Where to Invade Next (2015)

Captivating movie !

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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.

First, Michael Moore is still an idiot. But, this documentary was recommended to me by someone I trust dearly, so thought I would give it a shot. ***Warning, regardless of political views and level of patriotism, if you have thought about leaving the country because of how ridiculous the United States has become, then do not watch this. It might just push you over the edge to leave and finder greener pastures***No need to go into a full review here, but this is a well done documentary even though Michael Moore still makes outlandish claims against the United States with very little or no evidence to back it up. He does crack me up through the documentary as he carries an American Flag with him the entire time, and whenever he has an idea he wants to bring back he just posts it in the ground. Any way, thought provoking, entertaining, and I think I'm moving to Italy or Germany...

This review will contain spoilers!You will in this movie follow Michael Moore's quest around the world for ideas that other countries developed to a greater extent than the Americans. The thoughts he highlights are for example how many weeks of paid vacation the Italians get, Portugal's laws around drug use, teenage pregnancies 'sin France, Norway's view on imprisonment and Finland's school system, but also more. In my opinion Michael Moore did a good job and caught my attention by bringing up these subjects above, but are his statements in the film true or does he have a hidden agenda and wants to change people's minds? Research shows that Italians don't get 8-9 weeks of paid vacation per year. On the contrary, at most, they get six whole weeks of paid vacation per year. This proves that Michael Moore's assertion is false (http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp/papers/No_Holidays.pdf). Michael Moore indicates that France's adolescent fertilities are fewer than in America, and from what I found, there is ample support for this. 2015, teenage pregnancies within the ages 15 to 19 were in America 32 per 1000 and in France 9 per 1000. (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.ADO.TFRT? end=2015&locations=FR&start=2015&view=bar) Studies also shows results of how the pregnancy rate has decreased in both countries since 2011. In France the number has decreased with 64 percent and in the United States with 44 percent. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4852976/table/T1/#TFN5 ) It is still important to realize that Michael Moore wants to make a statement with the content of the documentary. For this reason he might twist the truth to get empathy, but this is not one of those cases. The fact that the pregnancy rate is much lower in France is true, nonetheless Moore's contention that it has to do with the different ways to talk about sex doesn't have to be. All things considered, I believe that this is a documentary worth watching. On one hand he shows various thoughts in different countries which, at least in my case, made me more curious about the priorities and the citizen's positive attitude to them. On the other hand it's a great film to reflect on and it contains subjects to be critical about, with its interesting meaning expressed in a funny and eye-catching way. To conclude, I would strongly recommend this documentary to everyone, as long as they keep in mind to be critical.

This review will contain spoilers!The movie Where to invade next was produced in 2015 and is directed by a film-maker and political activist named Michael Moore. He travels the world to learn from others and to find information to be able to build up what's supposed to be "the American dream" of how their citizens want to live. I assert that it can be helpful to visit other nations to gain experience from for example their traditions and laws, but just because Michael Moore insists that these are the ways other countries handle their problems, doesn't necessarily mean that everything has to be true. Therefore, even though the movie is full of interesting statements, it's being discussed whether it's a documentary or a propaganda. Despite that, there's no doubt that Michael Moore manages to account for some of America's biggest flaws. The US is supposed to be the place where dreams come true, nevertheless they have enormous problems within the country that affects the way people are living. It's important that Moore emphasizes these issues, but on the other hand, he only shows the bright sides. Instead of just pointing out the problems you must explain and provide information of how you can develop, which Michael Moore doesn't. There so much more than meets the eye than what Moore mentioned and I'm sure that the average of the people in this film exaggerated a lot, for example when the French chef claimed that he'd never eaten a hamburger. As mentioned earlier, this movie contains many doubtful assertions. For example, in Tunisia, we get the information that the government pays for women clinics and abortions. But what Moore doesn't mention is that Tunisia is on the 126dh place when it comes to equality according to Global Gender Gap 2016, compared to The U.S on the 45th place. Amnesty (http://www.amnesty.se/om- amnesty/kalendarium/handelse/1433/) also claims that it's legal for rapists to marry their victims to escape their punishment, so why would Michael Moore insist that America should be more like Tunisia? It cannot be stressed enough that Tunisia has to work on their gender equality, therefore I don't understand why Michael Moore would use it as a comparison. Michael Moore also managed to offer somewhat misleading information when it came to Italy and their paid vacations. According to USA Today, Italy has 20 vacation days and 10 paid holidays. Although this is not egregious in terms of international comparisons, it's still untrue to state that everyone has eight weeks of guaranteed paid vacation. Why would Michael Moore choose to show false statements about a country instead of selecting one from the beginning that has true facts and more paid vacations than Italy? To summarize, this movie is, in my opinion, very interesting even though it has a lot of uncertain statements. However, it appears to me that the movie-maker chose to exclude all of the negative parts and only show the pros instead of the reality. Of course the solutions that Moore advocated can work and be helpful, but at the same time, every nation has its own problems. Why not show the viewers the reality instead of distorted facts? Nonetheless, it was a relatively good movie with a mixture of humor and various perspectives. I do not recommend this film if you want trustworthy information, but somehow it serves as an eye-opener because it introduces you to other cultures and lifestyles. Therefore, I rate this movie 5 out of 10 points.