Michael Moore in TrumpLand
| Release Date: October 19, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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75
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireOct 21, 2016
Won’t add much to the debased discourse of this miserable season. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlOct 20, 2016
The biggest surprise: Older, un-messianic, and mostly eschewing cute stunts, Moore somehow makes his one-man show seem almost humble. It plays less like "I'm still here!" attention-seeking than it does a concerned citizen's act of hope. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckOct 19, 2016
Michael Moore in TrumpLand earns points for ultra-timeliness and its admirable attempt to raise the level of discourse in this deeply polarizing election. Read full review
70
TheWrapJennifer MerinOct 19, 2016
Moore’s narrative cleverly covers a lot of ground, creating unusual synapses that connect issues in insightful ways. Read full review
67
ConsequenceRandall ColburnOct 24, 2016
TrumpLand is a valuable film for the open-minded, undecided voter, or those who can’t seem to reconcile their seeming dislike for Clinton with a vote for her; an extended rant on likability in politics is especially effective. Read full review
60
The New YorkerRichard BrodyNov 12, 2016
Within the carnivalesque atmosphere and high-spirited revelry of Moore’s show, there’s a master of political rhetoric at work, and he devotes that mastery to a high patriotic calling. At its best, Michael Moore in TrumpLand is a moving act of devotion, a motivating turn of rhetoric of potentially historic import. Read full review
60
Time OutJoshua RothkopfOct 21, 2016
An unabashed piece of political activism arriving three weeks before the election. Read full review
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New York Daily NewsGersh KuntzmanOct 19, 2016
The film is better when Moore is joking about America’s problems, presenting fake Trump ads or offering a parody news broadcast from the day of Trump’s inauguration, but he doesn’t do enough of that in TrumpLand. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranOct 19, 2016
A rambling, mildly entertaining performance film. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 19, 2016
Mr. Moore has basically made an earnest but not very entertaining pro-Clinton campaign film, occasionally funny, momentarily heartfelt when he takes up the subject of universal health care and the lives lost for lack of it. Against the rest of his work (“Bowling for Columbine,” “Roger & Me”) it’s fairly tepid stuff. Read full review
60
The GuardianJordan HoffmanOct 19, 2016
Moore doesn’t want to tear Trump down so much as he wants to build Clinton up, and however much of a dingus he may be (some of his jokes really don’t work), he is sincere in his optimism and empathy. That’s something that you just can’t fake. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerOct 19, 2016
This 73-minute speech isn’t really much of a movie, and as advocacy it’s unlikely to reach Trump-leaning voters. But as a case for Clinton aimed at third-party supporters who are convinced they couldn’t stomach casting a ballot for her, it might turn a few heads. Read full review
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IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 19, 2016
Moore’s premeditated attempts to wring some laughs out of this category 5 shitstorm are so half-assed that you wish he hadn’t bothered.... It’s as though he realized that the film could have been just as successful as a podcast, and compensated for that fact by shoehorning in some needless visual razzmatazz. Read full review
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The PlaylistRodrigo PerezOct 20, 2016
Moore’s goal — save the country from the worst Presidential election of all time— is sound, but his ungainly presentation and shaky arguments make for an uneven polemic that never takes fire, even when doused in gasoline. Read full review
40
ScreenCrushMatt SingerOct 20, 2016
The film is a bit of a mess; a heartfelt, scattershot, mostly unfunny, intermittently moving polemic about our country and its people. Read full review
40
VarietyOwen GleibermanOct 19, 2016
Michael Moore In TrumpLand turns out to be a tossed hand grenade that doesn’t fully detonate. Read full review
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Bill SemleyNov 3, 2016
From his limp, liberal feminist pulpit (from which he also spews sexist jokes), Moore makes a condescending case for why Clinton isn’t only the least-bad choice, but an actually good choice. His thesis? Basically: she’s the pantsuit Beyoncé! Read full review
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