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First off, its so obvious that many of the reviewers haven't even seen the film. One called it liberal propaganda. The movie spends just as much time attacking democrats - including Barack Obama, as it does Donald Trump and the Republican party. The reviewer that said it was "DNC Studios Biasedly Presents..." Again, couldn't have possibly seen it. 11/6 or 11/9. To that reviewer, the date is not in reference to upcoming elections, or even the election date of 2016. Its a reference to the date they called the election in favor of Trump (because it was like 2:30am when the election was called in his favor, the date was 11/9) And he is comparing Trump being elected as being an event as devastating for this country as the attack on 9/11 for those who did not get the title, hope that helps. Now for the actual film. This film does start off being about the 2016 election and quickly shifts focus to the Water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the school shooting in Parkland, FL, The West Virginia Teachers strike and several other recent events that are relevant and responsible for the state this country is in. Its not all about Trump, Michael Moore knew better than to do that. This film is important, urgent and needs to be viewed by every American citizen, but since so many have already drank the Kool-Aid it would probably have no affect on them. But anyone with a brain it could spark some serious, important discussions that we need to be having.

For better or worse, this feels like the final thesis statement for everything Moore has been trying to say for the past 15 years...though it certainly won't be. A provocateur that rides the line between downright entertaining & annoyingly self-righteous, this is maybe his best movie since Bowling for Columbine. Not because of the Trump stuff, which we're all well aware of, but the smaller, more bipartisan stuff like the Flint water crisis & the tongue-in-cheek Hitler segment.

More striking to me than the the film itself is its incredibly bi-modal retribution reveiwer scores, ALMOST ALL.NEARLY 1 or 2 OR 10 or 9. This not only strikingly illustrates the ideological/political character of user responses, but the limitations of mean scores as statistical summaries of viewer favor or disfavor. In this case no use, except as a benchmark for the polarized responses.

As for the film itself, think 11/9 is probably the best film of one of our most skilled cinemantic essayist. It's free of Moore's occasional gaffes (e.g. the cruel interrogation of Charlton Heston in Moore's critique of US gun use, the 9/11 shot of joyous Iraqies in Baghdad cafes just prior to Bush-II's military intervention into Iraq). It's polemical but conscientious, if not unselective, in its use of facts. It's a powerful piece of rhetoric, like say the Gettysburg Address or Reagan's "tear down that wall" speech.

You may love or hate Michael Moore's politics, but one thing is clear and that is that he makes good, entertaining documentaries. I guarantee that the vast majority of one star reviewers have not seen this movie. If you are firmly in Trumps party and think he's doing a "wonderful" job, yeah you probably won't like it. If you're anyone else definitely check it out.

The beginning is a little painful reliving election night. From there the film disperses into all kinds of political events, all illustrating that it is up to the people to take control back. This movie is not at all focused on Trump though he does take him on. There is a particularly cringe inducing part where he focuses on his bizarre relationship with his daughter. Moore also disses the DNC and even Obama (who seems to have really deserved it in this case). This isn't really a spoiler..just putting it out there so you know that Moore is no Democratic stooge. He's for the people and I always find it amazing that there are tons of working class Republicans who HATE him and yet would benefit greatly if his ideas were implemented.

To sum up, the movie is entertaining, very informative and above all very motivating! Loved it.

