Michael Moore is a sleazy con artist whose unethical "documentaries" make the National Enquirer look like Pulitzer Prize material. "FahrenHYPE 9/11" convincingly exposes a number of Moore's dishonest and misleading techniques, and the film is quite successful when it sticks to debunking. The Dave Kopel segments are noteworthy.
Unfortunately, about half of the film is little more than pro-Bush, pro-war cheerleading. The defense of the atrocious Patriot Act is especially poor, focusing exclusively on the information-sharing provisions while ignoring the constitutional issues. Ironically, this sort of deceptive tap-dancing is exactly what one would expect from Michael Moore.
6/10. Good material damaged by blatantly partisan presentation.
(For comparison, I rate Moore's appalling "Fahrenheit 9/11" as 3/10)
("Hijacking Catastrophe" is by far the best of the lot: 9/10)
Unfortunately, about half of the film is little more than pro-Bush, pro-war cheerleading. The defense of the atrocious Patriot Act is especially poor, focusing exclusively on the information-sharing provisions while ignoring the constitutional issues. Ironically, this sort of deceptive tap-dancing is exactly what one would expect from Michael Moore.
6/10. Good material damaged by blatantly partisan presentation.
(For comparison, I rate Moore's appalling "Fahrenheit 9/11" as 3/10)
("Hijacking Catastrophe" is by far the best of the lot: 9/10)