Where to Invade Next (2015)
Country: US
Technical: col 120m
Director: Michael Moore
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
The scruffy satirist hightails it to Europe to see what treasure he can bring back home without recourse to the force of arms. He discovers social policies, welfare systems and political equalities of which United States thinkers once dreamt.
Review:
This timely (in the light of the UK referendum on Europe) paean to all the good things that have been done for the well-being of European citizens (with scant reference to the ensuing tax burden and state PSBRs) pushes home its inspiring message with humour and characteristically rueful irony, not to mention heavy-handedness. But even though the last quarter drags a little, the persuasive argument that only societies that value the humanity of all their citizens can hope to be happy ones is rendered all the more so by the manifold illustrations from Italy to Iceland. They say the Devil has the best tunes, but Moore has proved them wrong.
Country: US
Technical: col 120m
Director: Michael Moore
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
The scruffy satirist hightails it to Europe to see what treasure he can bring back home without recourse to the force of arms. He discovers social policies, welfare systems and political equalities of which United States thinkers once dreamt.
Review:
This timely (in the light of the UK referendum on Europe) paean to all the good things that have been done for the well-being of European citizens (with scant reference to the ensuing tax burden and state PSBRs) pushes home its inspiring message with humour and characteristically rueful irony, not to mention heavy-handedness. But even though the last quarter drags a little, the persuasive argument that only societies that value the humanity of all their citizens can hope to be happy ones is rendered all the more so by the manifold illustrations from Italy to Iceland. They say the Devil has the best tunes, but Moore has proved them wrong.
Country: US
Technical: col 120m
Director: Michael Moore
Cast: doc.
Synopsis:
The scruffy satirist hightails it to Europe to see what treasure he can bring back home without recourse to the force of arms. He discovers social policies, welfare systems and political equalities of which United States thinkers once dreamt.
Review:
This timely (in the light of the UK referendum on Europe) paean to all the good things that have been done for the well-being of European citizens (with scant reference to the ensuing tax burden and state PSBRs) pushes home its inspiring message with humour and characteristically rueful irony, not to mention heavy-handedness. But even though the last quarter drags a little, the persuasive argument that only societies that value the humanity of all their citizens can hope to be happy ones is rendered all the more so by the manifold illustrations from Italy to Iceland. They say the Devil has the best tunes, but Moore has proved them wrong.