Michael Moore fans should be able to appreciate what he does with this serious subject matter, while still keeping the movie entertaining and funny.
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09/23/09
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
121 - 140 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
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
[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
Michael Moore is the Obama of documentarians.
09/23/09
Michael Moore paints with too-wide a conceptual brush, which in turn explains why 'Capitalism: A Love Story' goes off point so often.
09/23/09
There are moments in Capitalism when you’re reminded of Moore’s talent for shrieking truth to power. The rest of the film, however, only proves that his quixotic preachiness can make even a worthy cause feel occasionally bankrupt.
09/23/09
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
Like most of his movies, Capitalism is a tragedy disguised as a comedy; it’s also an entertainment.
09/22/09
Top CriticThis is vintage Moore, reflecting both the filmmaker's fondness for manipulation and his strengths as a showman.
09/22/09
With the global economic meltdown affecting just about everybody, the film is pertinent, hugely entertaining, and, above all, timely.
09/22/09
"A somewhat-droll, somewhat-glib superficial expose into how The Man is screwing you over."
09/22/09
Though Moore is on less solid ground when mulling vague solutions to economic woes, his message for the masses about this national 'robbery' in progress as their jobs, health care and homes go up in smoke, is loud and clear: You've been had.
09/22/09
A scathing indictment of modern America's "me first" approach to the social contract...an urgently important piece of work.
09/22/09
Since making "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Sicko," Moore has polished his humanist vehicle of cinematic political agitprop to a glossy reflecting sheen with an entertaining, touching, and informative movie that's worth repeated viewings.
09/21/09
If Steven Spielberg is our country's best dramatic filmmaker, then surely Michael Moore is our best documentarian--which he proves in this sometimes hilariously entertaining broadside against the capitalist system.
09/21/09
"Harassing security guards, cheap stunts, unfunny comedy moments ... all a bit too familiar, and all a bit too distracting -- and that's a pity, because when Capitalism: A Love Story is on, it's on fire."
09/21/09
You don't go to a Moore's docu for rigorous discipline or objective approach, but in returning to his liberal-populist origins, he has made another timely, provocative and entertaining work, which is also a good companion piece to his 1989 Roger & Me.
09/18/09
Agree or not -- and in the interests of full disclosure, I'll note that I agree more than I disagree -- Moore's voice broadens the debate in a vital way.
09/17/09
A collection of outrageous facts sprayed like a shotgun blast towards what Moore deems the modern Roman Empire.
09/17/09
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