Even if you strip away the politics, this is still an amazing film. Moore has finally grown up. There is little of the smug, snottiness of his previous films here. He lets his images tell the story -- and a powerful story it is.
There are moments of real humor -- even Moore poking fun at himself. There are moments of revelation: Lila Lipscombe's journey of understanding is nothing less than stunning. There are images that are so hard to look at I had to close my eyes.
I don't ever remember seeing a movie, documentary or otherwise, where the audience stood up and applauded at the end. They did in the showing I went to.
Before I saw it, I believed it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes because the French hate George Bush. Now that I've seen it, I know it was a fairly won award.
There are moments of real humor -- even Moore poking fun at himself. There are moments of revelation: Lila Lipscombe's journey of understanding is nothing less than stunning. There are images that are so hard to look at I had to close my eyes.
I don't ever remember seeing a movie, documentary or otherwise, where the audience stood up and applauded at the end. They did in the showing I went to.
Before I saw it, I believed it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes because the French hate George Bush. Now that I've seen it, I know it was a fairly won award.