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Summary: Embarrassing
Review: I had to stop watching this after episode 8 because I was overwhelmed with sympathetic embarrassment for Mr. Moore (since he obviously doesn't have the sense to be embarrassed for himself.) I knew he was a reactionary dribbler before I watched the tape but I thought it might be entertaining anyway. Too bad it was just sad. I only liked the first two episodes because he actually attempted to help people (the guy who needed an organ transplant, and the guy who was layed off,) but otherwise it was uninteresting and unfunny. His early episodes attempt to deal with issues which are mildy interesting (tobacco industry, homophobia... same old same old, but still noble) but in later episodes it becomes more about just lampooning the "bad people" (aka rich people) and not actually doing anything proactive. This would be fine if he were actually funny, but he's not, and his comedy bits sound more and more like leftist diatribe as the show goes on... And no, I'm not a republican, but I know garbage when I see it (GIGO.)
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Summary: Michael Moore is the greatest director!
Review: I have never watched anything as full of truth and guts as Michael Moore's work. This show is hilarious and sad at the same time, and perhaps one of the most honest commentaries on the US I've ever seen that shows you what the average person really understands of the world. The result is quite funny!
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Summary: Funniest thing I have seen in 20 years
Review: I laughed so hard at "The Awful Truth" that I seriously thought I might hurt myself! It is THAT funny! Descriptions of lying politicians being chased by Puritans screaming "Repent! Repent!" and a choir of Christmas carolers (who have lost their vocal cords due to cigarette smoking) serenading workers at tobacco company headquarters don't quite do this video justice. You have to see it to believe it. And then you will want to show it to EVERYONE you know. The "Sodomobile" portion of this tape may well be the funniest and most wonderful thing ever put on film or videotape. Bravo to Michael Moore - if he never made another film in his life he would deserve Sainthood for this one. He is a comic genius with a heart and a clear head for political satire.
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Summary: Funniest thing I have seen in 20 years
Review: I laughed so hard at "The Awful Truth" that I seriously thought I might hurt myself! It is THAT funny! Descriptions of lying politicians being chased by Puritans screaming "Repent! Repent!" and a choir of Christmas carolers (who have lost their vocal cords due to cigarette smoking) serenading workers at tobacco company headquarters don't quite do this video justice. You have to see it to believe it. And then you will want to show it to EVERYONE you know. The "Sodomobile" portion of this tape may well be the funniest and most wonderful thing ever put on film or videotape. Bravo to Michael Moore - if he never made another film in his life he would deserve Sainthood for this one. He is a comic genius with a heart and a clear head for political satire.
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Summary: A Must Watch Show!
Review: I recieved this 3 video set and would have watched all 12 episodes in one setting if liitle things like life and work wouldn't have interferred. This is a must watch show for anybody who even occasionally thinks about the world around them.
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Summary: deacon from minnesota
Review: I would have to say that the recommendation or the lack thereof from the states of California and Ohio on March 26th. of this year sold me on buying this first season of Michael Moore's show. When a product such as Mr. Moore's gets that much negative review from the conservatives of the country it has to be very worthwhile. Incidentally, I'm one of the few who applauded his honesty at the Academy Awards (Just where are all those WMD's that the president and his advisers swear are in Iraq? Wasn't that what the president's war was all about?) Mr. Moore reminds me of the great political sage/cartoonist Walt Kelly, who, during the Vietnam War era of Dick Nixon, placed in the mouth of his cartoon character, Pogo, the profound proclamation, "We have met the enemy and he is us!" Mr. Moore's style reminds me of one of the sayings of the great comedian, W.C. Fields, who once said, "There comes a time in a young man's life when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation." Thanks Mike.
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Summary: entertaining and truthful
Review: I've been a Michael Moore fan for awhile now. I've watched The Big One and TV Nation repeatedly during times when corporate media begins to bore me and I need a dose of reality. As others have said, The Awful Truth is more of the same. Its definitely not for those who have a Disney-esque, G-Rated view of the world we live in. Honestly, though, I found The Awful Truth to be more difficult to watch than his earlier works. Moore is still sarcastic, funny and extremely unapologetic for revealing what he believes to be true. This is what I admire about him. Yet, there are many situations he addresses where even humor can't disguise the injustice and outright inhumanity our society is blind to. I was excited to see the scenes about the Christmas carolers who went to Phillip Morris and about the funeral rehearsal staged in front of an HMO after reading the editorial reviews listed on this site. I was in for a shock when instead of laughing as I usually do at Moore's antics, I was crying for its victims: the man who needed a pancreas transplant and his 4 year old daughter and cancer striken, voice box dependent carolers. I think the Awful Truth reveals a Moore who is angry and more biting than I've seen him before, but who wouldn't be when the truth is exposed? There are happy endings to these episodes...I can't wait to see what the next season holds in store.
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Summary: He Hates America
Review: If you have never seen any episodes of THE AWFUL TRUTH, here is the basic premise: Michael Moore, the documentary filmmaker on wheels, spends a half hour showing you (and a studio audience)segments where he and his intrepid band of associates travel all over the country, attempting to right wrongs...or at the very least shine the blinding light of factual truth into some very dark corners (health insurance loopholes, police force admission requirements, the notorious Fred Phelps of Topeka, KS who demonstrates at funerals of people who have died of AIDS, etc.). A lot of fact finding and a little tongue-in-cheek humor make this an entertaining--and insightful--series to watch for yourself...and then show to your friends!!! (and have you seen BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE yet?)
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Summary: A man, a mike, a camera, and a mission.
Review: If you have never seen any episodes of THE AWFUL TRUTH, here is the basic premise: Michael Moore, the documentary filmmaker on wheels, spends a half hour showing you (and a studio audience)segments where he and his intrepid band of associates travel all over the country, attempting to right wrongs...or at the very least shine the blinding light of factual truth into some very dark corners (health insurance loopholes, police force admission requirements, the notorious Fred Phelps of Topeka, KS who demonstrates at funerals of people who have died of AIDS, etc.). A lot of fact finding and a little tongue-in-cheek humor make this an entertaining--and insightful--series to watch for yourself...and then show to your friends!!! (and have you seen BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE yet?)
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Summary: loved it
Review: If you like Moore's work at all, get this set of DVDs. The funeral at an HMO was great. Watch Michael frustrate and harrass greedy corprate types, politicians and more. Some of the segmants fell flat but most delivered.
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