They Call Me Dr. Miami

Description: Dr. Michael Salzhauer is an observant Orthodox Jewish family man living in Miami. He has a loving wife and five adorable children. In his spare time he sometimes performs religious circumcisions. The babies are in safe hands. Salzhauer is a surgeon with a successful plastic surgery practice. Part of his popularity is due to his aggressive social media marketing. Salzhauer regularly livestreams procedures such as Brazilian butt lifts and breast augmentations interspersed with the rap music videos he stars in. All this is not always agreeable to his family and professional colleagues.

Merits: While amusing us with comic aspects of some of Salzhuer’s outrageous stunts, Chartier’s nuanced film invites us to reflect on an industry that promises to “make people feel good about themselves” by promoting standards of perfection that make some people feel bad about themselves in the first place. Salzhauer comes across as an intelligent man who is seemingly aware of the contradictions in his life. The justifications Salzhuer gives sound as much intended to convince himself as they are to convince us.

Rating: Strong language in rap lyrics, nudity, operating theatre gore.

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