Cambridge Film Festival 2004

Moore proves again that he is a master of the populist documentary.
Love him or loathe him, its hard not to be affected by a film like
this. Yes, there are issues not fully dealt with, but this blistering
attack on Bush and the insidious corruptions of capitalism manages to
pack in a hell of a lot within its well structured 110 minutes.

Thankfully, the easy shots which Moore is sometimes a little to keen
to rely on were largely avoided.

There is a lot of uncomfortable viewing here: from the gruesome
violence to the raw suffering of people coming to terms with war.
It's inevitable in this kind of documentary that the viewer becomes a
voyeur of the suffering, but I think Moore just manages to tread the
fine line between information and exploitation. I must say the
sequence of the 9/11 crashes are the most effective and moving I've
seen (and achieved without ever seeing the crashes themselves).

The film articulates what I more or less already feel about the
subject matter. It would be interesting to know what those of another
political persuasion will make of it.