Captain Mike Across America

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Captain Mike Across America
Directed by Michael Moore
Produced by Monica Hampton
Written by Michael Moore
Narrated by Michael Moore
Cinematography Bernardo Loyola, Kirsten Johnson
Editing by Bernardo Loyola, David Feinberg
Distributed by The Weinstein Company
Running time 102 min.
Country USA
Language English
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Captain Mike Across America is a film written, directed and narrated by Michael Moore. It was filmed prior to the 2004 election, when the polling margin between candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry could have tipped either way.[1] It debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7 and 8, 2007.

[edit] Critical reception

Captain Mike Across America premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to lacklustre reviews. Most critics alleged that it served as little more than self-promotion for Moore.

Joe Leydon of Variety magazine said:[2]

"One could easily carve an interesting hour-long docu out of Captain Mike Across America, Michael Moore's ungainly account of his "Slacker Uprising" campaign to encourage young people to vote for John Kerry -- and, more importantly, against George W. Bush -- during the 2004 U.S. presidential election. In its current form, however, this repetitious and self-indulgent hodgepodge comes across as a nostalgia-drenched vanity project, with far too much footage of various celebs at assorted gatherings introing Moore as the greatest thing since sliced bread."

Will Sloan of Inside Toronto wrote:[3]

"This is probably Moore’s least-compelling film from a cinematic point of view. It plays not so much like a movie, or even a concert film, as a highlight reel. The film builds little momentum as it goes along, and it has virtually none of the drama that characterized his previous films. The pacing essentially never changes. There are some good moments, including a genuinely hilarious scene where Moore offers up some alternatives to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads (“If John Kerry really loved his country, he would have died”), and if you’re a Moore devotee, you’ll find it mildly interesting, but if you’re not, there isn’t much to keep you riveted."


[edit] References

  1. ^ Captain Mike Across America - Michael Moore. [Toronto International Film Festival] (2007-09-07). Retrieved on [[2007-09-09]].
  2. ^ Leydon, Joe (2007-01-01). "?". Variety. 
  3. ^ "?". 

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