|
OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh |
|
A- | "Moore's best and most mature effort to date." |
| FromTheBalcony |
| Bill Clark |
A | "Populist documentarian Michael Moore raises crucial questions about the ersatz presidency of George Bush in an air of simplicity and honest curiosity." |
| ColeSmithey.com |
| Cole Smithey |
| "As the roof burns, as the administration's dishonesty is becoming a subject even for mainstream media coverage, more questions must circulate." |
| PopMatters |
| Cynthia Fuchs |
74/100 | "What I look for in a Moore film is not an objective study, but passionate commitment, honest outrage and biting sarcasm. In this case, two outta three ain’t bad." |
| Apollo Guide |
| Dan Jardine |
5/5 | "This is the craftiest blend of documentary, political commentary, and humor since The Atomic Cafe... [It's] one of the best documentaries I have ever seen." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| David Cornelius |
2.5/4 | "...the film's rambling nature prevents it from becoming the riveting piece of work Moore surely intended it to be." |
| Reel Film Reviews |
| David Nusair |
A | "My only hope is that Moore's stated aim for the film to help defeat Bush in November is fulfilled." |
| Ozus' World Movie Reviews |
| Dennis Schwartz |
5/10 | "For me this film lost most of its relevance on November 3rd 2004." |
| Draxblog Movie Reviews |
| Dragan Antulov |
3.5/4 | "An important documentary and a spellbinding entertainment. Laugh-aloud funny, razor sharp, informative, humane, enraging, and powerful, oftentimes all of the above at once." |
| DustinPutman.com |
| Dustin Putman |
3/4 | "If Fahrenheit 9/11 feels like a work in progress, that’s only natural—by film’s end, you get a sense that it'll never be finished until George W. Bush is too." |
| Slant Magazine |
| Ed Gonzalez |
A+ | "Not just a scathing indictment against the President... but a deeply patriotic movie which reminds us of the principal tenets which makes a true democracy so great." |
| FilmJerk.com |
| Edward Havens |
4/5 | "Moore es un norteamericano inquieto que hace preguntas incómodas (Fahrenheit 9/11 es un documental que ofrece más preguntas que respuestas)" |
| Uruguay Total |
| Enrique Buchichio |
B | "It's an obnoxious film, to be sure, but it's also slick and engrossing" |
| EricDSnider.com |
| Eric D. Snider |
3.5/4 | "The politics of Fahrenheit 9/11 aren’t going to divide people, because they’re already divided. It should accomplish exactly what it sets out to do." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Erik Childress |
No Grade | "Right now, in the summer of 2004, Fahrenheit 9/11 is an absolute good." |
| Film Blather |
| Eugene Novikov |
B | "Though it's clearly a hate letter to Bush, it's a cleverly composed one, and it will succeed in infuriating and satisfying audiences in approximately equal measure." |
| One Guy's Opinion |
| Frank Swietek |
4/5 | "Shows how the Bush Administration and its policies have served the interests of the haves and the have-mores with unjust domestic policies and a terrible and tragic war." |
| Spirituality and Practice |
| Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat |
2.5/4 | "It's not compelling; in fact, there are times when it's not especially interesting." |
| ReelViews |
| James Berardinelli |
3.5/4 | "an impressive piece of political filmmaking, the kind that has the power to change minds, which is why some people are so afraid of it" |
| Q Network Film Desk |
| James Kendrick |
5/5 | "Michael Moore's latest volley at the powers that be is his strongest film to date, despite familiar, infuriating flaws." |
| Netflix |
| James Rocchi |
8/10 | "The movie's strength isn't in the impact of what it reveals; it's in putting the starting points for all this polemic in one accessible place, now presented to a wide audience" |
| Window to the Movies |
| Jeffrey Chen |
4.5/5 | "provides a welcome relief to the relentless right wing banter of Rush Limbaugh and his minions" |
| Old School Reviews |
| John A. Nesbit |
3/4 | "'Amado y odiado al mismo tiempo, Moore es probablemente la única personalidad mediática que ha lanzado un “yo acuso” valiente y sin tapujos hacia un sistema degradante.'" |
| Moviola |
| Jorge Avila Andrade |
4.5/5 | "It would be interesting to see the other side's equivalent argument; but they had their chances to prove their version of the truth and continually failed. Check this one." |
| Cinerina |
| Karina Montgomery |
3/5 | "Michael Moore takes scattershot aim at the presidency of George W. Bush, hitting some targets and missing others." |
| Film-Forward.com |
| Kent Turner |
3.0/4.0 | "... it’s certainly something every American citizen should see and consider before enlisting or casting their next vote." |
| MovieCrypt.com |
| Kevin A. Ranson |
1/5 | "If you are in line with Michael Moore’s politics, you’re gonna love this movie." |
| Film Threat |
| Kevin Carr |
3.5/4 | "Makes you want to go straight to the White House and punch everyone in the gut.
