
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 66 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film looks at how tort reform laws have changed the American legal system. It uses the famous McDonald's coffee lawsuit as a starting point to discuss wider issues about access to courts and consumer rights.
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What happens
Hot Coffee is a 2011 documentary film that analyzes and discusses the impact of tort reform on the United States judicial system. It is directed by Susan Saladoff, who has practiced as a medical malpractice attorney for at least 26 years. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2011, and later aired on HBO on June 27, 2011, as a part of HBO films documentary summer series. The title is derived from the Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants lawsuit, in which the plaintiff Liebeck was severely burned after spilling into her lap hot coffee purchased from a McDonald's. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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