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VIDEO RELEASE
Aug 19, 2003 (VHS)
Aug 19, 2003 (DVD)
NUMBERS
Box Office: $21,244,913
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CONSENSUS
Though it may not always convince, Bowling for Columbine asks important questions and provokes thought.
CAST & CREW
Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Matt Stone
Directed by Michael Moore
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SYNOPSIS
Filmmaker and leftist activist Michael Moore asks some serious questions as he probes the depths of America's trigger-happy gun culture in the insightful and amusing documentary, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. more...
MPAA RATING
R, some violent images and language
RUNTIME
2 hours, 5 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Oct 11, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
MGM/UA
GENRE
Education/General Interest, American History/Culture, Politics, Social Issues, Documentary, Satire, Guns, Violence, High School Students, American History, Interviews
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Bowling for Columbine Site
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 "For anyone who cares about the future of America, it's required viewing."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"As the national media become more sedate and incurious, this country desperately needs a gadfly like Moore. Indeed, we need more like him."
-- Jeffrey Westhoff, NORTHWEST HERALD (CRYSTAL LAKE, IL)
"Michael Moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining, self-aggrandizing, politically motivated documentary-making, and he’s got as potent a topic as ever here."
-- Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
"It could change America, not only because it is full of necessary discussion points, but because it is so accessible that it makes complex politics understandable to viewers looking for nothing but energetic entertainment."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
"Quando Tiros em Columbine acerta o alvo (com o perdão do trocadilho), não há como negar o brilhantismo da argumentação de seu diretor."
-- Pablo Villaca, CINEMA EM CENA
"I suggest that you give it a shot. It should fuel some interesting conversation."
-- John Venable, SUPERCALA.COM
"...sheds light on the darkest corner of America’s soul – and the man with the torch is the unlikely figure of a shuffling, bespectacled and overweight and underpaid filmmaker in baggy jeans."
-- Urban Cinefile Critics, URBAN CINEFILE
"..."Bowling for Columbine” remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film..."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"For the most part, it's a work of incendiary genius, steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions."
-- Tor Thorsen, REEL.COM
"Hardly an objective documentary, but it's great cinematic polemic...love Moore or loathe him, you've got to admire...the intensity with which he's willing to express his convictions."
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"It is a film that will have people walking out halfway through, will encourage others to stand up and applaud, and will, undoubtedly, leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come."
-- Steven Snyder, ZERTINET MOVIES
"Stuffed to the brim with ideas, American instigator Michael Moore’s film is a rambling examination of American gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
"The film's strength isn't in its details, but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself, with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest, media-soaked fears."
-- Gabriel Shanks, COZZI FAN TUTTI CELLULOID MUSINGS
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"The most bold and socially important film to hit theaters this year."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"No one goes unindicted here, which is probably for the best. And if you're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes, you've got ice water in your veins."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"Even if the world doesn't see things the way [Michael Moore] does, his questions are worth asking.… and Bowling for Columbine benefits from his iconoclastic zeal."
-- Rob Vaux, FLIPSIDE MOVIE EMPORIUM
"With 'Bowling for Columbine,' Michael Moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns, violence, and fear."
-- Betty Jo Tucker, REELTALK MOVIE REVIEWS
"A thought-provoking picture."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"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."
-- Luke Y. Thompson, DALLAS OBSERVER
"Very very good"
-- Stefan Birgir Stefansson, SBS.IS
"If, as the old saying goes, the role of the journalist is to 'comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable,' then in Bowling For Columbine, Moore fulfils the requirements beyond all previous measure."
-- Jim Slotek, JAM! MOVIES
"'Moore is like a progressive bull in a china shop, a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism.'"
-- David Lee Simmons, GAMBIT WEEKLY (NEW ORLEANS, LA)
 "Glib, satirical documentary that fudges facts, makes facile points and engages in the cinematic equivalent of tabloid journalism."
-- Shlomo Schwartzberg, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
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Avg. Rating: 8.1/10 |
"It's unnerving, stimulating, likely to provoke anger and sorrow on both political sides -- and, above all, it's extremely funny."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"[Moore's] better at fingering problems than finding solutions. But though he only scratches the surface, at least he provides a strong itch to explore more."
-- Bruce Westbrook, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"Even those who would like to dismiss the film outright should find much to mull and debate."
-- Chris Vognar, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"Anything that coaxes us into thinking about why we are the way we are, even as imperfectly as Bowling for Columbine does, is an energizing change of pace."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"This volcanically funny and seriously scary look at America's obsession with guns is meant to shake us up good. And it does."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"There is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"I hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness."
-- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"We need [Moore's] noisy, cocky energy, his passion and class consciousness; we need his shticks, we need his stones."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"All in all, Mr. Moore has given us a lot to think about in Bowling for Columbine, and he has entertained us royally in the process."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"At its best, which occurs often, Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine rekindles the muckraking, soul-searching spirit of the 'Are we a sick society?' journalism of the 1960s."
-- Steven Rosen, DENVER POST
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"Michael Moore's latest documentary about America's thirst for violence is his best film yet..."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
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