![]() Urging the American leaders to take a break from various overseas incursions, Moore announces his intentions - in an amusing montage that plays out like the start of a war movie - to mine other nations for their ideas. That simple broadside marks the only time when Moore takes a cheap shot at his country. “Michael, we don’t know what the fuck we’re doing,” comes the request, as Moore tells it. ![]() With his usual zippy, cartoonish style, Moore introduces his mission in an over-the-top prologue in which he envisions being invited to meet joint chiefs of staff in the Situation Room to provide some advice. Of course, he doesn’t hesitate to put on a grand show. One might poke holes in the rhetoric, but not the underlying idealism, as Moore changes his usual bombastic tune and instead invites viewers in. Tackling everything from workforce regulations to prison reform and the education system, Moore compiles a laundry list of constructive items. New Movies: Release Calendar for April 14, Plus Where to Watch the Latest FilmsĢ023 Emmys Predictions: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a MovieĢ023 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special 'To Catch a Killer' Review: Shailene Woodley Tortures Herself (and Us) in Dull 'Silence of the Lambs' Copycat “Where to Invade Next” takes the form of another travelogue steeped in juxtapositions, but it features a much cleaner structural gimmick: Moore goes to a European country, unearths one way its citizens live better than Americans, and plants a flag in the hopes of bringing the concept back home. ![]() Five years after his rambling “Capitalism: A Love Story,” the filmmaker bounces back from one of his worst films with one of his best - a surprisingly endearing set of suggestions for a better tomorrow.Īmong Moore’s various outings, “Where to Invade Next” bears the closest resemblance to 2007 health care exposé “Sicko,” which found the portly documentarian wandering around Europe showcasing alternatives to the American way of doing things. Having assailed American corporations, sitting presidents and bureaucrats for decades, Moore shifts direction for a freewheeling essay on how to improve American society. “I’ve turned into this crazy optimist,” confesses Michael Moore in “ Where to Invade Next.” It’s a radical statement from America’s best-known cinematic polemicist in his least radical movie. READ MORE: The 2015 Indiewire Toronto Bible ![]()
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