Manufacturing Dissent

Some plot spoilers ahead. This movie may seem like an anti-Michael Moore screed, but in reality it was a lot more balanced on the issue than I had originally anticipated. I was actually surprised that the filmmakers were able to interview... Full review

Im not a blind Michael Moore fan by any stretch, in fact I think "The Big One" is probably one of the worst films of all time, and I think that he is an annoying blowhard. Being a proud independent, I... Full review

I don't have particular feelings for or against the work Michael Moore does, so hopefully you won't see this as a pro-Moore attack on naysayers. The arguments and supporting evidence presented are are weak and blown-up, and in most cases hypocritical.... Full review

I liked that this film did not focus too much on the same stuff we've all read about before. About half of the film discusses Michael Moore before he made Bowling for Columbine. Specifically, they examine his work as a magazine... Full review

I approached this film from the position of being a Moore fan. I use the word "fan" loosely here really because while I've enjoyed his documentaries and come away from them believing I'd learned something, I've also had problems with them.... Full review

Why do I find this movie unsuccessful? They pretend to be unbiased, and clearly have a point of view. The filmmaker begins by saying that she really liked Moore and his movies and even his beliefs, but as she attempted to... Full review

This film showed at Austin's SXSW Film Festival and was very well-received by audience. It is a balanced and fair biopic about controversial leftist film maker Michael Moore. The film makers seem to genuinely admire Moore's progressive politics and his desire... Full review

It's hard to count how many documentaries have been made about Michael Moore, but those made by Canadian left-wing fans seem to be a bit scarcer. Supported largely by Canadian financiers, Manufacturing Dissent starts out as a balanced exploration of filmmaker... Full review

Simply put, "Manufacturing Dissent" seeks to criticize Michael Moore's documentary tactics.... ... Full Review

Taking the film's message to its logical conclusion makes me skeptical of the film itself.....also uses some of those same tactics to create an interesting film..... ... Full Review

Because a movie about a crusading truth-seeker in a baseball cap plays far better to the average viewer than a movie about a cooperative corporate exec. By way of suggesting that Moore's refusal to let the truth get in the way of a good story goes right back to the filmmaker's debutante season. ... Full Review

His films may not always be entirely trustworthy.... ... Full Review

Unlike Moore, they've failed to make a good film.....just as they accuse their subject of doing, Melnyk and Caine have stretched the truth to make it fit a more interesting story.....However, this documentary is such a straightforward piece of attack journalism, and frequently so rabid in its tone.... ... Full Review

Manufacturing Dissent A documentary about a documentary maker sounds like a novel idea, especially when the subject is the debate-inspiring Michael Moore. This special chronicles the controversial filmmaker during the making of his explosive Fahrenheit 9/11 and is directed by... ... Full Article

Crybaby stuff... Manufacturing Dissent. Michael Moore's success is spawning a parasitic sub-genre of anti-Moore documentaries that attempt a turning of the tables on him in his own style. ... Full Article

Manufacturing Dissent uncovers the ways in which Moore has fashioned some of his supposedly truthful narratives from fiction - cue memorable scenes from his films that turn out to have been faked. ... Full Article

When I spoke to Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine, the directors of Citizen Black and Manufacturing Dissent (Conrad Black and Michael Moore, respectively) a Chicago court had just convicted Black of four out of 13 charges related to embezzlement of... ... Full Article

Directed by Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine. (STC) 96 min. Opens July 20. Landing with Sicko still in theatres, this critique of Michael Moore's methodology is well worth your consideration even if local filmmakers Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine are... ... Full Article

The biggest problem I have at SXSW is finding time to write these updates. At Sundance, I'm usually doing coverage for Salt Lake City Weekly's special daily issues and thus have a deadline of 11:30 or so each night. ... Full Article