Bowling for Columbine
United Artists | Release Date: October 11, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
72
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
8
Negative:
0
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60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Moore provides a rather rambling discourse of causality, which includes racism, white flight and Africanized bees. Read full review
60
SlateDavid Edelstein
Something appalling about the way he turns to the camera with a look of sorrow: Michael Moore as a suffering Christ. It's an insult to his own movie, which at its considerable best transcends his thuggish personality. Read full review
60
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
The only thing wrong with Bowling for Columbine is Moore himself. Read full review
58
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
It's vintage Moore: on one level the courageous act of a gutsy journalist, and, on another, a callously unfair and self-serving spectacle that makes Moore seem like a big bully, and puts his audience into the position of a vigilante mob. Read full review
50
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Shallow and one-sided. Read full review
50
Village VoiceJ. Hoberman
It's poorly structured, a half-hour too long, and devotedly fixated on the filmmaker's persona. Read full review
50
Dallas ObserverLuke Y. Thompson
Where Bowling for Columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of America's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyJohn Powers
It seems to have been made to delight European intellectuals and anyone else who believes that America is a land of bloodthirsty yet comical barbarians. Read full review
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