Nelson.
Their were a lot of very interesting point brought to light in the this film. I would hope people would be more opened mined and observant of what works and don't work in society. Great film and very informative, I hope the messages and the information someday lead to a debate to a better way of tackling social and world problems..
radegeddon
"Where to invade next?" is an expansive, funny and subversive comedy in which the Oscar-winning MM confronts all the burning problems of today's America and finds solutions in strangest places. The creator of films such as "Fahrenheit 11/9" and "Capitalism: A Love Story" returned with a big movie that is different from everything he has done so far.A call to arms to win and regain the American dream right here in America. One of the most honest and most valuable patriotic films that an American has ever recorded...An optimistic accomplishment based on a challenging, but invaluable idea: we can do better.
Michael_Elliott
Where to Invade Next (2015) *** (out of 4)Here's another entertaining film (not documentary) from Michael Moore that has him invading several countries to try and learn about their great policies so that he can bring them to the evil North America.WHERE TO INVADE NEXT is another Moore film where he pretty much bashes America and lets everyone know how awful it is. He tells us about the awful America while at the same time showing us how wonderful other places around the globe are. Did you know Iceland is striving because women control the banks? How about eight weeks of vacation? We learn about that too.Look, Moore is not a documentary filmmaker because he admits to making things up to support whatever cause he's going for. He even admits that he isn't going to comment on the bad things going on in the countries he invades because he wants to highlight the "good" stuff. At the same time, he doesn't bother to talk about the great thing about America and instead just looks at the bad so that makes the entire film a bit one-sided to say the least.I do find it funny that he talks about how great everything else is but bashes America and yet he doesn't want a wall built here. Since America is so bad and there are so many better places, it looks like he'd want people to not be able to come to America since there are better places for them to go.In all seriousness, Moore is a talented filmmaker and there's no question about that. WHERE TO INVADE NEXT gets his points across no matter how one-sided they are. As is the case with all of his films, it seems many have come out and said things are quite as they appear. Does that take away from the entertainment? Not at all. This is an entertaining movie and it's certainly worth watching as such.
Filippa
This review will contain spoilers!Michael Moore is a filmmaker who is great at catching people's attention when it comes to documentaries. He is very smart and knows what to point out and what to remove from the movies. What he is doing is that he is only presenting one perspective. In my opinion, the documentary "Where to invite next" is very interesting and useful because it shows what other countries like U.S. can learn from the countries in the movie. But, it requires that you are critical and don't get fooled and fall for everything because we don't know what he is withholding from us. To be honest, I think the movies directed by Michael Moore are in general fun to watch and therefore I often get so into them that I forget to think critically. Even though most of what's in the movie may be true, it's important to realize that it may be biased. In like manner, he is not always displaying us everything, only the pieces that fit him.Don't misunderstand me, this documentary is well done according to me. It's just that we have to think about the information he is conveying and what he is concealing about the countries. It's easy to believe that everything about these countries is amazing and that America has a lot to work on, just because that's what we have been shown in the documentary. In similar fashion, we haven't seen anything great about America just because he wants us to be unaware of those things. To clarify, it doesn't mean that everything in America is useless just because he is hiding the good. We know that Michael Moore has been critical of America before, and with his movies, he is able to get followers on that.I don't assert that he is lying about everything, but neither does he bring the whole truth. For instance, when he was in Italy he only visited the two factories known to be the best in the country in terms of working conditions and the number of paid holidays. I can guarantee that it's not like that in every factory in Italy. So to keep in mind, just because he examined two factories it doesn't mean that every factory is similar. It's also far away from everyone in Italy that has 8 weeks paid holiday. It was just one lucky couple out of the 60 million Italian residents. Research clearly suggests that statutory minimum annual leave is 4 weeks, plus 13 paid public holidays. (http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp/papers/No_Holidays.pdf page 3)As has been noted, all of his assertions can't be trusted without research. Although this is a smart way to persuade people that U.S. has a lot to learn. Be that as it may, but we can compare some great matters in America with less positive things in other countries. But in this case, he has singled out one specific thing in each country that is characteristic for them, and compares that with America. What if he would have picked great things about America instead? Maybe these countries wouldn't do as well. To summarize, don't forget to be critical!