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Political activist and filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to examine the roots of the financial collapse of the late 2000s. In this typically outspoken documentary, Moore explores the negative impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans. The film shows how the wages, pensions and healthcare of America's working classes have been undermined in recent years as a result of a huge transfer of wealth to the financial elite, and offers a fierce critique of the conspicuous consumerism that lies at the heart of the American Dream.
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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
By H. Fryer
Format:DVD
Thanks to Michael Moore we have another brilliant documentary that highlights more injusticies in the political world.
The film is focussed and to the point, with snippits of humour thrown in. Anyone failing to follow this movie is clearly not concentrating!
Of course all of the salient points are backed up by alot of evidence, which is especially disheartening to the Moore-haters.
I recommend everyone to watch this movie and do their own research of the evidence, it is time we all exercised our democratic rights!
For those wanting to research more into the failures of Capitalism, I suggest you look at David Harveys book "The Enigma of Capital".
The film is focussed and to the point, with snippits of humour thrown in. Anyone failing to follow this movie is clearly not concentrating!
Of course all of the salient points are backed up by alot of evidence, which is especially disheartening to the Moore-haters.
I recommend everyone to watch this movie and do their own research of the evidence, it is time we all exercised our democratic rights!
For those wanting to research more into the failures of Capitalism, I suggest you look at David Harveys book "The Enigma of Capital".
54 of 61 people found the following review helpful
By jrhartley
Format:DVD
This is a timely film questioning the appropriateness of capitalism at a time when many will be undoubtedly feeling that it increasingly a system biased in favour of the greedy and reckless at the expense of the conscientious and cautious. The theme will resonate with many in light of banking bailouts. Moore quickly highlights the reason that Capitalism has proved so popular is the way in which the many believe that they might be one of the top brass themselves one day - so don't rock the boat that you might be climbing into... The connection with Brave New World is apparent.
Moore reminds us that however this is unlikely to be the case, because the game is rigged, people like Paulson and the other top bankers are pulling the strings of global government so they will always win the game at our expense. Until the point comes when there are are so many disenfranchised `peasants' that there is an uprising.
Capitalism: A Love Story starts well, drawing parallels with the fall of Rome, and echoes of Adam Curtis's short film for Punchdrunk's "It Felt Like A Kiss", using archive material of the American Dream. It reminds us out how we are increasingly expected to work harder and longer for the money to be concentrated in the hands of the few - i.e. working more for a lower quality of life, and the hand in glove relationship between the big banks, governments and how monetary policy and the focus on financial markets. All of which has generally been at the expense of the real economy.
Moore questions what has become of the `common good': altruism, humanity, open-source. People like Dr. Salk? Where are people's champions like them these days?... Read more ›
Moore reminds us that however this is unlikely to be the case, because the game is rigged, people like Paulson and the other top bankers are pulling the strings of global government so they will always win the game at our expense. Until the point comes when there are are so many disenfranchised `peasants' that there is an uprising.
Capitalism: A Love Story starts well, drawing parallels with the fall of Rome, and echoes of Adam Curtis's short film for Punchdrunk's "It Felt Like A Kiss", using archive material of the American Dream. It reminds us out how we are increasingly expected to work harder and longer for the money to be concentrated in the hands of the few - i.e. working more for a lower quality of life, and the hand in glove relationship between the big banks, governments and how monetary policy and the focus on financial markets. All of which has generally been at the expense of the real economy.
Moore questions what has become of the `common good': altruism, humanity, open-source. People like Dr. Salk? Where are people's champions like them these days?... Read more ›
33 of 38 people found the following review helpful
By Ian Millard
Format:DVD
This is the first film I have seen by Michael Moore. I found it riveting from the start. It must be one of the hardest-hitting films I have ever seen. We are led through an analysis of how ever-looser regulation of banks, finance generally and companies generally led, via political corruption and negligence to a gigantic collapse in which the losers are home owners, employees and taxpayers, rather than the really or mostly guilty, meaning the politicians, highly paid suits etc. Though an American film about America, the same happened and is happening here in the UK.
