UK Guardian: 'No moviegoer will be bored ...' -- Republicans poop pants in fear

From: Psalm 110 (Melchizedek_at_USA.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: 24 Jun 2004 18:20:45 -0700

Republicans poop pants in fear

http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,12589,1246356,00.html

'No moviegoer will be bored ...'

US critics find Michael Moore's anti-Bush missive entertaining and
persuasive, even must-see cinema. Just don't call it a 'documentary'

Thursday June 24, 2004

        
Fahrenheit 9/11: 'Trades more in emotional appeals.' Photo: AP
 
"While Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 will be properly debated on the
basis of its factual claims and cinematic techniques, it should first
of all be appreciated as a high-spirited and unruly exercise in
democratic self-expression."
AO Scott, New York Times

"No moviegoer will be bored. The documentary's scathing attack on the
war in Iraq and George W Bush's presidency is informative,
provocative, frightening, compelling, funny, manipulative and, most of
all, entertaining."
Claudia Puig, USA Today

"Fahrenheit 9/11 is at its best when it provides talking points for
the emerging majority of those opposed to the Iraq incursion. In sum,
it's an appalling, enthralling primer of what Moore sees as the Bush
administration's crimes and misdemeanours."
Mary Corliss, Time

"Its title notwithstanding, Michael Moore has delivered a film rather
less incendiary than might be expected - or wished for by his fans -
in Fahrenheit 9/11. The sporadically effective docu trades far more in
emotional appeals than in systematically building an evidence-filled
case against the president and his circle."
Todd McCarthy, Variety

"Fahrenheit 9/11 comes to many of the same conclusions as the recent
9/11 panel. The film will play to the choir and may influence voters,
especially younger ones, who are straddling the fence ... If you want
to be part of the debate, Fahrenheit 9/11 is must-see cinema."
James Verniere, Boston Herald

"What's remarkable here isn't Moore's political animosity or ticklish
wit. It's the well-argued, heartfelt power of his persuasion. Even
though there are many things here that we have already learned, Moore
puts it all together. It's a look back that feels like a new gaze
forward."
Desson Thomas, Washington Post

"Moore's supporters are quick to impugn the liberal credentials of
anyone who criticizes his presentation of the information he digs up
(or, in some cases, makes up). For them, Michael Moore is the issues
he talks about, so his detractors must be enemies of democratic
principles. It's an old trick, akin to the way Pauline Kael was
accused of being insensitive about the Holocaust when she didn't like
Shoah."
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

"Although overlong and hampered by a rambling argument, the movie does
make a compelling narrative. It also succeeds as entertainment ... If
Moore is formidable, it's not because he is a great film-maker (far
from it) but because he infuses his sense of ridicule with the fury of
moral indignation."
J Hoberman, Village Voice

"One last thought: Fahrenheit 9/11 is many things, but for pity's sake
let's not call it a documentary."
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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