Michael Moore’s newly released film proves to be a wakeup call on American’s diehard dedication to capitalism.

Director Michael Moore has done a great job getting the truth out on another huge issue here in America. With his newest film Capitalism: A Love Story Moore publicizes the struggles that average families in the United States have to go through on a daily basis. This film shows the truth about America and its unfair treatment of the lower class.
Throughout the film, Moore incorporates commentary from American citizens who are suffering in our declining economy. One man in the film whose lifelong home was foreclosed on after he was injured and couldn’t work explains that there is no middle class anymore. The gap between the rich and the poor keeps getting larger. “There’s gotta be some kind of rebellion between the people that have nothing and the people that’s got it all,” said the man in distress.
Michael Moore who has had several highly criticized documentaries such as Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko, and Bowling for Columbine will get much of the same criticism for this film as well.
Despite the validity of his facts and journalism, Moore’s films will always conjure anger and distrust due to his blatant presentation of the facts.
But then there are others who feel Michael Moore’s films provided them with knowledge that they might have otherwise never considered. “Michael Moore’s movies are compelling because they give a face to the evil structures and the suffering people in our society. This newest film really opened my eyes to why our economy is in the crapper right now, and it’s something I think everyone should see for themselves”, said Amanda Smiley, 19, a Communications Major here at Bucks.
For Captialism: A Love Story, Moore used the same techniques he’s used in his prior films since they has shown to be a great success. His sarcasm is still prevalent, and although humor may seem inappropriate for a film that discusses the horrible recession, it seems to fit well for this film especially. The humorous aspect allows those skeptics to break down their walls and see the information for what it really is.
Despite the all the comedy, the film offered many humanizing moments that were rather depressing but nonetheless effective. He depicted struggling American families as there houses were being foreclosed on. It was moving to see how our economic system has victimized so many American people. Some of these families have lived in these homes for over twenty years, and all the bank had to do was simply wrench them out with a warrant and nowhere to go.
In this film Moore used superb research and investigation techniques. The investigative journalism was thorough and precise.
Moore starts out explaining how the middle class in this country no longer exists. He states how unions in this country are mistreated and are being torn down. Companies are going bankrupt and closing. One mouth dropping fact Moore disclosed during the film was that today airline pilots only earn $16,000 a year. Moore interviewed one pilot who said at one point he had to apply for food stamps.
Michael Moore does a great job in this film of showing all of the struggles that the American people bear for our government’s Capitalistic system. Moore urges that we have to change our capitalistic views if we want to survive in our global economy.
Overall this film is a must see for every American citizen. It shows the real hard working American families being mistreated because of the screwed up way Capitalism works for the elite and not the other 99 percent. Americans deserve better, and Michael Moore urges this in his film. After seeing this film you will feel the same as there is no getting around this awful economic illness here in the United States.