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Bowling for Columbine

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Bowling for Columbine (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 158 Fresh: 152  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 8.2/10
 
Consensus: Though it may not always convince, Bowling for Columbine asks important questions and provokes thought. Though it may not always convince, Bowling for Columbine asks important questions and provokes thought. more
 
Runtime: 2 hrs 5 mins
Synopsis:
Filmmaker and leftist activist Michael Moore asks some serious questions as he probes the depths of America's trigger-happy gun culture in the insightful and amusing documentary, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. Guns in America are used to kill an average of more than 11,000 people per year. This... [More]
Filmmaker and leftist activist Michael Moore asks some serious questions as he probes the depths of America's trigger-happy gun culture in the insightful and amusing documentary, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. Guns in America are used to kill an average of more than 11,000 people per year. This death toll is obscenely out of balance with other first world countries, which generally average a total in double digits. Experts and analysts have pointed to America's bloody history as a reason, but how does that explain the lower murder rate in Germany? Violent entertainment has also been fingered, but how does this account for staggeringly low numbers in Japan, home of the most violent entertainment video games on the market. Moore's trademark comedic tone is razor-sharp as his quest leads him everywhere from Littleton Colorado's Columbine High School to the home of NRA President Charlton Heston. Moore, oddly enough a lifetime NRA member, makes his main target the news media, but also fires away at inefficient welfare programs, Dick Clark, and Kmart. The latter is even compelled to make a major policy change in their stores due to one of Moore's confrontational stunts. This exploration into America's obsession with guns is disarmingly humorous, but Moore also asks challenging questions and fearlessly seeks responsible parties, making the film an effective call for more social awareness as well. [Less]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Starring: Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Matt Stone, Dick Clark, James Nichols

Director: Michael Moore
Producer: Kathleen Glynn, Michael Donovan, Charles Bishop, Jim Czarnecki

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Oct 1, 2009

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It could change America, not only because it is full of necessary discussion points, but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment.

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This is a bold, blackly comic masterpiece -- everyone should see it.

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For all its gallows humor and choked laughter of disbelief, it feels rather soul-sick and bewildered.

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Why do Americans seem so inclined to slaughter one another? Once again, Michael Moore has once again waded into some rather murky waters to weigh in on a very thorny subject.

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Even if his information is, oh, even 40% false... the ideas he is presenting need to be heard, examined, and reckoned with.

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Moore’s timing couldn’t be better aimed for all Americans to search in their heart of hearts and ask why we live in a pathological gun culture.

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