As this is a Michael Moore documentary, there are probably hundreds of ratings and reviews on IMDb from people on the right who didn't even bother to watch this film. Just mentioning the name Michael Moore turns the more even-tempered Republicans into frothing rabid dogs. But, as the case with his film "Capitalism: A Love Story," this documentary is not just critical of Trump and the Republicans. The Clintons (both Bill and Hillary) and Barack Obama do not get away unscathed--in fact, Moore implies that the establishment Democrats may be worse than Republicans because the Dems claim they care about "every day Americans" and "progressive causes" (like the environment and taxing the rich) in order to get the votes and get elected to office, but in the end are beholden to the same corporate string pullers as Republicans are. And the corporate mainstream media - CNN, ABC, MSNBC/NBC, CBS - gets blasted as much as Fox News. This documentary is not really about Donald J. Trump per se, but more about what has happened in this country through the last several decades to allow someone like Trump to rise to power. Instead of examining the corporate mainstream media demonizing movements like Occupy Wall Street and truly progressive Democrats like the Squad, Moore turns his attention to one pre-Trump Presidential era disaster - Flint, MI (and not only the water crisis, but the military drill authorized by Obama that gave no advance warning to the citizens), and a then-current-Trump Presidential era disaster - the Parkland mass shooting. There is so much ground to cover in a documentary that was released two years into the Trump regime that Moore could not cover it all (violence at his rallies and Charlottesville are only seen in snippets). In the end, the tone of Moore's film is dire, even fatalistic. What are the answers to attempt to tilt the country towards a true "Democracy." Moore doesn't fill in the blanks. One image in the film has a map of the U. S. made up of a hundred match sticks, and the match is lit, to burn up the entire country. If you're already pessimistic about the direction of the country, this film will give you little hope. If you're still asleep thinking that "hope" and "positive thoughts" will make everything OK, justice for January 6 is coming, Biden or Harris will prevail in 2024, and no one like Trump could ever be elected again - may this documentary serve as a bitter wake up call.

Michael Moore is great at telling a story. In the case of Fahrenheit 11/9 that story is, America is a progressive country overrun by criminals and shysters. Like most of Moore's stories, there's truth glued together with hyperbole.

Centered around the election of failed businessman and terrible human being Trump, Moore looks at the actions of similarly awful businessmen/politicians like Rick Snyder, the governor whose actions helped cause and worsen the Flint water crisis. The goal is to make the viewer angry, and it is successful. I would like to throw a lot of these people in jail.

Moore is equally furious at Democrats whose insistence on compromise allows terrible things to happen. He seems them as propping up the corrupt power structure just as much as Republicans.

To make his point, Moore gives us lots of information, but it's definitely curated for maximum effect. As proof that the U.S. is very liberal he tosses a lot of statistics from polls about American support for progressive policies. Yet it's pretty clear that he has chosen the polls most favorable to his argument and used them in the most favorable way. Certainly the majority of Americans support abortion rights to some degree, but the specifics of the questions has a huge effect on how people answer.

Moore can be frustratingly simplistic, but he is funny, and smart, and entertaining, and able to make a compelling argument.

11/9 isn't a perfect movie, but it is well worth watching.

I recently watched this movie, and came away with mixed emotions. Not sure that I really liked it, as it was a little confusing, and VERY biased. The movie deals a lot about Michigan. Governor Snyder and Flint are prominent in this movie, as is Trump. Not sure how to rate this movie. It made me laugh, it made me wonder, it made me angry, and it made me swear out loud. I think if you are from Michigan, it's worth watching.

Once again Mr. Moore bravely brings to light how the rot and slime of the politically ambitious rise to the top with the help of myopic corporations and organizations. Bravo to Mr. Moore!

There are no lies within this documentary.

And the events that took place in Flint Michigan should unhinge the very soul of every citizen of this nation. And just maybe the efforts of the West Virginia teachers can offer a glimmer of hope in the darkness and blight that currently shrouds this nation.

The denigrating reviews here on IMDB are the lies.

GRADE: B-

THIS FILM IS RECOMMENDED.

IN BRIEF: Muddled but provocative document about President Donald J. Trump (and other issues).

JIM'S REVIEW: Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 11/9 should not be confused with his vastly superior documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, although both of these films' numerical subtext convey iconic days in American history: The latter film chronicles a fateful day when terrorism destroyed many innocent lives and recorded its harrowing aftermath. The former denotes the day when Donald Trump won an upset election and became the 45th President of the United States and its catastrophic aftermath as well. Both films present tragic times. (At this point, I must state my political stance to be fair to any readers...I am, dare I say, a liberal.)

So welcome to Bizarro World, where everything as we know to be sane is completely backwards. Our expectations of what is on display is opposite to the norm. A fact is not a fact. Truth is not truth. And the cries of fake news are rampant. Mr. Moore tries to explain our dilemma in this Trump World in which we now co-exist. And while he remains on target railing against this narcissistic misogynistic tyrant, his film rages on to maximum impact. However, he tends to derail fairly often and veers onto other subjects near and dear to him.