" |
| Montreal Film Journal |
| Kevin N. Laforest |
C+ | "Moore would,...have us believe that Baghdad under Hussein was a utopia of children in playgrounds and happy, smiling people everywhere before the U.S. moved in.
" |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Laura Clifford |
3/5 | "Infuriating and challenging in equal parts." |
| TV Guide's Movie Guide |
| Maitland McDonagh |
2.5/4 | "As a whole, unfocused, broad, and shallow, but with moments that deserve to be seen" |
| Movie Habit |
| Marty Mapes |
| "[W]onderful, messy, angry, bitter, funny, glorious... The film is loud and opinionated and even crude sometimes, and thank god for that." |
| Flick Filosopher |
| MaryAnn Johanson |
4/5 | "A very good documentary, but it isn't the best political doc to come out this summer; that would be Control Room." |
| Goatdog's Movies |
| Michael W. Phillips, Jr. |
4/4 | "See it and start engaging in the national debate. The aftermath of an event as tragic and important as Sept. 11 deserves nothing less than our most intense scrutiny." |
| Aisle Seat |
| Mike McGranaghan |
B+ | "An unabashedly partisan challenge both to the administration and to all who accept what they are told without questioning...If this be treason, make the most of it!" |
| Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies |
| Nell Minow |
| "Fair and balanced, as Fox News might say, this is not." |
| Lessons of Darkness |
| Nick Schager |
4/5 | "Há o risco de que seus argumentos sejam atribuídos ao desprezo que Moore sente por Bush, quando, na realidade, são apenas uma questão de justiça e de bom senso." |
| Cinema em Cena |
| Pablo Villaca |
3.5/5 | "An undeniably powerful, if flawed, film." |
| Film Threat |
| Pete Vonder Haar |
| "The result is a scary, funny, moving and angry film is perhaps the most devastating item leveled at a sitting U.S. President since the days of Watergate." |
| Critic Doctor |
| Peter Sobczynski |
4/5 | "This extremely well-assembled film has value on so many levels that it simply demands to be seen." |
| Shadows on the Wall |
| Rich Cline |
4/5 | "Isn't quite the bullseye Moore's supporters are hoping for and Bush's supporters are dreading." |
| eFilmCritic.com |
| Rob Gonsalves |
B+ | "Its very existence is testament to the plurality upon which freedom is based, and to the values that it claims are under such insidious attack." |
| Flipside Movie Emporium |
| Rob Vaux |
B | "More than just a recitation of facts, parts of it are very moving." |
| Laramie Movie Scope |
| Robert Roten |
B- | "I don’t think 9/11 is going to change the 2004 presidential election but, heck, one can hope." |
| Reeling Reviews |
| Robin Clifford |
B- | "Gives those who already oppose our nation’s 43rd president plenty more reason to doubt the man’s abilities." |
| Eclipse Magazine |
| Sean O'Connell |
8/10 | "It's angry agit-prop - a brilliant blame game - and its real effectiveness as muckraking propaganda may be reflected by the outcome of the November elections." |
| Modamag.com |
| Susan Granger |
1.5/4 | "Shame on Michael Moore for his sloppy, sprawling film. Shame on W. for being such a reprehensible dimwit target that the existence of such a film is possible." |
| Film Freak Central |
| Walter Chaw |
4/4 | "Moore's film doesn't set out to convert the hardcore faithful. It sets out to convert the concerned, the independent and the open." |
| Oscar Guy |
| Wesley Lovell |
| "Click here to see review" |
| Wolf Entertainment Guide |
| William Wolf |
7/10 | Read review |
| Movie Gazette |
| Anton Bitel |
|
OFCS Rating: 88% Fresh |
|
