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Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

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Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 225
Fresh: 188 | Rotten: 37

Extremely one-sided in its indictment of the Bush administration, but worth watching for the humor and the debates it'll stir.

Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 45
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 8

Extremely one-sided in its indictment of the Bush administration, but worth watching for the humor and the debates it'll stir.

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Directed by Michael Moore, whose aura of controversy only grew after his Oscar acceptance speech at the 2003 Academy Awards, Fahrenheit 9/11, like Moore's Bowling For Columbine and Roger & Me, promises to expose the corporate wrongdoings and big-money scandals perpetrated by America's financial elite. This movie, however, looks beyond the inner echelons of General Motors and Lockheed Martin in hopes of outing the evildoers in the White House, particularly in regards to the 43rd President of the

R, 2 hr. 2 min.

Documentary, Special Interest

Directed By: Michael Moore

Written By: Michael Moore

In Theaters: Jun 25, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Oct 5, 2004

Box Office:$119.1M

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Critic Reviews for Fahrenheit 9/11

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This is the most comprehensive diatribe ever filmed against Bush and his cronies (even though, by necessity, it is focused primarily on Iraq).

August 7, 2004 Full Review Source: New York Magazine

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine

Top Critic

This is Moore's most powerful movie -- the largest in scope, the most resourceful and skillful in means -- and the best things in it have little to do with his usual ideological take on American power and George Bush.

August 1, 2004 Comment

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

Sometimes slipshod in its making and juvenile in its travesty, and of course it has no interest in overall fairness to Bush. But it vents an anger about this presidency that, as the film's ardent reception shows, seethes in very many of us.

July 11, 2004 Comment

Stanley Kauffmann

New Republic

Top Critic

Little of this information is new, but Moore packages what's already known about George W. Bush and his presidency into a piece of rhetoric so persuasive that the Bush reelection campaign could spend the next five months trying to refute it.

July 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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An enormous film, an angry film, a flawed film and often a very, very funny film.

July 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Andrew O'Hehir

Salon.com

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Potent and infuriating.

June 30, 2004 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

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Controversial documentary best for older teens.

December 24, 2010 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Michael Moore's fierce and funny Fahrenheit 9/11 is not so much a documentary as a mythology, reducing geopolitical complexities to a neat, tawdry narrative.

June 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

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Thomas Peyser

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

Populist documentarian Michael Moore raises crucial questions about the ersatz presidency of George Bush in an air of simplicity and honest curiosity.

April 18, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Isn't quite the bullseye Moore's supporters are hoping for and Bush's supporters are dreading.

February 3, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

If all the world is truly a stage, then leftie bad boy Michael Moore is chief scavenger of the behind-the-scenes skeletons in the storage closet.

June 1, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

If all the world is truly a stage, then leftie bad boy Michael Moore is chief scavenger of the behind-the-scenes skeletons in the storage closet.

May 24, 2007 Full Review | Comment

Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

The problem with Fahrenheit 9/11 is not that it is one-sided, per se; it is that Moore barely acknowledges there even is another side.

September 28, 2006 Comments (3)

Peter T. Chattaway

Christianity Today

Fahrenheit is, by turns, entertaining, incisive, infuriating, heartbreaking and (this being Moore) slickly populist

August 21, 2006 Full Review Source: Cinema Writer

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Jay Antani

Cinema Writer

I want to hug Michael Moore. Then slap him.

July 2, 2006 Comment

Gina Carbone

Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) Source: Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine)

Michael Moore proves in his scathing yet facile anti-Bush documentary that more than a good filmmaker he is first and foremost indefatigably populist comedian for whom timing is everything.

June 25, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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A documentary movie shouldn't usually be completely biased and one-sided like this, but Michael Moore has obviously done his homework and researched the subject matter deep enough and with enough attention to detail to make up for it's narrow mindedness. Or is it really? I never knew a documentary about one of the most

February 7, 2012

Directors Cat

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Fahrenheit 9/11 is the best documentary that Michael Moore has made. The film takes a look at the Government's handling of September 11, 2001 and the aftermath. Say what you want about Michael Moore, and believe me, I sometimes don't agree with him on everything he says but his points in this film are very hard to

January 17, 2012