Fahrenheit 9/11

R 7.5
2004 2 hr 3 min Documentary

Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • Cast:
    Michael Moore , George W. Bush , Saddam Hussein , Osama Bin Laden , Larry King , George H. W. Bush , Bill Clinton

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Reviews

Listonixio
2004/06/25

Fresh and Exciting

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Console
2004/06/26

best movie i've ever seen.

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Forumrxes
2004/06/27

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

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AnhartLinkin
2004/06/28

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

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xpat-55192
2004/06/29

The way Michael Moore fearlessly reports facts and fumbles of the USA's deceitful right-wing Republican presidents; Dick Nixon, George HW Bush, George W Bush and currently Donald Trump is brilliant. How the USA's deluded wannabe "one-percenters" can throw their vote away on these very real "enemies of the States" is mind-boggling and not just a little terrifying as these practiced chief executive-cum-fabulists and liars extraordinaire foist lie-after-lie and deceit-after-deceit on their gullible fans. A lesson to be learned? Just as the USA's invasion of Iraq was engineered to simply murder and replace Saddam Hussein and his government with a US-puppet "oil-kind" government - before running out on the Iraqis; director Ken Burns & Co's superb 2017 "The Vietnam War" is another excellent, revealing and undeniably accurate record of the b/s that Americans were fed throughout the USA's Invasion of Vietnam - before running out on the South Vietnamese.

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ironhorse_iv
2004/06/30

Known for his stridently left-wing political opinions, director Michael Moore doesn't beat around Bush; he takes on the right-wing, conservative George W. Bush! While, some viewers will be offended by Moore's anti-Bush message. For the most part, most American people love the documentary for its infamous views on post 9/11 government policies. This documentary became one of the highest-grossing documentary of all, because of that reason, alone. So Mission accomplished for Moore. Without spoiling the movie too much, I have to say, this film had a great smart funny tone to it. I love, how he brought up, information that people might not know beforehand; like how the Bin Laden family escaping from America or how Saudi Arabia can overruled U.S policies, due to their oil relationship. Whether, if you believe in or not with Moore's standpoint, you have to agree with me, that the film also, created an emotionally powerful emotional atmosphere. This film is designed to provoke strong feelings, and I think for the most part; it worked. The movie does a great job, using war stock footage from both the Afghanistan & Iraq War to show, how disenchant, some of the U.S soldiers, are. The sequence with the woman visiting the White House, after losing her child in the war is very heart-breaking. You can't help feeling sad, that her son, die over nothing. One of the biggest sequences in the film was when Michael Moore approached several Congressmen confronting them about signing a draft for their children to go fight the War. While, the sequence might seem powerful; it rarely makes any sense. First off, not every Congressman may have any adult children. Second off, those who are age, can't have, have their parents can't order them to enlist. Third off, the movie makes it seem, like members of Congress weren't willing to send their own children, into war. However, there are, some children of Congressmen that are serving the military, like Rep. Mark Kennedy, which was cut from the film. Very manipulative. Moore wasn't the only one. Moore show a montage of pitch-together old-news footages, really capture how fear-mongering works to control the masses. It's scary that, some people are willing to give up, some freedoms to have a little bit of security. In my opinion, the Iraq War was a blunder & anybody that vote for the war should admit to their mistake. Anybody who still believes, Iraq is hiding WMD really needs to wake up. Some of them, are so damn blinded, that they still claimed that Fahrenheit 9/11 contains a lot of distortions and untruths facts. While, there are somethings that may be. I felt like the majority of the film, was presented as correct facts. After all, in response to the critics, Moore did published a list of facts and sources for Fahrenheit 9/11. While, Moore makes most of his points, very clear with an avalanche of facts. There were some commentary that was indeed wisecracks, cheap shots, and outright not-well define to be, taking serious. One of the biggest things that I hate about the film, is how the movie portrays Saddam Hussein's Iraq, prior to the country's 2003 invasion by the U.S military. The country is made out to look, like a peaceful, nearly non-violence place to live, instead of the cruel place that it is. It seems like Michael Moore forgot, how mess up, Iraq was, before 2003. While, there's strong language, and extremely upsetting imagery, of real-time violence. Most of the movie is wickedly enjoyable. After all, it's fun to make fun of George W. Bush. He truly was idiotic, at times. Still, somethings that Michael Moore's point out, were somewhat overblown. I cannot say, I'm a big fan of Bush, but I had no problem, in how Bush handle himself, during 9/11. While, I'm for Bush, here, I'm glad, I'm not as blind, as Bush's followers were. It's scary, how some of them voted for the Iraq War, without reading it. I think some of the big reasons why, most representatives stay away from the film was due to that fact. I really wish, the movie had more politicians' interviews. While, the lack of cooperation from the Republican Party & the White House is very clear. I still don't know, why Moore couldn't find, any other upper-government bureaucrats to talk to. You would think, Democrats and Independents parties-member, would use this medium to voice their opinion about Bush. Undoubtedly, the movie was made in a last ditch intent to get George W. Bush to lose the United States presidential election in 2004. So, what happen!? Bush won, re-election, because ex-Vice President Al Gore or Senator John Kerry fail to stand up, here. It's seem like a very lost opportunity. They probably regret not doing so. Besides that, I just glad, this movie was even made as there were a lot of people trying to stop the film, from being made. One of those people was author Ray Bradbury, which the title of the film alludes to. His novel, Fahrenheit 451 was about a dystopian view of the future. So adding 9/11 to it seem like a good title, but Bradbury so upset by, what he considered the film be renamed. It wasn't until he saw the movie, that he change his mind. Even the film's movie production companies try to stop the film from being made. Disney's CEO at the time, Michael Eisner, a friend of George W. Bush called Miramax's chairman at the time, Harvey Weinstein, ordering him to drop the film. Miramax felt Disney had no right to drop the film, since the film's budget was well below the level that Miramax needed to seek Disney's approval, and it would not be rated NC-17. So Miramax sued Disney in court. They settled things out and the film was indeed shown. Maybe not, in Saudi Arabia, but it was indeed shown. Overall: It's a must-see movie, so check it out.

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rame20002007
2004/07/01

A good movie about the story on how Iraq invasion started and how Afghanistan was ignored even though it was the caused the 9/11 by the Bush administration. Although one side is portrayed the narrative and dramatization is good. The movie ending with the narrator asking the congressmen to enlist their sons to the army was good. And it is typical of every country leaders. The movie opening with Al Gore getting defeated in the 2001 election and how the minority community was ignored was good and sets the scene for the entire movie. A must movie for anyone who is interested in watching a conspiracy movie. A good documentary movie with adequate dramatization, so it does not get boring.

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utdman4
2004/07/02

Not being an American citizen' and trying to look at this documentary objectively its hard to believe that so many u.s. citizens voted for the Bush administration. Apart from the fact that this guy is a complete idiot, did people not learn anything from George Bush SNR? did people really believe jnr would be somehow the total opposite of daddy' who was a warmongering, moneymaking pirate, who was friends with the very family that allegedly killed thousands of Americans. I find this totally beyond logic and this is what Michael Moore,s documentary is about' regardless of the hundreds of other questions the the American people didn't get answered by the 9/11 commission, how can a country the boasts to have the best intel services on the planet miss something this important, never mind the attacks and subsequent invasions, there has to be more questions answered about the c.i.a. and f.b.i and any other sevices that lets a tyrant rule their country.

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