SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Andrew Hawkins The Big One is a well rounded accomplishment for Michael Moore. This film is almost like watching an autobiographical documentary. The movie highlights the notable events surrounding Michael Moore's book tour for Downsize This!. The feel of a rushed and improvised tour schedule sets the pace for scenes of public speeches, crew activity, and corporate inquisition. The film shows that Michael Moore reveals his humanitarian instincts in even the most hectic of environments. The direction of developing plot is specific to each of the cities that Moore goes to on his tour. The story that surrounds Nike, Inc. is absolutely worth watching. Corporate business is analyzed throughout this film and Michael Moore makes it a point to have the audience think about what they are watching. Highly recommended for fans of Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, Sicko and admirers of Michael Moore.

lastliberal Before he hit it big with his latest documentaries, Michael Moore made this one as he traveled to 47 cities promoting his book "Downsize This!" If you get nothing else out of the film, the exchange with Studs Terkel in Chicago says it all. He talks about the Oklahoma City Bombing and the loss of 168 lives. At the same time, a plant closes in Flint and the building is destroyed. The only difference is that they lay off all the workers so no one was left in the building. Which is terrorism? The result of the layoffs will be suicide, child abuse, spousal abuse, etc. Isn't the corporation guilty of economic terrorism?The next most important thing to take away is the fact that we pay corporate welfare to companies like McDonalds and Pillsbury to promote their products overseas. Do they share the resulting profits with the American taxpayer who paid for their advertising? You know the answer to that.Michael Moore is a real American hero and I just hope he keeps sticking it to the greedy SOBs that are stealing from this country.Not as slick as his latest documentaries, but all of them are worth watching. beats watching Tampa bay beat up on the Redskins.

FilmOtaku The Big One remains my favorite Moore film yet, even though I found `Bowling for Columbine' to be more `well-made' (i.e. – slick). What I find The Big One, a documentary shot during Moore's book tour for `Downsize this' has is more humor, more heart and less histrionics. While Moore continues to champion for the little guy against big corporation who have wronged them in the name of Capitalism, there is none of the preachiness that can be interpreted within Bowling for Columbine. Instead, Moore follows in the tradition of `TV Nation' and his eventual brilliant Bravo/BBC series `The Awful Truth' and makes his point with some humor for good measure. It doesn't surprise me that Bowling for Columbine was more criticized and hit America's radar screens a lot heavier than this relatively unknown film. The Big One's content and crusades against Corporate America are less inflammatory than addressing gun control and attacking Moses. Rather, The Big One comes across as Michael Moore `light.' Despite the fact that I relish in watching Moore take on the guys that I can't, I still enjoyed this one the most so far, probably because in my opinion, Moore's intelligence and heart are captured best in this film above any other and remind us that he is someone who isn't just going for publicity, but is also someone who really does do what he does to help people.--Shelly

MisterWhiplash Michael Moore's The Big One is another expose of corporate America and its downsizing reign (ironically, Moore films this journey while promoting his book "Downsize This: Random Threats from an Un-Armerd American"). Whats better, he can still bring great thought-provoking stories that make us laugh and make us feel sorrow. And it proves one more thing, Michael Moore is truly the working man's hero (despite writing a book might've been giving in a little bit). Best documentary of 1997.