Fahrenheit 9/11

One of the most controversial and provocative films of the year, FAHRENHEIT 9/11 is Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore’s searing examination of the Bush administration’s actions in the wake of the tragic events of 9/11. With his characteristic humor and dogged commitment to uncovering the facts, Moore considers the presidency of George W. Bush and where it has led us. He looks at how – and why - Bush and his inner circle avoided pursuing the Saudi connection to 9/11, despite the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis and Saudi money had funded Al Qaeda. FAHRENHEIT 9/11 shows us a nation kept in constant fear by FBI alerts and lulled into accepting a piece of legislation, the USA Patriot Act, that infringes on basic civil rights. It is in this atmosphere of confusion, suspicion and dread that the Bush Administration makes its headlong rush towards war in Iraq – and FAHRENHEIT 9/11 takes us inside that war to tell the stories we haven’t heard, illustrating the awful human cost to U.S. soldiers and their families.
"It is a punishing, brilliantly executed indictment." -- Victoria Alexander, FILMSINREVIEW.COM
". . . an explosive and heart wrenching piece of cinema . . ." -- Mark Salisbury, PREMIERE MAGAZINE
"The conditional humanity that marred much of BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE is here, but [the result is] powerful, maddening and heartfelt." -- Mark Palermo, COAST (HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA)
"To dismiss Fahrenheit 9/11 as "Anti-American propaganda" is doing the movie, the issues, the troops, and the country a grave disservice." -- Jurgen Fauth, ABOUT.COM
"Ferociously, cathartically funny." -- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"What's remarkable here isn't Moore's political animosity or ticklish wit. It's the well-argued, heartfelt power of his persuasion." -- Desson Thomson, WASHINGTON POST
"[Moore's] most disciplined and powerful movie to date." -- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"The movie is the least grandstanding and most purposeful of Moore's career." -- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
"The film doesn't go for satirical humor the way Moore's Roger & Me and Bowling for Columbine did. Moore's narration is still often sarcastic, but frequently he lets his footage speak for itself." -- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"A brisk and entertaining indictment of the Bush Administration’s middle East policies before and after September 11, 2001." -- Mary Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE