Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

RbDeraj With a visually inventive and stimulating film-making style, I was captivated by Michael Moore's debut feature documentary. While it's a truly impressive specimen as far as structuring and camerawork goes, Moore presents a very tinted perspective that doesn't allow any room for the audience to form any of their own opinions about the subject. With his confrontationally ambushing and venomously-undertoned "interviewing" style Moore doesn't really allow anyone else to be heard. On the rare occasion that he does get an honest opposite opinion or valid argument he simply dismisses them by coincidingly matching the segment with pointed satirical imagery or an angry sort of irony. At times he even pleads for you to feel the plight of the laid off autoworkers yet and then is highly judgemental of how they get on with their lives and survive. While I wish the film had presented a more open perspective (or at least a more subtle message) and had been a little more thought provoking, it still held appeal and had me enjoying Moore's radical technique.

Syl I first heard of this documentary when it was praised by Chicago legendary film critics, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel on their television show. This documentary shows how General Motors built and destroyed Flint, Michigan. The factories closed and unemployment soared as thousands became jobless. Michael Moore is a rebel with a cause. He wants justice and fairness. The fat cats like Roger Smith, Chairman of General Motors, is the Roger in the film. Moore has watched his hometown of Flint, Michigan into a ghost town with abandoned houses and closed businesses. Moore wanted answers from Roger about how he could allow this happen to Flint. It is obvious that Roger Smith and the other fat cats have no conscience about closing factories and laying off thousands of employees.

Michael_Elliott Roger & Me (1989) *** (out of 4) Michael Moore broke onto the scene with this satirical look at Flint, Michigan, the director's hometown, which pretty much crumbled to the ground after General Motors laid off 30,000 workers and shut down the factories. Moore, with his camera crew, travels to various locations to meet the people effected by this but he also tries to track down GM chairman Roger Smith so that he come back to Flint and see what impact his decision had on the town. When viewing ROGER & ME today it's easy to spot all the familiar Michael Moore touches but when this was first released people just saw this as a new sort of documentary. When viewed today the freshness might not be on high alert but for the most part I think it remains fun just seeing Moore work his magic. It's even fun to look at this film today and compare the tricks of Moore to the type he'd be pulling in his most current films. I think the one thing working so well for this movie is that Moore is able to get his message across loud and clear. One such example is going around with the local Sheriff to kick people out of their homes. Moore is right there are the eviction notices are handed out and we see people being forced to leave their items behind and move to only God knows where. Another thing going for the film is Moore's dark sense of humor and the way he's able to be sarcastic even in the darkest of moments. One such example is the way that he's trying to get the interview with Smith by constantly being asked to leave private clubs, events and of course the GM building. This type of thing is something we've seen Moore do throughout his career and it's fun to see where it started. With that said, there are a few problems with the film and I think some of the interviews go nowhere and really add very little to the film. I also think you have to put up with some one-sided moments throughout the picture. No one is saying the lay offs weren't horrible but nothing is ever mentioned about packages that the people might have been given. ROGER & ME remains an entertaining documentary and worth seeing even if you can't stand Moore's current behavior.

pk-2 The best documentary i have viewed. This is a powerful indictment of American Corporate greed and the results to the blue collar worker. Who pay the price by loosing there job with the only trade they knew how to do since joining the workforce. Yes, like the one user mentioned, Govt. has something to do with the way companies function with there laws, tax's, and tariffs. But you can't tell me that these rich companies with allot of political power in Govt. Can't just stand up and say, No. Your hurting our company with these laws. But why would they care. All Ceo's and upper management have there golden parachutes. You can say what you want about all of Moore's movies, but if they were really so full of crap like so many believe, Where are all the lawsuits. There's none, because for the most part he's telling the truth. People who hate Moore are the same, Well off Middle and or Upper class, with no worries. You won't find too many poor people or people who lost there only job they know how to do, calling Moore a fraud and bum. Because they know the truth of what greed does. The Gordon Gecko's of the world still exist. And thats a damn shame.