Guardian reviews Farenheit 9/11 reviews from US media

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Snip from The Guardian
'No moviegoer will be bored ...'

US critics find Michael Moore's anti-Bush missive entertaining and persuasive, even must-see cinema. Just don't call it a 'documentary'

Thursday June 24, 2004


Fahrenheit 9/11: 'Trades more in emotional appeals.' Photo: AP

"While Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 will be properly debated on the basis of its factual claims and cinematic techniques, it should first of all be appreciated as a high-spirited and unruly exercise in democratic self-expression."
AO Scott, New York Times


"No moviegoer will be bored. 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."
Claudia Puig, USA Today


"Fahrenheit 9/11 is at its best when it provides talking points for the emerging majority of those opposed to the Iraq incursion. In sum, it's an appalling, enthralling primer of what Moore sees as the Bush administration's crimes and misdemeanours."
Mary Corliss, Time


"Its title notwithstanding, Michael Moore has delivered a film rather less incendiary than might be expected - or wished for by his fans - in Fahrenheit 9/11. The sporadically effective docu trades far more in emotional appeals than in systematically building an evidence-filled case against the president and his circle."
Todd McCarthy, Variety

More Moore including
James Verniere, Boston Herald
Desson Thomas, Washington Post
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
J Hoberman, Village Voice
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1246356,00.html

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1. Check out the collected reviews at Rotten Tomatoes

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Fahrenheit911-1133649/

80% on the Tomatometer, not bad.