Where to Invade Next

Duncan Gray

Oh, Michael Moore—his comic-political pep-talks are essentially unrateable as art. Moore is right to point out that the line "America has the best system in the world" is a phony bill of goods sold to a fucked-over nation, but I can't tell if his one-sided nature does more harm than benefit. He doesn't allow for reasoned intellectual policy debate. Then again, since when has American politics placed much value in it?

EdieEmm

Surprisingly sweet and optimistic, if a little politically fluffy. But, maybe the exact sort of CPR needed to restore (or patch up, or at least distract from) one's eroded faith in humanity. Moore at his most genuine and endearing, presenting a quick (it flies!) two hour tour of some of the world's reservoirs of sanity. Fun and hopeful and genuinely interesting. Imperfect but welcome.

msmichel

I hadn't realized how much I missed Moore in his 6 year absence. Moore puts aside partisan politics this time around and instead casts a much bigger net in examining how America lost in its so-called American Dream has become a nightmare for so many of its common citizens instead. He examines how his country compares to various European ones (and Tunisia!) and finds his lacking in so many basic necessities. cntd..

Filipe F. Coutinho

Having grown up in Europe and living in the United States, I found Moore's rhetoric essential and of the utmost urgency.

Artemis

Despite Moore's tendency for selective romanticism and an ever-shifting focus, this film stands as the most genuine, heartfelt, and optimistic of Moore's works.

Jason

An ironic attempt to demonstrate the power of rhetoric. Indeed. Very much a movie of rhetoric. As usual, Mr Moore has the distinction of delivering his message in an easily digestible way to as broad an audience as possible. Although his politics are kinda elementary and imprecise, he is a populist addressing a population, and though he is widely despised, he is also popular. He probably actually changes minds.

El Biffo

The people who need to see this film never will.

pieomy

I obviously understood the message, but parts of it I thought were stupid. Mainly the whole section on how if the world was run by women, everything would be soooo much better. Righto.