Michael Moore titled his most recent film Capitalism: A Love Story, probably because in Capitalism you never have to say you're sorry. And Moore never says he's sorry as he trashes Capitalism in America.
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09/25/09
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
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Reviews Counted:141
Fresh:106
Rotten:35
Average Rating:6.7/10
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: $14,266,331
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
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Moore's most personal film since Roger & Me: a lone, passionate man's hopeful search for answers to the very root of all of our socioeconomic problems
09/24/09
Moore sees our abusive relationship with capitalism as a growing plague. His movie, a genuine and welcome rabble-rouser, lays out the history of how democracy got corrupted.
09/24/09
Moore's choice to make "capitalism" his straw man (rather than, say, greed or Reagan-era deregulation) puts him in closer company than he might like with some pretty nasty world-historical bedfellows.
09/24/09
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
Whatever it lacks in a red-target focal point, it's still Moore doing what he does best: chipping away the layers of fraud that have calcified America, hoping to inspire others to storm the streets and question authority.
09/24/09
Capitalism is as entertaining as Roger & Me, and its critique skewers both major political parties, calling into question the economic policies of Bill Clinton as well as Ronald Reagan.
09/24/09
Top CriticIs everything always the bank’s fault? Is it only the guys in suits who can get greedy? In Moore’s world, yes, it is.
09/24/09
Even if you don't think capitalism should be scrapped, we can agree that there are numerous abuses of the system that need to be stopped, and Moore does a great job of trying to document them.
09/24/09
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
Capitalism's slickness, and its illusion of cumulative coherence, is actually a product of Moore's signature bait and switch, the same lack of structural integrity that mars most of his films.
09/23/09
Isn't it Washington that took money from the taxpayers to bail out the banks? Shouldn't Moore run his yellow crime-scene tape around the White House?
09/23/09
Provides lots of insights and enraging bits of information while, ultimately, coming off as somewhat amorphous.
09/23/09
At its best, Capitalism: A Love Story is a searing outcry against the excesses of a cutthroat time. At its worst, it's dorm-room Marxism.
09/23/09
Moore’s ambush-and-blame methods are bad journalism. His lack of moral, political context is as questionable as ever.
09/23/09
Moore's scattershot is a lot more interesting than some filmmakers' focus, and many of those individual parts are classic.
09/23/09
Top CriticThe film works best when Moore sits with representatives of the 99 percent of Americans vulnerable to financial freefall.
09/23/09
Michael Moore fans should be able to appreciate what he does with this serious subject matter, while still keeping the movie entertaining and funny.
09/23/09
This is a love story, all right, but it has less to do with the flaws of capitalism than it does with Moore's unwavering fondness for the sound of his own voice, and for what he perceives as his own vast cleverness.
09/23/09
[A] scattershot, lazy slice of agitprop, which recycles Moore's usual slice-and-dice job on corporations, while bobbing a curtsey to the current crisis.
09/23/09
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