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Roger & Me (1989)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:27

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Ex-journalist Michael Moore's blistering, satirical documentary about the closing of the General Motors plants in Flint, Michigan in the mid-1980s. This move, which eliminated 33,000 jobs and left... Ex-journalist Michael Moore's blistering, satirical documentary about the closing of the General Motors plants in Flint, Michigan in the mid-1980s. This move, which eliminated 33,000 jobs and left the one-industry town destitute, was a particularly bitter tragedy, considering that Flint was the town that gave birth to General Motors during post-war boom era of the 1950s. The film revolves around Moore's dogged attempts to gain an interview with Roger Smith, the elusive and well-insulated head of GM and the man responsible for the layoffs. While tracking the eponymous Roger, Moore takes time out to record the devastation of Flint and the desperate, often unintentionally hilarious attempts of the citizens and the city fathers to deal with the catastrophe. [More]

Starring: Michael Moore

Starring: Michael Moore

Director: Michael Moore

Director: Michael Moore

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Emanuel Levy

Despite some tempering with the chronological sequence of events, this is a scathingly biting satire of Reagonomics that captures the zeitgeist of the late 1980s much more poignantly than most Hollywood movies.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 20 2006 01:29 PM

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Geoff Andrew

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 09 2006 03:16 AM

Time Out

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Cole Smithey

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comment Comment | Sep., 17 2005 12:48 PM

ColeSmithey.com

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5/5

Jules Brenner

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comment Comment | Jul., 15 2005 01:17 PM

Cinema Signals

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5/5

Alex Sandell

Effective.

comment Comment | Jun., 22 2005 02:57 PM

Juicy Cerebellum

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4/5

Frank Swietek

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comment Comment | Jun., 01 2005 06:50 PM

One Guy's Opinion

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JoBlo

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JoBlo's Movie Emporium

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3/5

Jon Niccum

Entertaining but overpraised first effort from Moore

comment Comment | Dec., 03 2004 03:06 PM

Lawrence Journal-World

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5/5

Steve Crum

the first of Moore's already legendary documentaries.

comment Comment | Oct., 15 2004 08:43 PM

Kansas City Kansan

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5/5

Linda Cook

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comment Comment | Aug., 04 2004 08:37 PM

Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

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Thomas Delapa

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comment Comment | Jul., 30 2004 11:46 AM

Boulder Weekly

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Sarah Chauncey

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comment Comment | Jun., 04 2004 06:31 AM

Reel.com

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Brian Gibson

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comment Comment | Dec., 01 2003 03:37 PM

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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5/5

MaryAnn Johanson

brilliant and subversive

comment Comment | Oct., 28 2003 01:16 PM

Flick Filosopher

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Mark Robison

So many classic bits.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 18 2003 08:34 PM

Reno Gazette-Journal

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Carol Cling

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comment Comment | Aug., 22 2003 06:34 PM

Las Vegas Review-Journal

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Christopher Null

Regardless of Moore's conceitedness and simple-mindedness, he still makes a good movie, and without inventing so many facts as he did with Bowling for Columbine.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Aug., 08 2003 08:25 PM

Filmcritic.com

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Ryan Cracknell

While not as good as Bowling for Columbine, Roger and Me does show delirious hints of what was yet to come.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 30 2003 01:03 AM

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