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About this movie

Genres:
Documentary
Language:
English
Running time:
2:07:15
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R
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480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Thora Birch
  2. Michael Moore

Directors

  1. Michael Moore

Producers

  1. Michael Moore
  2. Anne Moore

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Capitalism: A Love Story

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Twenty years after his influential debut, Roger & Me, Michael Moore returns to his roots by pulling back the curtain on capitalism to reveal the insidious role it has played in the destruction of the American dream for many people. Back in 1989, auto workers in Flint, MI, were lamenting layoffs and wondering how they would support their families without jobs to pay the bills, or benefits to ensure their health. Flash forward two decades, when ... Twenty years after his influential debut, Roger & Me, Michael Moore returns to his roots by pulling back the curtain on capitalism to reveal the insidious role it has played in the destruction of the American dream for many people. Back in 1989, auto workers in Flint, MI, were lamenting layoffs and wondering how they would support their families without jobs to pay the bills, or benefits to ensure their health. Flash forward two decades, when cities all across the country are feeling the same pressures that Flint residents were back when GM left them high and dry. With an average of 14,000 U.S. jobs lost every day and taxpayer money constantly being pumped into failing financial institutions, the question must be asked: how long can this go on before the entire system collapses? Is there really any hope for Americans who are losing their homes to foreclosure and seeing their savings get wiped out at an unprecedented rate? In order to seek out an answer to this question and many more, Moore takes a trip to our nation's capitol, engaging average Americans in conversations about the prospect of repairing America's failing, debt-ridden economy along the way.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

75%Tomatometer score: 75% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Positive review
    Damon Wise, Empire Magazine A barbed study of the American economy puts capitalism in the dock but somehow fails to convict. Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Ben Walters, Time Out The thesis that rapacious capitalism has horrific social consequences is credible and well illustrated, if hardly eye-opening to European viewers. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Wendy Ide, Times [UK] For all his cheap tactics, Moore mounts a persuasive case that something is rotten in the current economic system. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK] Michael Moore has succeeded in getting a film on this subject actually released in cinemas: a very sharp and entertaining one at that. Full review External link
  5. Positive review
    David Gritten, Daily Telegraph Funny, angry and deadly accurate. Full review External link
  6. Positive review
    Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National Moore is always visually playful and subversive, and even when dealing with such serious and depressing topics entertaining; but he's also game enough to examine America's mythology of prosperity. Full review External link
  7. Positive review
    Colin Newton, Sunday Mail (Australia) As usual, Moore is a man who wants answers, which makes for a good documentary. It is a fascinating, albeit terribly lopsided, insight. Full review External link
  8. Positive review
    Giles Hardie, Unknown2 See Capitalism: A Love Story if you like to hear the sound of Michael Moore railing against 'the man', but if you're after a good documentary there's no love here for you. Full review External link

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