Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Reviews Counted: 162
Fresh: 156 | Rotten: 6
Though it may not always convince, Bowling for Columbine asks important questions and provokes thought.
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 2
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
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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.
Top CriticFascinating, 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 is brutal.
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.
It may be more op-ed than journalistic, but that does not distract from the fact that BFC makes for a thoroughly enjoyable, thought provoking film.
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.
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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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- himself: It was the morning of April 20th 1999, and it was pretty much like any other morning in America. The Farmer did his chores. The milkman made his deliveries. The President bombed another country whose name we couldn't pronounce.
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