No doubt, this film is leftist propaganda, just as Dinesh D'Souza's recent documentary, Death of a Nation, shows the right wing point-of-view. Which leads to the question: Should a documentarian be more balanced in his filmmaking or does a particular viewpoint create a stronger (or weaker) end product? Should the filmmaker become an active part of the message or stay unseen at the fringe of his/her work of art? What is the purpose of the enterprise: to speak to the masses of supporters and strengthen their positions or to convert those who disagree with their opinions?

There is much polarity and frustration on view but who can unite us? What is our goal?Mr. Moore's intent remains unclear.

Fahrenheit 11/9 simply in in need of better judicious editing. Mr. Moore's exposé goes off on various tangents and never really focuses squarely on his target subject as effectively as he should. Less would have been more. (His areas of concern encompass gun violence, our outdated electoral college, low teacher wages, and once again, the contaminated water issue in his hometown of Flint. Granted, all important issues and informative fodder.) But there is a disconnect here, as he spends valuable screen time off topic and drifts away from The Man Presently in the White House.

The director's epicenter of his film demands to be squarely on The 45th and his personal agenda. There is more than enough material to investigate and report. While this film begins promisingly with that purpose, Mr. Moore glosses over some of Trump's proven characteristics that are in dire need of discussion such as his racist attitude and his infamous mishandling of the Charlottesville riots or his nonchalant treatment of Puerto Rico's hurricane emergency that killed over 3,000 citizens; nor does he delve into his continuous misogynistic comments toward women and his adamant defense of the sexual accused rather than supporting their victims. Never is it even mentioned about Mr. Trump's own bevy of 16 female accusers who purport his sexual aggressive acts...a grievous omission to the story.

However, as a filmmaker, he researches his subject well and provides fact-based footage and powerful interviewees to make his case most compelling. Perhaps, Mr. Moore's most telling segment is his sojourn into fascism. He does a brilliant job using Nazi archival footage with our president's voiceover narration of his actual speeches to convey a comparison of our changing democratic culture with the Third Reich. To him, Hitler and Trump are born dictators eager to take control of their country using history, with all its repeats and patterns, as their outline for success. A very intriguing treatise. (Another riveting section of the documentary that gobsmacked this reviewer explores the little known incident of governmental crimes and misdemeanors in which the U.S. Army literally invade the town of Flint, Michigan and use areas of the city for bombing and target practice maneuvers. Preposterous but factual. )

Yes, Mr. Moore is angry. Angry at everyone, including former President Obama. And passionate to his cause. He firmly believes that our only hope is protesting and casting our personal votes to elect insurgents to fill elective offices. He believes that these young new leftist activists are the primary salvation to fix America's broken political system. But as he argues and sends out the alarm, he also has no real solutions and does not seem to realize that these same individuals can easily become corrupted by capitalism and greed of the office they serve. His idealism tends to cloud his vision and weaken his message. His voice is there, loud and proud, but this time around, his words aren't concise and commanding as one expects them to be.

Fahrenheit 11/9 is overloaded with hot topics. Depending on your own political preference, this film will be the "feel good" or "feel bad" movie of the year. It just left me a bit numb.

Very very poignant documentary. To watch and talk about

We arrive at a time where we must unite as forces of good and create another world

I have to say I've had a love/hate relationship with Michael Moore's film. His first documentary about Flint, Michigan was terrific but over the years he has injected more of himself and his politics into his films. His latest Fahrenheit 11/9 seems like a real missed opportunity to look at what is happening in the White House, the media and across the country. This is a turbulent and unique time in the history of the world and a more objective film maker could have really captured the spirit of the moment. As it is, Fahrenheit is a hog pog of interviews, random bits of material and general hatemongering. Instead of trying to gain insight into the situation by actually uncovering original material Moore settles for the lazy Facebook blogger approach of trying to upset the right while pandering to the left. And as another reviewer mentioned he does this while cashing a paycheck. I am critical of Trump and his approach to things but material like Fahrenheit 11/9 does little but add to the inflated hysteria coming from the left that is as destructive to the nation as any of the president's missteps.

