Capitalism: A Love Story (R, 2009)

Good doc. Mr. Moore provides great comedy to a serious film. Very good and down to earth. Rated R for three F Bombs used as expletives. Cussed maybe like five times total.

It is a fantastic movie but only for adults or some extremely mature teens.

I haven't seen this movie yet but really want too. I saw the commercial and thought it looked really interesting and funny.

I am republican. I dont like Moore. The movie is a must see. What he is presenting here is very valuable. Teenagers must see it.

Everyone should hear all points of view. Truth is far better than politcal deceiving stratagies of men in powerful positions.

Well it's the latest from Moore. Before seeing the film I got the impression that this was intended as a "magnum opus," the culmination of 20 years of investigative documentaries on everything from depressed Rust Belt towns to America's foreign policy to health care. I was hoping for a serious, factual discussion of economics and the history of economic theory. Unfortunately, Moore decided to fall back on his tried-and-true knee jerk tactics, mainly non-sequiturs and tangential arguments. Kids watching this need to keep in mind that there is a definite ideological bent to the story, and that they should view this from an objective standpoint. It's actually quite a disappointment, mainly because a film about this topic could have been made so much better. You'd need to spend more time discussing background knowledge, the history of the American and world economy, and such. There's nothing particularly lewd or age-inappropriate here, but parents' concerns over the film's objectivity are very valid. If you are interested in a more rigorous and honest look at inequality and capitalist excesses, a good book to read would be Paul Krugman's THE CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERAL. He admits his views ahead of time and backs up his analysis with plenty of background info and statistical evidence. It's too bad that Krugman didn't turn his book into a movie, because it would have been just what the doctor ordered.