No easy answers here, but that’s exactly the point; a big ideas film that hopes to rouse the audience into social change.
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11/03/09
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
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Reviews Counted:145
Fresh:109
Rotten:36
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Love him or hate him, Capitalism captures Michael Moore in his muckraking element -- with all the Moore-centric showmanship that entails.
Australian Rating: TBC
Genre: Education/General Interest
Australian Theatrical Release:
Jul 23, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $14,342,792
Synopsis: Plenty of excitement--and controversy--is sure to surround this film from decorated documentarian Michael Moore. After previously taking on America’s gun culture (BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE), the Bush... [More]
Director: Michael Moore
Reviews for Capitalism: A Love Story
1 - 20 (sorted by critic A-Z; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticThere's both grit and entertainment value in the film, although if you have seen Moore's other films, you may, like me, feel as though you have seen it all before. It's long, too
10/31/09
Top CriticCapitalism: A Love Story is, like Moore's previous movies, manipulative and moving, funny and impassioned, uplifting and infuriating.
11/03/09
Top CriticAs usual, Moore is a man who wants answers, which makes for a good documentary. It is a fascinating, albeit terribly lopsided, insight.
11/05/09
Top CriticCapitalism : A Love Story marks a minor return to form for Moore, whose tactical agenda and questionable methods as a documentary filmmaker have dented his standing in recent years.
11/04/09
Top CriticThere's nothing too subtle about Moore's filmmaking style, but he does get his points across in a straightforward, uncomplicated way.
11/01/09
Top CriticMoore has long proved himself an excellent editor and comedian, but he always insists on preaching to the like-minded and, thus, can't string together a political film persuasive enough to make a real difference.
11/04/09
Top CriticMoore has the skill to make very complex material reasonably lucid, some would say simplistic; but it’s when he gets silly that he falters.
11/01/09
Top CriticAnother exceptional piece of propaganda, designed to get you riled up, but also to get you to laugh.
09/26/09
Proving that demagoguery can come as easily from the left as from the right, Michael Moore has produced a jerry-rigged jeremiad about free enterprise that hands up some very legitimate indictments, without really making a case.
09/24/09
All these episodes are accompanied by Moore’s typically dramatic background music choices and unrigorous analysis.
10/02/09
Effective when it exposes the immoral, even 'evil' excesses of an economic system that prizes profit above public welfare; less persuasive when it waxes nostalgic about the factory era of the mid-20th century...
10/30/09
There's a simmering anger here that hasn't been present since Moore first burst upon the cinematic world with Roger and Me.
09/30/09
[Michael] Moore hasn't made a measured film because he's not looking for a measured response. He wants to get his viewers outraged and shake them out of their complacency.
09/23/09
Smart-alecky and simplistic? Yeah. And primo Moore.
10/02/09
Love him or hate him, Michael Moore makes us think; he makes us talk. And if you agree with what he has to say, especially with his latest opus Capitalism: A Love Story, he can inspire you to make a difference.
09/24/09
Even if it's not the most cogent political docu-essay ever made, it's surely coming straight from the heart.
10/12/09
As always, Moore's at his best when he gets the hell out of the way and lets average citizens have their say.
10/05/09
Michael Moore's hard-hitting documentary about the egregious, toxic, and rapacious spin-offs from the American obsession with unbridled capitalism and greed.
09/23/09
Capitalism's aim is too scattershot. It's old hat for Moore to argue only one side of the story, but this is the first time he has so blatantly failed to focus on the issue at hand
10/02/09
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