Unfocused, bombastic and provocative in every sense of the word, Michael Moore's scattershot attack on George W. Bush's presidency, which won the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, opened in an atmosphere of bitter controversy prompted by its much-publicized distribution problems, the threat of a lawsuit by
Fahrenheit 451 author Ray Bradbury, wrangles over the rating and threats of boycotts. Like all of Moore's films, it's infuriating and challenging in equal parts, a bombshell of bitter insights that are obscured by clouds of disingenuous bluster and tomfoolery; every sharply articulated point is offset by a buffoonish stunt, each razor-sharp observ...
Released:
2004
Rated:
R
Length:
116 mins