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Roger & Me

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Roger & Me (1989)

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Reviews Counted: 29

Fresh: 29

Rotten:0

Average Rating: 8.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Ex-journalist Michael Moore's blistering, satirical documentary about the closing of the General Motors plants in Flint, Michigan in the mid-1980s. This move, which eliminated 33,000 jobs and left the one-industry town destitute,... Ex-journalist Michael Moore's blistering, satirical documentary about the closing of the General Motors plants in Flint, Michigan in the mid-1980s. This move, which eliminated 33,000 jobs and left the one-industry town destitute, was a particularly bitter tragedy, considering that Flint was the town that gave birth to General Motors during post-war boom era of the 1950s. The film revolves around Moore's dogged attempts to gain an interview with Roger Smith, the elusive and well-insulated head of GM and the man responsible for the layoffs. While tracking the eponymous Roger, Moore takes time out to record the devastation of Flint and the desperate, often unintentionally hilarious attempts of the citizens and the city fathers to deal with the catastrophe. [More]

Starring: Michael Moore

Starring: Michael Moore

Director: Michael Moore

Director: Michael Moore

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Release:

Aug 19, 2003

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Michael Moore - Director/Star
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

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Despite some tempering with the chronological sequence of events, this is a scathingly biting satire of Reagonomics that captures the zeitgeist of the late 1980s much more poignantly than most Hollywood movies.

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10/20/06
Emanuel Levy
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Emanuel Levy
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Effective.

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02/05/05
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Entertaining but overpraised first effort from Moore

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12/03/04
Jon Niccum
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the first of Moore's already legendary documentaries.

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10/15/04
Steve Crum
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12/01/03
Brian Gibson
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brilliant and subversive

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10/28/03
MaryAnn Johanson
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So many classic bits.

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09/18/03
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08/22/03
Carol Cling
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Regardless of Moore's conceitedness and simple-mindedness, he still makes a good movie, and without inventing so many facts as he did with Bowling for Columbine.

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08/08/03
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07/30/03
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While not as good as Bowling for Columbine, Roger and Me does show delirious hints of what was yet to come.

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07/30/03
Ryan Cracknell
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