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This documentary portrays a very compelling argument about the perils of running a private ambulance business in the broken healthcare system in Mexico City.

One of the best doocumentary features I've ever seen. Viually astonishing and well-directed. Is a tough glance of one city night convulsions that, ven though is raw is not morbid or disrespectful in any kind. A masterfully crafted film that should be watched by everybody. This is not a film about heroes, is about people who help other people in a place where everything can happen -believe me, EVERYTHING-. Powerfully honest and necessarily moving.

I do not know whether to say that the best of all is that it is real or that is the saddest thing. The documentary, beautiful.

Se nos muestra la realidad que se vive en la Ciudad de México; una gran falta de un buen servicio médico.

This movie is kind of a thriller. You're always asking what's happening next. It's terrifying and boring and fascinating all at the same time. All you can really say is, "poor fuckers." Driving and managing that private ambulance business looks unbelievably difficult. Must watch if only to learn how other people are living jesus christ!

It's a really good movie shows just how good we have it in the Ol USA

What a tragedy that a family has to be running every night to get their livelihood, third world countries thanks to their governments with populism, an excellent movie to see the reality of the nights.

Midnight Family doesn't quite fulfill the story promised by the back of its DVD packaging, but its an extremely engrossing depiction of a messy, clusterfudge of an emergency healthcare industry in Mexico City. General audiences will have their eyes opened wide, and anyone with EMS experience will relive some their own past emergency calls through this family's ambulance.

'Midnight Family' is a Mexican documentary feature film that focuses on a family who runs a private ambulance business. Guess what America, this type of system could be coming to you soon! When the movie follows the emergency calls the family is on the movie flows. I could watch that for hours. Call me crazy, but i would love this as a series of episodes. As for the family, they are just there and not explored with any care or detail. I want to know so much more about this Mexican ambulatory system and a ton more about how the family survives. How do they get paid? What's here is excellent, but I guess if you're left wanting more it's better than being bored over a bad final twenty minutes. We're scratching the surface of something that could be great, but had to settle for good. Final Score: 7.8/10

Es uno de los mejores documentales de los últimos años. Imposible no ser empático con los personajes y las situaciones. El acercamiento con las pasiones humanas es quizá su gran cualidad.

A documentary showing me a world I never even knew excisted. The Ochoa family is driving around Mexico City in a private ambulance. Well, what is a private ambulance? It's like a pirate ambulance that compete with other ambulances to reach patients in need. They are saving lives but risk everything. The stuff they are doing is not legal and they are not even making much money of it. Police want a bribing share and if things ends up badly they are in even bigger trouble as they kind of murder the patients - at least not giving them the best treatment by qualified medical workers. We are in the amulance for most of the time. They wait, they eat, they rush around in traffic towards emergencies. I kind of feel for the family. Sure, they do it for the money but as the real health care has not nearly enough cars they are kind of needed. Sometimes they get payed, sometime they don't. They won't even know until the patient is brought to the hospital - often private ones. They question out the victims next of kin and lead them into giving away as much money as possible. A very good documentary that is just as wrong as it is right. 8.5 out of 10 sirens.

It's crazy how fast the modern world we've created can go from orderly, sensible and safe to insane, chaotic, and dangerous. 3.8 stars

I must give credit to writer and director Luke Lorentzen for two things - his initiative to capture the dismaying and sometimes confronting footage in a purely observational manner and for his ability to remain non-judgemental. For someone who prides himself on being an open-minded person who doesn't judge the actions others, and rather endeavours to understand them, I found myself being greatly challenged! In the Ochoa family's defence, their need to earn a living is at least resulting in helping those in need whose lives are otherwise in greater jeopardy. They are saving lives. However, it is evident that they are also ill-equipped and lack proper education, training and experience to truly fulfil the role they're occupying. As such, they are also further endangering lives. Lives that are sometimes, maybe even often, seemingly dependent on which ambulance places first in the race. As we see in MIDNIGHT FAMILY, that's only part of the issue. I haven't even touched on the awkward, shady and lack of compassionate financial dealings associated to the business of privately owned and operated ambulance services. Again, by merely observing how this facet of emergency assistance unfolds, we witness how lives are further endangered. It is simply staggering. While my own narrative may be beginning to sound as though a finger of blame is being pointed at the family depicted, I can assure it is not. Every problem sighted in MIDNIGHT FAMILY can be derived from and solved by the city's government. As startling as its observations are, this documentary isn't as comprehensive with information pertaining to the subject as it needs to be in order to understand the bigger picture much better.

Wow! Life in Mexico, the police and the corruption. This good people is just trying to make a decent living by helping others and some people doesn't appreciate their service to humanity. God bless these beautiful human being. Great documentary.

Great movie and documentary.

Why is this even in theaters? This movie was an hour and a half of driving around and picking up people who cant pay For the service. HORRIBLE movie/documentary. Wish I could give it 0 stars.

Fantastic documentary showing a disturbing industry of private ambulances in Mexico City. The Ochoa family is extremely enigmatic and open and ultimately hardworking in an unforgiving line of work.

"It's human suffering framed as a means of opportunity, with Lorentzen using his vivid microcosm to show the horror of when a government does not prioritize the well-being of its citizens." -- https://www.rogerebert.com/sundance/sundance-2019-midnight-family-one-child-nation-untouchable "Lorentzenï¿ 1/2 1/2(TM)s filmmaking is unfussy and near-surgical in its precision." -- http://remezcla.com/features/film/sundance-review-midnight-family-documentary/