Stalin is said to have said once that one human death is a tragedy, a million a statistic. That can be applied to people losing their homes of decades for such relatively piffling reasons as being unable to pay utility bills or local taxes. We read that X-thousand homes have been repossessed and it is a statistic. This film shows a few real people and for them it is, as it is for most people in such a position, tragic beyond expression. Despite the so-called "free society", these people have no recourse but to curse, look upset and to mutter about how they "should" rob a bank to get their own back...but of course will not, in almost all cases. It is a film which makes one angry at the System.
Moore notes another phenomenon common to USA and UK: the takeover of public institutions such as schools and prisons by private contractors. Dreadful and always likely to lead to dreadful results in the end.... Read more ›
Stalin is said to have said once that one human death is a tragedy, a million a statistic. That can be applied to people losing their homes of decades for such relatively piffling reasons as being unable to pay utility bills or local taxes. We read that X-thousand homes have been repossessed and it is a statistic. This film shows a few real people and for them it is, as it is for most people in such a position, tragic beyond expression. Despite the so-called "free society", these people have no recourse but to curse, look upset and to mutter about how they "should" rob a bank to get their own back...but of course will not, in almost all cases. It is a film which makes one angry at the System.
Moore notes another phenomenon common to USA and UK: the takeover of public institutions such as schools and prisons by private contractors. Dreadful and always likely to lead to dreadful results in the end.... Read more ›
22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By A. Mutimer
Format:DVD
One of the reviews below says that this film is timely. Well that's no acident, it's timely because Mr. Moore is striking while the iron is hot. The film is essentially a colourful and entertaining political tract suggesting viewers dissent against capitalism. And why not? America has always been that insane epicenter of excess and greed, bur previously in a way we could laugh at - not now, now its groteque excesses are not funny in the least. We have Paulson making a personal $20Bn by playing markets and so adding not one jot to the real economy, at the same time as this one in nine Americans is on food stamps - and they are on food stamps precisely because of the Wall Street that made Paulson his money! And if this were not bad enough these same ordinary folks watching the rich get richer have to put up their tax dollars to save the institutions that caused the mess in the first place! Yes, America has absolutely reached new heights of imbalance and inequality and this film gives you a glimpse of all that. We get footage of people being turned out of their homes, we get footage of documentary about the disintegration of Rome to which Moore compares America, we get Jimmy Carter almost preeching to he American people that their greed and materialism has become hideous, and we get an expose of the corruption of the politicians and regulators that was a contributor the prpoerty bubble and the mess America is in (and that has taken the rest of us with it). So what is going on in the USA now is horrible and, to me at least, disgusting. However, despite this ugly focus the film itself is entertaining and funny.... Read more ›
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what did you expect it's Mr Moore
As usual with his documentaries it is a most compelling watch, worth every penny, genius... I would recommend this to anyone and everyone
Published 3 months ago by A. T. Wellings
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Essential viewing
Superb film. Michael Moore's best work. A must view for anyone wondering why so there are so few well-paid, secure jobs anymore and how US society has become so unequal. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Paul Jones
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A must watch DVD for anyone with any curiosity of what is happening in the world or anyone thinking of entering politics as a career. Read more
Published 4 months ago by GMH
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everyone should watch it
Brilliantly constructed, well researched. If only it could be common knowledge! His best so far. Hoping for more Michael Moore.
Published 5 months ago by Kit Fry
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Get the message out
I've just watched this film and as always with Moore, there is much to admire. One has to look past the sniping from commentators who judge his work naive and wide of the mark. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Chessman
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Socialism a Love story should be the real title!!!!!
If Moore would understand the difference between Capitalism and Socialism then this could have been a great movie. But he blames capitalism for the problems created by Socialism. Read more
Published 11 months ago by WDavidC
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IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE
I'm a micheal moore fan, having watched all of his films, all of them are excellent. This is not exeption. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ieuan
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bloody awful
This is one of the most self-indulgent, one-sided, Marxist crap I have ever seen. I respect Moore as a documentary filmmaker, but this is all over the place. Read more
Published 13 months ago by daniel469
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Truth
Another great documentary giving the facts and truths of what really goes on behind closed doors. i have most of Michael Moores
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Published 14 months ago by Mrs. V. E. Venn
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Captivating
You won't believe what stuff has been going on in the financial world when you see this movie. It's unbelieveable that these "people" for want of a better word got away with all of... Read more
Published 16 months ago by eck4355
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