I love a good Michael Moore documentary. Bowling for Columbine, Sicko, Where to Invade Next, and of course, Fahrenheit 9/11. When I first heard about this and how soon it was coming out I was very interested. As an American of course I heavily was invested in the political scene all throughout 2017-2018 and the madness prior and after the election. After seeing this film, I feel like it remained eye-opening, even with a lot of the information being common knowledge. I highly recommend this for everyone except maybe people who lean towards the right.

The film explores the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. It also shows a brief glimpse of his history and what got him to that point. The film also goes to Flint, Michigan and their clean water crisis. The film also touches on gun violence and the recent Stoneman Douglas School shooting. Of course, this was expected as Michael Moore is an avid spokesperson against gun violence. There is a lot covered in this documentary and I think it breezed through because it engulfs, captivates, and even horrifies you from beginning to end.

What I really liked about this film besides the deserved criticism of Trump is the fact that it also goes in and pokes at Bill Clinton and yes, even Barack Obama. It shows things that they did that make you scratch your head and think about the system we live in and how similar the parties really are. I found the portions about what Flint, Michigan was going through to be insane and enraging. Michael Moore is a master at jerking a reaction from the viewers and he does a darn good job of getting one here. The crowd in my theater broke into comments of rage and applause here and there.

it was hard not to get some chills at some point. This is an important film all around, it just is. The countries climate is explained fairly well here and it still is a country divided. Its message of focusing the energy and fixing the issue is important, but where to start? I think this film somehow managed to exceed its expectations. Its worth a watch for everyone, I change what I said earlier everyone in the country should see it and form an opinion. The low reviews on IMDB already make me know people aren't watching it and bashing it prior to seeing it and giving it a chance.

9/10

Michael Moore's latest film, Fahrenheit 11/9, is a clever name reversal of his 2004 documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" which took on the assaults on civil liberties resulting from the war on terrorism, and skewed the connections of the Bush family to Texas oil and the influence of Saudi billionaires, a very timely subject today. Winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes, It is the largest grossing documentary of all time, having earned $222 million dollars in world-wide box-office sales. The fact that it was strident in its tone did not affect its box-office success which grew in numbers the more the film was attacked by politicians and critics.

While Fahrenheit 9/11 was sprawling and scattershot, it was also a powerful cinematic experience filled with genuine human emotions as well as being highly entertaining. Much of Moore's latest film touches the same chords. It has some powerful moments that hit home but is largely unfocused and filled with distortions that are asserted only to bolster his agenda. After a montage depicting the shock many felt by Donald Trump's unpredictable 2016 victory, the film attempts to provide an answer to Moore's stated question, "How the F did we get here?" None of the answers, however, have much connection to the President but make for good theater.

While Moore's presentation of these issues is inspiring, unfortunately it is also disingenuous. The West Virginia teacher's strike that resulted from continuing anger over low salaries (ranked 48th in the United States) and the high cost of health care involved over 20,000 teachers and other public school staff, affecting approximately 250,000 students. Schools were shut down in all 55 West Virginia counties and the strike lasted nine weekdays amid numerous rallies and demonstrations. Through it all, the union could not have been more supportive, working at the grass roots level for two months to help organize the walkout including a daylong meeting with every single rep from all three unions from each of the 55 counties.

Moore, however, implies that the unions sold out the teachers by ordering them back to work, overlooking the fact that the teachers refused to go back to work only because they wanted more clarity on the issue of health insurance premiums and did not trust state Republicans to follow through on the raises that were promised. Not every teacher agreed that was the right course of action, buy they all stuck together out of solidarity. Other issues receive the superficial treatment as well. Moore implies that the ground was laid for Trump's election by the flaws of the Democratic Party establishment and singles out Barack Obama's willingness to compromise as President, ignoring the fact that the congress was in control by the opposition party and that, to get anything done, there was no alternative to compromise.

