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THEY CALL ME DR. MIAMI

Directed by Jean-Simon Chartier

  • “They Call Me Dr. Miami is an extremely entertaining documentary.”
    Disappointment Media
  • “100%”
    Rotten Tomatoes

 

Dr. Michael Salzhauer a.k.a. Dr. Miami is the most famous plastic surgeon in America, and the first doctor to livestream graphic tummy tucks and breast augmentations on Snapchat – all with the enthusiastic consent of his patients.

The golden age of “sharing” has taken us to places as a society we never imagined.  Through Dr. Miami’s “reality” operating theater, we enter the hotbed of body modification and selfie culture, where butt lifts lifts have increased over 250 percent since 2015, and Salzhauer’s patient waiting list is two years long. And yet, the cosmetic surgery evangelist is also an Orthodox Jew, married for 20 years with five children and observes the Sabbath.

This funny and incisive film explores how Dr. Miami balances the celebrity status he actively cultivates with his conservative Orthodox Jewish faith. In the age of relentless pursuit of social media fame, Dr. Miami has taken “getting some work done” to new extremes, making him an internet and pop culture sensation celebrated in hip hop culture and memes. Salzhauer, a devoted family man, is not immune to the pressures of social media’s looking glass and the crass and often sexist marketing that feeds the nonstop social media beast he’s now a part of.

 

