Moore has marshaled what's on the record and off into a stinging indictment of where we're going. In a multiplex filled with Hollywood cotton candy, we need him more than ever.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
A compelling, persuasive film, at odds with the White House effort to present Bush as a strong leader.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
The documentary's scathing attack on the war in Iraq and George W. Bush's presidency is informative, provocative, frightening, compelling, funny, manipulative and, most of all, entertaining.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Scalding and glib, derisive yet impassioned, Fahrenheit 9/11 is an intensely resonant piece of Bush-bashing, because it lets the president do most of the work.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Michael Moore in Fahrenheit 9/11 has launched an unapologetic attack, both savage and savvy, on an administration he feels has betrayed the best of America and done extensive damage in the world.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
As a character assassin, Moore fails, because you can't kill anyone with contempt and sarcasm. And as an independent counsel prosecuting Bush for bamboozling America, Moore likewise misses his mark because many of the exhibits he offers as evidence are emotional rather than factual.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
One last thought: Fahrenheit 9/11 is many things, but for pity's sake let's not call it a documentary.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
In Fahrenheit 9/11, Moore largely stays out of the picture, and the film is the better for it. But otherwise his style hasn't changed.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
Fahrenheit 9/11 is more like a drug experience than a political documentary. It's a mind-bending, half-digested mass of video clips, interviews, statistics, rampant speculation and the cheap gags Moore has never been able to resist.Read Full Review »