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Dominican Rep. Roger and Me
2,365
Documentary. Comedy
In 1989, Michael Moore burst onto the American moviemaking scene with Roger & Me. The groundbreaking documentary chronicled the efforts of the world's largest corporation, General Motors, as it turns its hometown of Flint, Michigan, into a ghost town. In his quest to discover why GM would want to do such a thing, Michael Moore - a Flint native - attempts to meet the chairman, Roger Smith, and persuade him to come and visit Flint to see the destruction first-hand. [+]
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"An affecting, impressive debut from a filmmaker with an innate taste for modern America's clashes of conscience (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" | POS |
United States |
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"So depressed has this country's underclass been that any sign of life from it makes you want to cheer, and the funny and furious 'Roger & Me' makes you want to cheer a lot" | POS |
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United States |
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It's very funny, and at times exhilaratingly so. But when real life tragedy is used as a basis for movie comedy, some consideration of responsibility has to enter the equation. | NEU |
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United States |
TV Guide | "'Roger & Me' is a pointedly hilarious documentary about a subject that isn't remotely funny, the indifference of corporate America to the lives of its workers. | POS |
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United States |
Newsweek | Behind all the sarcasm, Moore manages to convey the dark side of the Reagan boom years | POS |
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