Fresh
A solid, well-done and seemingly balanced look at Moore's work, his celebrity, his methods and the ethical problems in his reporting.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Manufacturing Dissent
2007 · 1h 37m · R
Documentary
Directed by
Rick Caine
,
Debbie Melnyk
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Manufacturing Dissent
Overview
"Michael Moore doesn't like documentaries. That's why he doesn't make them." A documentary that looks to distinguish what's fact, fiction, legend, and otherwise as a camera crew trails Michael Moore as he tours with his film, Fahrenheit 9/11.
Director and cast
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54%
Tomatometer
Fresh
There's little to disagree with in the thumbnail portrait of Moore that emerges from this entertaining doc.
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
Some of the accusations in this documentary by a pair of Canadian filmmakers who initially set out to make a positive portrait, will make your eyes water.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Rotten
Too bad co-writers/co-directors Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine don't investigate -- and ingratiate -- the way their target does in his own films.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Useful but limited muckraking.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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