Bowling for Columbine

audience Reviews

, 83% Audience Score
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    I really liked the characters and actions of the actors
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Absolute banger! I really liked it
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Once again. Micheal did a great job
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    This documentary is biased in the fact that it exclusively tells one side of the story of gun violence in America. But it tells this side with both concerning and eye-opening detail. Moore transparently and powerfully appeals to the emotions of the audience, for one. This transparency is most evident and admirable, though, as he confronts the former NRA president and the K-Mart corporate headquarters, pleading for answers. Moore aptly focuses on the fear factor as that which is the drive to own guns in America, while pointing out the hypocrisy and denial of those that refuse to see the problem. Moore also does well to highlight the class disparities and the wealthy aloofness that only exacerbates this issue.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Very puzzling, I wouldn't live in the USA especially after seeing this. The showdown with Heston was upright epic!
  • Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    (Mauro Lanari) Moore could have avoided lingering on the problem by summarizing it with the acronym WASP. Some unexpected and unpredictable moments of utter absurdity are unparalleled ("What's bowling class?" "Just an elective you can take for a gym credit" "Where's the educational value of this, though?" "I guess there isn't really any"). Marilyn Manson, the phenomenon of that era, has given way to Taylor Swift's embodied algorithm.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    Deserving of being one of the greatest documentary films of all time. This documentary really discusses topics that are still relevant in the country right now. I think this would be great documentary to show at schools to help raise awareness of alienation. Overall great documentary, well done Michael Moore.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    The greatest 02 hours of real violence and interviews/ people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What the f**k was George Walker Bush thinking?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! S**t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    The greatest 02 hours ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Almost twenty-five years after the Columbine High School mass murders and more than twenty years after the release of Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine, the rest of the world continues to look on in wonder as Americans continue to kill each other with shocking regularity, seemingly unable to figure out how to solve the problem. While Moore can certainly be criticized for his lack of objectivity, his guerilla tactics, and a scattergun approach to the issue, there is no denying the impact of this documentary, told with passion, wit, and insight. At times horrific, at time hilarious, at times heartbreaking, it is a film that will stay with the viewer long after the credits have rolled. Unfortunately, it did little to stop the killings.