Synopsis
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Cast
- Michael MooreSelf
- John ConyersSelf
- Abdul HendersonSelf (as Cpl. Abdul Henderson USMC)
- Craig UngerSelf
- George W. BushSelf (archive footage)
- Saddam HusseinSelf (archive footage)
- Osama Bin LadenSelf (archive footage)
- Larry KingSelf (archive footage)
- George H. W. BushSelf (archive footage)
- Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
Recommendations
- 88
Rolling Stone
Moore has marshaled what's on the record and off into a stinging indictment of where we're going. In a multiplex filled with Hollywood cotton candy, we need him more than ever. - 70
The New Yorker
Fahrenheit 9/11 offers the thrill of a coherent explanation for everything, but parts of the movie are no better than a wild, lunging grab at a supposed master plan. [28 June 2004, p. 108] - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
More often than not, Moore goes for the guffaw, and as enjoyable as that can be, it falls short of producing the kind of devastating, in-depth analysis that might really challenge the hearts and minds of ALL audiences, left and right. At the very least, this approach undercuts the effectiveness of Moore’s own case. - 70
Time
A brisk and entertaining indictment of the Bush Administration’s middle East policies before and after September 11, 2001. - 70
Village Voice
If Moore is formidable, it's not because he is a great filmmaker (far from it), but because he infuses his sense of ridicule with the fury of moral indignation. Fahrenheit 9/11 is strongest when that wrath is vented on Bush and his cohorts. - 70
The New York Times
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. - 63
ReelViews
The real problem with Fahrenheit 9/11 isn't that it attacks the current Republican administration, but that it does so clumsily and with poor focus. - 60
Newsweek
That's the real problem with Fahrenheit 9/11: not the message, but the method… Moore’s default mode is overkill: he even notes that on the night before the attacks Bush slept on "fine French linen." Surely scratchy muslin wouldn't have stopped the evildoers.
