Bowling For Columbine Reviews

Bowling For Columbine Review
by John Ulmer (Rating: 4.5/5)
Documentaries are probably the hardest types of film to review, primarily because it all comes down to whether or not you agree with the filmmaker or not. Style helps, but you can't recommend a documentary you disagree with, can you? more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3.5/4)
Michael Moore's latest documentary, "Bowling for Columbine," is a mess but it is the kind of mess one can glean great insight from. It is a frustrating, provocative and often powerful document of America's fascination with violence and guns. Many may...more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: B+)
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE (director/writer: Michael Moore; cinematographers: Brian Danitz/Michael McDonough; editor: Kurt Engfehr; music: Jeff Gibbs; cast: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Dick Clark, Arthur Busch, Marilyn Manson, Matt Stone, Chris Rock;...more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4)
Incendiary filmmaker Michael Moore ("Roger & Me") does what he does best in "Bowling for Columbine," an arch, humorous, and altogether scary look at American gun culture, questioning why American society is considerably more violent than, say, our...more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 4/4)
Synopsis: Early one April morning, two boys from Littleton, Colorado went bowling. Then they walked into Columbine High, armed to the teeth, and started shooting. Three years later, Michael Moore examines gun violence in America. He visits a weapons...more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by Edward Johnson-Ott
Bowling for Columbine (2002) Michael Moore, Dick Clark, Charlton Heston, James Nichols, Marilyn Manson, John Nichols, Matt Stone. Music by Jeff Gibbs. Edited by Kurt Engfehr. Written and directed by Michael Moore. 119 minutes. Rated R more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by Edward Johnson-Ott
Bowling for Columbine (2002) Michael Moore, Dick Clark, Charlton Heston, James Nichols, Marilyn Manson, John Nichols, Matt Stone. Music by Jeff Gibbs. Edited by Kurt Engfehr. Written and directed by Michael Moore. 119 minutes. Rated R more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by Jonathan F. Richards
There is a heavy dose of preaching to the choir in Michael Moore's roof-raising documentary on gun violence in America, and audience reaction will have a lot to do with where people stand on issues ranging from guns and violence to racism, fear, and...more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by Karina Montgomery
Number one - with a bullet! If you don't know, this is Michael Moore's latest documentary, this time about the culture of violence in America, especially as per gun killing. Some terrifying statistics are reported in this film; I wish I could have...more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 9/10)
Susan Granger's review of "Bowling for Columbine" (Alliance Atlantis) Michael Moore's latest documentary is definitely a potential Oscar-nominee. It's a satiric insight into America's gun-culture, and its release couldn't be more timely with...more

Bowling For Columbine Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 9/10)
PLOT: A "documentary" which investigates the obscene amount of gun-related murders which plague the Unites States of America, as well as its various related symptoms and causes. Many real-life tragedies are explored, political ramifications investigated...more
Bowling For Columbine Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10)
Could Michael Moore's Bowling For Columbine be released on a more appropriate weekend than this one? I mean, we're about two victims shy of witnessing the most notorious serial killer in decades -...more
Bowling For Columbine Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B)
NRA member for life, Michael Moore ("Roger & Me"), takes a hard look at America's obsession with guns in his latest investigation, "Bowling for Columbine," the first documentary accepted into competition at the Cannes Film Festival since 1956 and winner...more
Bowling For Columbine Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B)
Activist/Documentarian Michael Moore ("Roger and Me," "The Big One") tries to identify the cause of gun violence in America in his Cannes award winner, "Bowling for Columbine." The film opens in the United States just as Maryland authorities search for...more
Bowling For Columbine Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE, by director Michael Moore (ROGER & ME), is frequently extremely funny, sometimes quite intriguing and other times infuriatingly naive. In case you can't guess from the title, the documentary is a long look at Americans and their...more
Bowling For Columbine Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3.5/4)
Rating out of 4 stars: 3.5 Reviewed by Harvey Karten United Artists/Alliance Atlantis Director: Michael Moore Writer: Michael Moore Cast: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Dick Clark, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, John Nichols, Matt Stone, Chris...more