Michael Moore is the ultimate spin-doctor but he's not a very focused documentary filmmaker. He takes TV news segments from the past few years and slants them in his favor via canny editing techniques. His assessment of the George W. Bush administration, and Bush's apparent bungling of affairs in post-9/11 America, wanders into the murkiest of political waters, with only Moore's dryly sarcastic voice-over to punch up what we're seeing. It isn't very entertaining, but should it be? I felt the narrative wandering after the first hour, with too many targets on the agenda and FAR TOO MUCH television news footage to slog through. The political players all end up looking like irresponsible buffoons, which would be amusing if it weren't so terrifying. Moore wants to tread humorously through some of these passages, and his appeals to our collective sense of humor are welcomed, however the overall feel of "Fahrenheit 9/11" is one of pasted-together jabs: some forceful, some sardonic, and some simply meager. ** from ****
Review of Fahrenheit 9/11