He blames the DNC and the superdelegates for Bernie Sanders loss to Hilary Clinton in 2016, even though Clinton had amassed enough votes through primary victories that she did not need the votes of any superdelegates to put her over the top. Moore points out that Bernie Sanders won all 55 counties in West Virginia during the primary but only received 18 out of 29 delegates. He does not mention, however, that Clinton won 31% of the overall vote. The film's segment on the water crisis in Flint resulting from the cost-cutting measure of switching the source from a clean source of water to the contaminated Flint River is powerfully done but marred by Moore's penchant for showmanship as he attempts to make a citizen's arrest of the Governor and sprays Flint water on Governor Rick Snyder's home.

Trying to blame President Obama and the Democrats for being insensitive to the crisis is not one of Moore's finest hours. Shown as sipping Flint water as an example of indifference, Moore ignores the fact that the President was simply reassuring the residents that Flint water was no longer a medical emergency and was safe to drink as long as it was filtered. Also ignored was the fact that Obama and various Democrats tried to get Congress to allocate funding for Flint - but the Republicans would have none of it. A measure passed by Congress and signed into law by Obama in December, however, did provide $170 million to address drinking water safety issues with part of the money set aside for new pipes for Flint.

The only thing that would have satisfied Moore was, in his own words addressed to President Obama, "Unless you're bringing the U.S. Army with you to save 100,000 of your fellow Americans, and unless you're going to arrest the governor of Michigan who has now killed more Americans than ISIS, you might as well stay home." Fahrenheit 11/9 is promoted as being a "Trump takedown," though there is not very much about Trump in the film except for some suggestive photos with daughter Ivanka and some pointed comparisons to Adolf Hitler.

In an interview in Rolling Stone magazine Moore said about President Trump, "No matter what you throw at him, it hasn't worked. No matter what is revealed, he remains standing. Facts, reality, brains cannot defeat him. Even when he commits a self-inflicted wound, he gets up the next morning and keeps going and tweeting," and added, "That all ends with this movie." If that were the case, I would personally nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize, but unfortunately the film most likely will have little effect outside of those already committed to the cause.

The disappointment is to observe more people packing across the hall to see transformers rather than to watch this thought-provoking and well crafted documentary. If Americans are fatigued on our state of politics and checking out on Trump already.... we're in deep trouble!

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning

Nearly two years ago, in November 2016, the world was stunned when Donald Trump unexpectedly, unbelievably became the 45th president of the United States, beating the assumed nominee Hilary Clinton. Fervent critic Michael Moore here delivers a scathing indictment of the man, but also of the system that allowed him to win, the transgressions of Clinton and Barack Obama, as well as highlighting the water crisis in his hometown of Flint, where the governor allowed the citizens to drink dirty water to appease corporate interests, and also the teachers strike in West Virginia, and the Parkland school shooting.

Avowed democrat and socialist Moore has taken on the gun lobby, the American healthcare system, and former president George Bush in his past works, but since his last film, 2015's Where to Invade Next, he's become more involved in the mainstream with his (perhaps not surprising) loathing of President Trump and his victory in the presidential battle. The more his name has become known, the more of a caricature he's become, with many mocking his left wing politics and social justice antics, and, in turn, his audience has grown smaller (unfairly, perhaps), since it seems to many as though he has an agenda to plug (which he does) and, in turn, his films have had smaller distribution, found it harder to get financing and not done so well at the box office, and Fahrenheit 11/9 is probably his least seen film yet.

With this in mind, it seems only fair to note that with Fahrenheit 11/9, he does seem to be displaying an acute sense of self-awareness. Rather than making a predictable, alienating Trump battering ram of a film, he makes the man not quite a side note, but not entirely the main focus, either. He seems aware that if not everyone feels the same hate towards him that he does, it will just put people off. There's a smattering of anti Trump stuff we've already heard (although I really doubt Gwen Stefani was all to blame!) but he also tenders fair blame to Clinton and her Goldman Sachs/Wall Street shenaningans, as well as Obama and his carpet bombing of Libya, not to mention some surprising complimentary comments he's had in the past from the likes of Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner (and even Trump himself!)

