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Bowling for Columbine
The dramatic film is being explored as documentary filmmaker Michael Moore explores the circumstances that led to the 1999 Columbine secondary school massacre and, more broadly, the proliferation of weapons and the high rate of homicide in America. In his distinctive provocative fashion, Moore deals with Kmart's employees and begs them to stop selling the lead, and checks why there is not the same excessive rate of violence in Venice, and Charlton Heston doubles his support for the National Rifle Association.
21 January 1976, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK
14 November 1948, Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England, UK
July 3, 1881 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
30 January 1941, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
15 November 1965, San Diego, California, USA
October 26, 1919 in Tehran, Iran
11 December 1943, Aurora, Colorado, USA
24 June 1975, Brooklyn, New York, USA
January 12, 2007
Why do Americans seem so inclined to slaughter one another? Once again, Michael Moore has once again waded into some rather murky waters to weigh in on a very thorny subject.
October 26, 2002
Bowling for Columbine would never be mistaken for even-handed, but it is at least a sincere attempt to find the source of this country's inability to curb gun violence and murder.
December 19, 2002
All in all, Mr. Moore has given us a lot to think about in Bowling for Columbine, and he has entertained us royally in the process.
April 29, 2009
A frustrating film that asks more questions than answers.
October 31, 2002
A worthy successor to Roger & Me.
December 30, 2008
Agree with his messages or not, there's no denying the effectiveness of Moore's presentation.
October 25, 2002
By turns hilarious, infuriating, moving, manipulative, self-serving and, most importantly, absolutely required viewing.
July 23, 2007
For all its gallows humor and choked laughter of disbelief, it feels rather soul-sick and bewildered.
October 26, 2002
A sweeping, sometimes insightful and often funny look at America's culture of violence.
June 21, 2007
It may be more op-ed than journalistic, but that does not distract from the fact that BFC makes for a thoroughly enjoyable, thought provoking film.
December 22, 2010
Must-see gun violence documentary is brutal.
November 02, 2002
Fascinating, thought-provoking, often fitfully funny and sometimes devastatingly sad.
