Michael Moore's best film to date is this comic and grimly entertaining reflection on America's gun craziness and why we kill one another. It's closer to speculative editorial than investigative journalism, and the shrewdness of most of its arguments has enraged some reviewers as much as its occasionally questionable methodology. They've dismissed the 135-minute polemic as an ego trip and called it anti-American, though Moore proves how American he is every time he conflates the U.S. and the planet, as when he sarcastically includes "It's a Wonderful World" on the sound track. He also takes unfair, unfunny swipes at a few hapless working people, most notably an LA cop trying to do his job. But despite these faults, he's taking on a vital subject, and this movie inspired standing ovations at the festivals in Cannes and Toronto because it says, with wit and passion, truthful things no other film is saying. That Moore is reaching segments of the public most leftists only dream about should inspire gratitude, not envy. And if at times he's in over his head, too many of his self-righteous critics aren't even getting their feet wet. 125 min. (JR)
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