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Fahrenheit 9/11 (Fahrenheit 911)

2004

Michael Moore

Documentary, Self: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, George Bush, Condoleezza Rice ...

7.0

70,223

Documentary The Winner of the Palme d'Or of the 57th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is this Michael Moore's controversial documentary, widely admired by liberals and equally despised by conservatives, lambasting G.W. Bush and his administration. ''Fahrenheit 911'' is Michael Moore's reflections on the current state of America, including the powerful role oil and greed may have played after the 9-11 attacks. In this provocative exposé, Moore ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	a compelling, persuasive film (...) Moore has toned down his usual exuberance (...) But he remains one of the most valuable figures on the political landscape (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Michael Moore's inflammatory polemic is (...) certainly emotional and manipulative, brilliant and brazen (...) But it lands a kidney punch on the complacency of the political classes (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"Informative, provocative, frightening, compelling, funny, manipulative and, most of all, entertaining (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Ty Burr Boston Globe	"Should be seen because it takes off the gloves and wades into the fray, because it synthesizes the anti-Bush argument like no other work before it, and because it forces you to decide for yourself"
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"The somber tone notwithstanding, this film is on fire. It's an exhausting, shattering thing to watch, and the mood it casts lasts for days"
		Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"[It] filters the actions of the Bush administration through a nose-thumbing outrage that might have been irresponsible if Moore’s words weren’t girded by images that spoke 1,000 more"
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"If there was any movie to affect the political middle this may be it."
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"Even if one agrees with all of Moore's arguments, the film reduces decades of American foreign policy failures to a black-and-white cartoon that lays the blame on one family."

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