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I'm 39 years old but kind of wish I was still in college so I could dedicate a very long paper to this movie and get an A+. Not because I'm that good of a writer, but more because the prescient themes in this movie have my brain working over time and I'm inspired to put pen to paper. This is a movie that will make you think. It's not formulaic in that cheesy Hollywood way. The villain isn't all bad the heroes are flawed if there are any. Our society is sick and this movie in the most artful way exposes the disease. The word that keeps coming to my mind is irreverent. Comedians are irreverent. What has working hard and playing by the rules netted most Americans??? Yet the media loves that story and comedians poke fun and could give a flying you know what

I get it, Michael Moore is a controversial figure. I've never quite understood the criticism. Yes he occassionally uses histrionics and gimmicky stunts to make a point. His films are not dense or purely factual documentaries, and therefore are wildly entertaining. He is great at hooking an audience and i think that makes his points land better but that's a debate for another day.

I had my first baby in April and in that context Farenheit 11/9 had my jaw on the floor and brought me to tears a few times. As someone else said there wasn't much new but when you relive it all you wonder if we've become the frog in the boiling water in this country. I'm scared for my daughter's future. This film was intense and is supposed to make you feel outrage, anger, sadness, and almost but not quite hopeless.

Michael Moore has been dismissed by "elites" for a long time but he's been right too many times. No one is happy about that. He used his familiar tactics in this film even more heavy-handedly because he truly believes the time to be outraged but go about your life anyway is over. He makes a pretty compelling argument that he's right to sound the alarm. I've come to appreciate Michael Moore and loved this movie.