While it's full of interesting facts and is presented in Moore's typical waning, cynical style that we've all come to know and love, stretching at over two hours, it feels like there's a bit too much crammed in (much like this review!), and maybe Moore's become a bit self indulgent in his later years. By the end, you feel like you've had too much to process and, for a second, it seems like the film itself has, with the screen breaking up, before a send up of the 'Trump text alerts' and an admittedly powerful, resounding ending that at least rounds it off well. All the same, you can't help feeling the formula's beginning to crack. ***

Last week, I saw an interview on CNN with Michael Moore and a few people from Flint. I remember hearing tidbits here and there about the water crisis a few years ago, so I was shocked at what I heard watching that interview. As a result, decided to see the movie this weekend with my dad and husband.

First let me say, we are not cry-at-the-drop-of-a-hat kinda people. Sure, super soppy sad movies will get me occasionally, but this.. THIS was different.

Each of us were most impacted by different parts, but we were all blown away.

I don't care what your politics are, go see this movie. Some things aren't about left vs right. They are about right vs VERY VERY WRONG. You will not be disappointed.

I've never posted a review before. I saw this film a couple hours ago. It's a typical Moore effort, minus the humor. He really blows up the BS in our modern society. His "feel good" bits trying to give us hope for a better future fall short. Pretty bleak. If you're looking for a rallying cry to action, it's not here. It's almost a eulogy for what might have been.

To begin with I must say that I loved Michael Moore post-2005 documentaries "Sicko", "Capitalism: A Love Story" and "Where to invade next", all three are great, powerful and whether you're a democrat or a republican the ideas told in these are bound to make you pause and think. At the opposite I didn't like at all his 2004 George W. Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11", I don't understand at all all the undeserved hype around that documentary since it was obviously quite empty, not well done, boring and there was nothing new in it that wasn't already available in the newspaper or TV News. I did go see "Fahrenheit 11/9" at a theatre and strangely I didn't have high expectations for this sequel, as if I knew nothing more could be said about Donald Trump. This documentary is essentially divided in about three parts; at first they talk about Donald Trump's presidential campaign, nothing unheard of here, then there's a part about the 2015 water scandal in Flint, Michigan where we see what appear to be mega-****bag the crooked governor Rick Snyder purposedly ruining the water supply of the city then organizing a cover-up, then the third part is about the West-Virginia teachers strike, who stopped working because they had low wages and Governor Jim Justice wanted to have them wear Fitbit wristwatches at all time to control how much exercise they were doing... There's nothing in this movie regarding Trump before his presidential campaign, Michael Moore have a great research staff so at least they could have shown us some interesting biographical tidbits about Trump that could have helped us make a opinion about the true him, instead they spent time comparing Trump and Hitler which is unfair and not very insightful...Overall this documentary is empty, uninsightful, boring and there's nothing new in it... There's only about 4 or 5 really powerful moments in the whole documentary, a much more powerful documentary could have been made regarding incompetent Barack Obamas's presidency and how he failed miserably to deliver what he promised...

With shallow 5th grader investigative reporting being the norm today; I have to give Michael Moore credit for at least freshman high school journalistic merit. I feel an extra 1/2 star should be added but there is no option for that. In no way is this deep journalistic excellence with astute accuracy and mind blowing geopolitical insight; but more imbalanced pabulum. Granted; there is enough shock value to make it interesting and deeper stories likely are beyond the grasp of most audiences. My takeaway is that Moore himself is shallow; a follower and cheerleader who cannot fathom the purposeful extremes and tactics of POTUS, nor the battle climate of true MAGA and required methods to drain the swamp. The status quo of DC, is and was evil, Fahrenheit 9/11 scratched the surface of that adeptly. This film leans far too deeply into opinion with unfounded American and Geopolitical understanding. I agree, our political climate is in an emergency state; but a high-schooler level propaganda opinion piece with shallow and errant perception ... simply won't help people see clearer, but put them back to sleep after they are done cheering aimlessly.