Miss- Starring Michael Moore, George W. Bush, and plenty of non-union actors

Synopsis: Michael Moore’s viewpoint of what really happened surrounding the September 11th attacks. This includes information about what is being done now because of the tragic incident.

A note to those who are reading this review: My comments about this film are purely concerning the film itself and the filmmaking process. It does not reflect my viewpoints on the comments Michael Moore has made about our great nation. I, for one, agree and disagree with him on many issues.

Sloppy Joes for dinner anyone? Compared to Bowling for Columbine I found this “mockumentary” to be the most horrible display of filmmaking I have ever witnessed. Michael Moore should be ashamed of his lack of storytelling and structure. I feel that my personal documentary of my family vacation to Washington D.C. was a better representation of acceptable filmmaking. Being my first family documentary at 12 years old, I find it to not only have commentary and interviews that follow a linear fashion, but it also contains candid and uncontrived situations and interactions with “real” people.

Michael Moore, it is doubtful that you will ever read this but if you do I want you to know that I expected great things, but what I got was a whole bag of nothing.

Watching this film made me feel like I was a little kid in 1st grade. It reminds me of watching those films on the projector that tells us how we can be clean by washing our hands with soap and combing our hair. “Look, Johnny uses bar soap to wash his hands before dinner.” From the first frame of the film I felt as though I was being talked down to. I know it is desirable to save money and have yourself be the narrator, but really, your narration sucks. I would suggest Liam Neeson because he has an excellent narrator voice. Bottom line: Not worth renting the film for $3.00. Instead I suggest buying a Starbucks coffee (which will really make Michael Moore happy).

Rated R for some violent and disturbing images, and for language.
Mockumentary
Running time: 2 hours 2 minutes = the best nap of your life!

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