Where to Invade Next
Anchor Bay Entertainment | Release Date: December 23, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
25
Mixed:
11
Negative:
2
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78
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovFeb 10, 2016
Where to Invade Next is a return to form, albeit a humorously kinder, gentler, and frankly more inquisitive outing than anything Moore has done since his Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or-winning "Fahrenheit 9/11." Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyFeb 11, 2016
Mastering subtlety, you won't be surprised to hear, remains on Moore’s to-do list. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperFeb 11, 2016
In the occasionally poignant but ham-handed and only semi-funny Where to Invade Next, Moore is at his shtickiest. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsFeb 11, 2016
The film is entertaining and disingenuous, which doesn't make it wrong. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerDec 23, 2015
Blithely entertaining but almost completely devoid of rigor. Read full review
75
ConsequenceSarah KurchakFeb 8, 2016
It’s a very good op-ed in favor of America’s ability to live up to its potential and build itself into a country that actually represents the idea of liberty and equality that it’s espoused for so long. Thanks to the humor with which it’s presented, it’s also a pretty decent testament to the potential future of the country’s satire. Read full review
80
EmpireDan JolinJun 6, 2016
Michael Moore proves that in six years between films he’s lost none of his power as a popular polemicist, and while the overall structure of his argument here is flimsy, the details he reveals have impact, suggesting a fair and just society is not an unattainable Utopia. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyDec 17, 2015
Where to Invade Next is so heartfelt and sincere, it’s tempting to say that Moore’s mellowed with age. But beneath its innocent-abroad optimism, the film has a stinging truth that’s hard to ignore. Read full review
50
HitfixDrew McWeenySep 13, 2015
The pacing on this one is flaccid, and while I think he has some interesting points to make, the framing device to the film is a total bust. Read full review
83
IndieWireEric KohnSep 11, 2015
Five years after his rambling "Capitalism: A Love Story," the filmmaker bounces back from one of his worst films with one of his best — a surprisingly endearing set of suggestions for a better tomorrow. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRebecca KeeganDec 22, 2015
How much filmgoers enjoy it may depend on how much they enjoy the mixture of smugness and naivete in a college sophomore. Read full review
50
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 3, 2016
Mistitled and meandering, it is Michael Moore’s worst film, his weakest whack at America: What Went Wrong? Read full review
70
New York Daily NewsJoe DziemianowiczDec 22, 2015
This benign big-screen button-pusher is about do-gooding, not destruction. It’s Moore at his likable best — and, consequently, most low-impact. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJan 20, 2016
Where to Invade Next shows Moore at his cheapest, while also affording glimpses of the filmmaker he once was. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartDec 22, 2015
It’s substantial food for thought, but too scattered for a two-hour running time. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerTirdad DerakhshaniFeb 11, 2016
It's not a critique but a rather graceful, witty, and stylish film that offers possible solutions to the problems Moore believes plague the United States. Read full review
100
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireDec 23, 2015
In my view, it’s one of the most genuinely, and valuably, patriotic films any American has ever made. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 12, 2016
No laugh in this doc – and there are plenty – goes out without a sting in its tail. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 11, 2016
As a piece of filmmaking, Where to Invade Next gets off to a strong start and then sags in the last half hour, but it makes a lot of interesting points and, in the way it shows other countries, conveys something about the United States. Read full review
80
Screen DailyAllan HunterSep 11, 2015
It is a more stimulating, thought-provoking and entertaining call to arms than anything we are likely to hear from an aspiring President over the next year. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSep 30, 2015
As informative and passionate as he often is on screen, Michael Moore also always toes the line toward shooting himself in the rhetorical foot with his own thuggish persona. Read full review
88
St. Louis Post-DispatchCalvin WilsonFeb 11, 2016
Where to Invade Next isn’t his funniest documentary, but it may be his most poignant. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloDec 22, 2015
Moore here makes his strongest bona fide argument in ages, albeit one that still gleefully stacks the deck and avoids examining possible downsides too carefully. He even comes across as genuinely patriotic, in his own way. Read full review
58
The Film StageNick NewmanFeb 8, 2016
For all the half-hearted assumptions, eyebrow-cocking suggestions, and holes that one could / should poke in its logic...it’s, in Moore’s fashion, made with enough non-superficial craft and sense of aesthetic pleasure to coast for a bit. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzFeb 25, 2016
It’s frequently funny and entertaining enough, but its insights are far from revolutionary. Read full review
60
The GuardianHenry BarnesSep 11, 2015
Where to Invade Next is a romantic film, equally affecting and annoying in its simplicity. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungSep 11, 2015
Funny and always on-topic without going overboard, it’s an engaging film. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen HoldenDec 22, 2015
Where to Invade Next is a sprawling, didactic polemic wittily disguised as a European travelogue. Read full review
75
The PlaylistNoel MurraySep 11, 2015
Moore has made his best film in over a decade, and one that clarifies exactly what his strengths are. Read full review
75
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenFeb 14, 2016
As with any Michael Moore movie, attention must be paid. Read full review
60
The TelegraphTim RobeySep 12, 2015
It’s jocular, never feels like a screed, and it’s refreshingly outward-looking. Read full review
30
TheWrapInkoo KangDec 22, 2015
American exceptionalism certainly deserves to be deconstructed, but that can most assuredly be accomplished with a lot more nuance than it is here. As an exercise in liberal self-flagellation, hey, whatever floats your boat. But as a political call-to-arms, I believe in America: We can do better. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfDec 22, 2015
One of [Moore's] more hopeful and celebratory efforts. Read full review
80
Total FilmKevin HarleyJun 9, 2016
Moore admits he’s out to “pick the flowers, not the weeds” and the end result is witty, moving and brimming with passion and purpose. Read full review
80
VarietyJustin ChangSep 11, 2015
There’s something undeniably sharp and buoyant about Moore’s globe-trotting, grass-is-greener approach that compels indulgence and attention. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonFeb 9, 2016
By exposing his soft belly, the aging documentarian is reconquering his own legacy. He's spent 25 years bellowing about our problems. Now it's time to solve them. If we don't think we can, just remember Berlin. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFeb 11, 2016
Where to Invade Next is documentary filmmaking gone wrong, a churlish polemic that uses the tools of propaganda to construct its world view. The film itself is an invasive presence, wreaking havoc in the realm of truth. Read full review
75
Washington PostStephanie MerryFeb 11, 2016
Moore’s latest movie is funny and touching, and it has a lot to say about what we settle for as Americans citizens, and how much better our lives might be if we raised some hell. Read full review
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