"Dr. Miami in Remezcla" In The Press
Remezcla: They Call Me Dr. Miami is streaming exclusively on Discovery+.MORE +
Distractify: How to Score an Appointment With Dr. Miami, According to the Celeb Surgeon (EXCLUSIVE)MORE +
Realscreen: They Call Me Dr. Miami acquired by Discovery+MORE +
Heavy: Eva Zafira Zion, Dr. Michael Salzhauer’s Wife: 5 Fast FactsMORE +
Heavy: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Catching Up with Plastic Surgeon ‘Dr. Miami’MORE +
Washington Post: They Call Me Dr. Miami on Discovery +MORE +
EW: They Call Me Dr. Miami (doc) — Discovery+ streamingMORE +
Heavy: How Much Does Dr. Miami Charge His Clients?MORE +
TV Insider: On Discovery+: They Call Me Dr. Miami, a documentary profiling controversial celebrity plastic surgeon Michael Salzhauer…MORE +
Daily Journal: Discovery+ debuts the 2020 documentary “They Call Me Dr. Miami,” a profile of a celebrated plastic surgeon.MORE +
Nicki Swift: Dr. Miami: How Much Is The Controversial Plastic Surgeon Worth? Read More: https://www.nickiswift.com/328460/dr-miami-how-much-is-the-controversial-plastic-surgeon-worth/?utm_campaign=clipMORE +
Nicki Swift: The Untold Truth Of Dr. MiamiMORE +
Realscreen: Discovery + picked up Jean-Simon Chartier’s feature-length documentary They Call Me Dr. MiamiMORE +
Cord Cutters News: They Call Me Dr. Miami coming to Discovery Thursday, February 11MORE +
Streamable: A doc about a plastic surgeon who live streams his operations on social media is coming to discovery+ on Feb. 11.MORE +
Gossip Cop: Why Michael Salzhauer Is The Most Controversial Plastic Surgeon TodayMORE +
Realscreen: Discovery+ slates “They Call Me Dr. Miami”MORE +
The Streamable: They Call Me Dr. Miami coming to Discovery February 11th, 2021MORE +
Deadline: Discovery+ Picks Up Plastic Surgery Doc ‘They Call Me Dr. Miami’MORE +
The Gate: Director Jean-Simon Chartier creates an entertaining and thoughtful exercise in contradictions with They Call Me Dr. Miami. MORE +
Northern Stars: "Canadian docs in the Special Presentations program include a particularly odd film They Call Me Dr. Miami. It’s from director Jean-Simon Chartier"MORE +
CTV News: "A new documentary, "They Call Me Dr. Miami," on VOD as part of Hot Docs at Home on CBC, details the unusual story of a surgeon who balances internet notoriety with his own deeply held Jewish Orthodox values."MORE +
Complex: They Call Me Dr. Miami explores the seeming contradiction between the plastic surgeon’s larger-than-life social media persona and comparatively low-key home lifeMORE +
POV Magazine: "The film is fascinating to watch as a window into the “Miami culture” that inspires waves of people to flock to the beach and display their bodies in the middle of a pandemic."MORE +
Auburn Lane: THEY CALL ME DR. MIAMI — A GLIMPSE OF THE FAMED PLASTIC SURGEON’S LIFE BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIAMORE +
Journal Metro: The parodoxes of Dr. MiamiMORE +
Toronto Sun: "Celebrated for his outrageous social media persona, this documentary follows the most famous surgeon in America, Dr. Miami (a.k.a. Michael Salzhauer), as he balances family time with his celebrity clients as the first doctor to livestream Brazilian butt lifts, breast augmentations and other cosmetic procedures."MORE +
Le Devoir: With this complex and captivating portrait, the director wanted to probe the idea of ​​perpetual self-representation. "This desire to want to be loved... In a way, he is us."MORE +
Shockya: "Intriguing, entertaining documentary, one which breaks new ground on the subject of plastic surgery"MORE +
The Star: “They Call Me Dr. Miami,” profiling a plastic surgeon who livestreams butt lifts and breast augmentations, and is followed by millions on Snapchat.MORE +
Hammer to Nail: Chartier builds a complex portrait of a consummate professional who nevertheless long ago crossed a moral Rubicon, no matter his religious misgivingsMORE +
Sun Sentinel: Ready to make its world premiere on March 12, the documentary “They Call me Dr. Miami” was one of the first public events in Miami to get caught in the cross-hairs of coronavirus.MORE +
Art Burst Miami: Dr. Miami will premiere April 25-26 on the Miami Film Festival’s Vimeo VOD channel for a 48-hour period.MORE +
Film Threat: "...exposed here are the kind of fun lifestyles and flashiness that generally make for fascinating stories and shows."MORE +
IndieWire: “They Call Me Dr. Miami,” which was slated to premiere at the Miami International Film Festival in March, will instead bow as a Vimeo rental in a partnership between the Miami festival and the city’s Tower TheaterMORE +
Israel Internacional: The Miami Dade College Miami Film Festival will present the online world premiere of the Canadian documentary They Call Me Dr. Miami, directed by Jean-Simon Chartier.MORE +
Social Miami: Taking place in Bal Harbor, They Call Me Dr. Miami is a highly entertaining look at Michael’s attempt to balance his role as a traditional family man with his larger-than-life social media persona. Watch the Miami Film Festival online world premiere, as it’s available to rent for 2 nights only, April 25 & 26. MORE +
Miami New Times: Miami Film Festival, but for 48 hours beginning this Saturday, the festival's VimeoVOD channel will air the long-awaited premiere of the documentary They Call Me Dr. Miami, a profile of the Magic City's most visible penis-enhancing plastic surgeon.MORE +
Cult #MTL: They Call Me Dr. Miami, a portrait of an eccentric Orthodox Jewish plastic surgeon will premiere on CBCMORE +
Screen Daily: Miami Film Festival will present the online world premiere of the Canadian documentary They Call Me Dr. Miami on April 25 and 26.MORE +
Now Toronto: Watch Jean-Simon Chartier's They Call Me Dr. Miami (May 14), a biopic about celebrity plastic surgeon and reality TV star Dr. Michael Salzhauer.MORE +
Hollywood Reporter: 2020 festival titles to stream via the CBC include Jean-Simon Chartier's They Call Me Dr. Miami, about a celebrity plastic surgeon who livestreams butt lifts and breast surgeriesMORE +
CBC: Watch exclusive first-run feature docs from the 2020 Hot Docs Festival at home on CBCMORE +
Disappointment Media: They Call Me Dr. Miami is an extremely entertaining documentary.MORE +
Broadway World: "They Call Me Dr. Miami at Miami Film Festival"MORE +
Screen Anarchy: "They Call Me Dr. Miami does not seek to expose or endorse the plastic surgery industry as a whole, but rather the spectacle of it through the lens of Dr. Miami, and the way in which Salzhaeur has found - or perhaps more accurately, continues to find - ways to exist as both a commercial image and a private man."MORE +
Vents Magazine: Cargo Film & Releasing is excited to announce the first trailer for They Call Me Dr. Miami directed by Jean-Simon Chartier (Playing Hard). The film will have its world premiere at the Miami International Film Festival taking place from March 6-15.MORE +
Berlin: Cargo Film’s Plastic Surgery Doc ‘They Call Me Dr. Miami’ Unveils Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)MORE +
Miami New Times: "They Call Me Dr. Miami, featured in the Knight Made in MIA Feature Film Award competition."MORE +

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