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Though it may not always convince, Bowling for Columbine asks important questions and provokes thought.
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Though it may not always convince, Bowling for Columbine asks important questions and provokes thought.
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Filmmaker, author, and political activist Michael Moore trains his satirical eye on America's obsession with guns and violence in his third feature-length documentary, which gets its title from a pair of loosely related incidents. On April 20, 1999, shortly before they began their infamous killing spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold attended their favorite class, a no-credit bowling course held at a bowling alley near the school, the same bowling alley
Oct 11, 2002 Wide
Aug 19, 2003
$21.2M
United Artists Films
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All in all, Mr. Moore has given us a lot to think about in Bowling for Columbine, and he has entertained us royally in the process.
Fascinating, thought-provoking, often fitfully funny and sometimes devastatingly sad.
A worthy successor to Roger & Me.
Bowling for Columbine would never be mistaken for even-handed, but it is at least a sincere attempt to find the source of this country's inability to curb gun violence and murder.
A sweeping, sometimes insightful and often funny look at America's culture of violence.
Gutsy, mandatory viewing.
Must-see gun violence documentary. 17+ only.
Agree with his messages or not, there's no denying the effectiveness of Moore's presentation.
Master movie muckraker Moore retraces the final days of the Columbine shooters, in an alternately sordid and absurd trail that ends up encompassing a culpable media and a wacky gun love culture.
For all its gallows humor and choked laughter of disbelief, it feels rather soul-sick and bewildered.
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.
Even if his information is, oh, even 40% false... the ideas he is presenting need to be heard, examined, and reckoned with.
Bowling for dollars
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.
Perhaps a world as outrageous as ours deserves a filmmaker as blunt as Michael Moore.
Bowling for Columbine is a great documentary film from filmmaker Michael Moore. The film takes a look at America's obsession with guns. The film is very revealing in the way Michael Moore raises his points, and he gives plenty of good points, while at times making himself look like a bad guy. I personally think
January 16, 2012
Super Reviewer
Exceptional. I have always followed the story about the 'Columbine Shootings' and to see the victims of it was so poignant and heart wrenching. Really great documentary from Michael Moore. Excellent!
June 23, 2011Super Reviewer
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