It's interesting to read the negative reviews by Trump voters. Some are as tenuous in their relation to reality as Trump himself. The second greatest strength of this film is that it features one of the best and certainly the most heartfelt and sympathetic explanation of Trump's appeal I've ever heard (one that Moore wrote out the night previously and reads while seated). Moore (like all the Bernie and Elizabeth Sanders supporters) feels that the American worker class has been abused by the elites and deserve their righteous anger. But Moore argues that a vote should never be used as an anger management tool.
The second very telling feature of the film is that Moore takes it as a given that Trump, if elected, would in fact do absolutely nothing to help the working class. Now, this is something that is obviously true to any rational person who believes in consensus reality (e.g., who accepts the numerous non-partisan analyses of his tax plan, or who is aware of his actual track record in business). So it's quite clear that the film is targeted at all the anti-Trump potential voters who are thinking of voting Libertarian or Green, or staying home.
The film is remarkably insightful in its exploration of basic misogyny as the fundamental source of 25 years of anti-Hilary hatred. And it makes an interesting case that Hilary as President may be far more to the left than Candidate Hilary (which is to say, that she'll actually implement the Democratic platform, which is pure Sanders / Warren). There's a great segment on Hilary's attempt as First Lady to introduce universal health care, and a reasonable argument that her subsequent move to the center was a reaction to the hatred this earned her from the big-business elites that otherwise provided critical support to the Clintons. Did Hilary cozy up to them so that she could subsequently attack them from the inside? It's an interesting idea. We shall see.
As far as entertainment value, I saw it in a sold-out venue full of 450 flaming liberals, and the laughter at times threatened to drown out the soundtrack (which actually happened during a subsequent Facetime interview with Moore from the laundry room of his NYC apartment building). Misogynists and Trump supporters are unlikely to laugh, but the film's not for them. It's for everyone who would never vote for Trump, but is uncommitted to vote for Hilary instead. And every one of them needs to see this movie.
The second very telling feature of the film is that Moore takes it as a given that Trump, if elected, would in fact do absolutely nothing to help the working class. Now, this is something that is obviously true to any rational person who believes in consensus reality (e.g., who accepts the numerous non-partisan analyses of his tax plan, or who is aware of his actual track record in business). So it's quite clear that the film is targeted at all the anti-Trump potential voters who are thinking of voting Libertarian or Green, or staying home.
The film is remarkably insightful in its exploration of basic misogyny as the fundamental source of 25 years of anti-Hilary hatred. And it makes an interesting case that Hilary as President may be far more to the left than Candidate Hilary (which is to say, that she'll actually implement the Democratic platform, which is pure Sanders / Warren). There's a great segment on Hilary's attempt as First Lady to introduce universal health care, and a reasonable argument that her subsequent move to the center was a reaction to the hatred this earned her from the big-business elites that otherwise provided critical support to the Clintons. Did Hilary cozy up to them so that she could subsequently attack them from the inside? It's an interesting idea. We shall see.
As far as entertainment value, I saw it in a sold-out venue full of 450 flaming liberals, and the laughter at times threatened to drown out the soundtrack (which actually happened during a subsequent Facetime interview with Moore from the laundry room of his NYC apartment building). Misogynists and Trump supporters are unlikely to laugh, but the film's not for them. It's for everyone who would never vote for Trump, but is uncommitted to vote for Hilary instead. And every one of them needs to see this movie.