This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

It's a very powerful and engaging documentary, but Moore's overriding bias stopped it from being as impactful it could have been. The film felt far too manipulated in order to get me to sympathise with the town of Flint, when I'm sure the same effect could've been achieved by being a little more diplomatic. The bombardment of Miss Michigan with political questions seemed needlessly aggressive and an attempt to make her look stupid left a sour taste in my mouth. Also his inability to consider the other side of the argument always left a lot to be desired in the bigger picture. It's very emotive and a very accomplished debut, but I think a more diplomatic approach would have made the film even more successful, as it would've allowed audience's to come to their own conclusions, instead of being forced into them.

As solid as Michael Moore documentaries get. Implores all the same tropes from his bag of tricks that creates an emotional, thought-provoking and entertaining documentary. Laced with irony and his biting sense of humor, Michael Moore's ability to inject these into such bleak subject matter and yet still allow for the integrity of the seriousness to remained in tact proves his abilities as a capable filmmaker.

Pretty good documentary for the first time Moore. I would go on to love pretty much all of his movies. He really does have the every man feel and he takes on issues that seem to effect real working people, while of course using his bias.

I get that GM had to maximize it's profits, their choice, but what he shows is how it just crushed a town that needed those jobs to survive. One plant closed and ruined that town...even until today. They ruined so many lives for corporate greed, and the film shows how they just didn't care one bit.

If you can find it, defiantly check out his small spin off PETS OR MEAT: it's not very long and updates on some of the people from the film. I had to watch it in a documentary class. Worth a watch.

Follows the typical Michael Moore archetype. Not that it's a bad one to follow. This is more personal and less political. A good film.

There's a lot more heart in this film than his later movies, but he hasn't really developed any kind of craft. Doesn't really say anything in the end.

First off, Clint Eastwood plagiarized this movie poster with his infamous national committee routine. There. That's out of my system.

The methodology of making yourself such a part of the movie, as Michael Moore did, was such an effective technique in this movie. It experiences diminishing returns as his career progresses. Why? He's not the working class Michiganian he used to be. This film's success as a confrontation of the rich by the poor is likely to be a one-time thing. A Hailey's Comet for which Moore continues to scan the sky.

The issue I tend to have with Michael Moore documentaries is that they're more about him than the actual issue. He's an incredibly abrasive figure and a poor journalist, but damn are his films entertaining. This, his first film, is about his home town and as such is more personal and has less of the manipulation that would creep into his later work (for example, random footage of Bush playing golf in Fahrenheit 9/11 to show how dumb he is). Some moments, particularly the central stunt (trying to get an interview with Roger Smith, head of GM who closed the plants) and any time funny music is used (William Tell Overture!), but overall it's very effective. The ending, juxtaposing a Christmas speech from Roger Smith with a family evicted from their Flint, Michigan home, is heart-breaking. I love the rabbit lady. Anyway, worth seeing.

The best from moore still his earlier efforts