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Summary: A good movie-but a little bias
Review: I have been a resident of Flint Michigan all of my life. I have heard it was a once thriving city-but since I am 17 I never had a chance to see it. My dad is employed by General as are several of my relatives. It was interesting to see a movie about the city I live in. I knew most of the history already of course. Its sad that all this has happened to Flint but at the same time its not as bad as the movie makes it out to be. Flint is not the greatest place, but anytime you take a place and show only the negative aspects of it yeah it will look bad. So this movie is a litle bias. Other than that it is very funny and I did enjoy it. Currently there are a lot more people from flint going to college, trade schools, or getting some kind of training because they know they can't rely on getting a job at GM anymore. Also Flint is the home of University of Michigan, Ketting University (top engineering college) and Mott Community college. So a lot of people are predicting that in the future Flint will become a college town. Overall its a good movie.
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Summary: A little info...
Review: A great film, and well worth watching, as previous reviewers have pointed out. Flint is still a sizeable city (I'm pretty sure it's still one of the 5 largest cities in the state--I'd have to check), but probably a place few people would choose to live. As a Michigander, I'd say only Detroit has a worse reputation, and Benton Harbor closely follows. Flint most certainly has movie theaters now, as I've driven by one on I-75, but not being a resident, I don't know if that was the case when the movie was made. I suspect Moore was being sarcastic with his statement at the end of the movie but can't say for sure...There was a short (20 min) follow-up piece called "Pets or Meat" that was shown with it when it aired on local TV, but sadly that does not appear to be available on video. Perhaps if they release it on DVD...
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Summary: SEE THIS MOVIE NOW!
Review: I just finished watching "Roger and Me" for the first time. Wow. This guy Michael Moore really has his head together. A total attack on greed and how this Roger Smith guy honestly cares more about money than peoples' lives. It really shouldn't be rated R though (the only instances of excessive swearing is when the poor family gets evicted (on Christmas Eve, mind you!) the woman of the house shouts out the F word a few times (right in front of little children, sadly). Everyone should see this movie. It nearly made me weep. There is a scene where Moore is interviewing a lady that slaughters rabbits, and I know the movie's rated R because I guess Moore doesn't want little kids to be horribly traumatized by that scene. Well, I'm eighteeen years old and the scene horribly traumatizes ME! Because normally when you watch a movie you think "Oh it's just a movie, there's nobody that evil in real life." but in this documentary, it's real. Sad. By the way there really should be a sequel to this. I mean what's the rabbit lady doing now? And the deputy evictor? Is Roger Smith still head of General Motors? One more thing you won't find is during the credits you won't see a disclaimer saying "No animals were harmed during the making of this film." They were. Oh and the most powerful moment in the whole film comes if you stay tuned when the credits stop rolling at the very very end you'll see "THIS FILM CANNOT BE SEEN IN FLINT, MICHIGAN. ALL THE MOVIE THEATRES HAVE BEEN TORN DOWN."
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Summary: A Classic
Review: This movie shows an example of how corporations have become more important than people in the United States (although they pay less taxes). This film should be required viewing in every high school in the America.
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Summary: Michael Moore Rules!
Review: Roger and Me is a hilarious and compelling documentary on the rise and fall of Flint, Michigan. Michael Moore may look like your average old joe, but he is in fact one of the smartest filmmakers out there. This movie confirms it. Despite the R rating (which probally should be a PG-13 at worst), this is a movie your kids will enjoy also.
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE-ONE QUESTION
Review: Why is this an R Rated movie? There are PG movies that are worse. My guess is the Republicans did not want kids to see what was going on. This movie was made keep in mind after George Bush won with his "Dont Worry Be Happy"type campaign and that famous "Read My Lips" speech. Still there was no R Rated material on this movie. I did think the movie was an example of what goes on in corporate America. People who put all many years manufacturing and suddenly get laid off even when the company is making big bucks. It was sad seeing the Sherrif evict people right and left. This seemed to be a true description of what goes on in all types of corporations.
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Summary: The Best Documentary I've ever seen
Review: I'm usually not the one to like this kind of movie, but I saw this movie in Econ, and it was one the best movies I have ever seen. It was funny and educational. I would highly recomend you viewing it.
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Summary: Truth is funnier than fiction
Review: I think I saw Roger & Me seven times at cinemas, and the video has kept my VCR humming for months now, thanks to the good people at Amazon.com. Not a real documentary, but more of a mock-umentary, because some of the scenes are undoubtedly set up. But full of hard-hitting social commentary nonetheless and funny, funny, funny. The economic undoing of a blue collar city doesn't seem like comedy material, but it is...the people of Flint, with their ironies, excesses and insecurities are funny without trying to be. One of my favorite films, hands-down, of any genre. Funny, funny, funny.
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Summary: funny but not balanced
Review: This very funny movie is also very unbalanced, not that it makes any attempt to be. Moore is good at showing a few of the kooks and local sights that capture the spirit of a rotting town, but when he starts trying to analyze why things went so sour, the film gets unfortunately naive. Don't expect a movie about corporate ruthlessness, because the ruthlessness is taken for granted. What remains is really just a well-made portrait of American small-towners at their most pitiable, which I must admit can be pretty funny.
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Summary: Hilarious film, but why won't Moore return my email?
Review: On par with "Bob Roberts" for social/political commentary -- this video is hilarious. One thing I would like to know, however, is why Michael Moore didn't return my two emails asking "when does capital have the right to go on strike?" I agree that labor has that right in this country, but it's interesting that Moore himself dodged this question just as surely as the executives of the companies in this film dodged him. This doesn't detract from my opinion of the artwork, just the artist.
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