It is just too bad to see the whole title is driven by the idea that fear was the ideal engine for the wealthy to steal .Well now the director is using the same to insight a revolution .Please add some analysis to the claims ...

Michael Moore is a documentary maker who just seems to find things that seem like fresh problems, but really he's always having a go at the government. Capitalism: A Love Story is a documentary movie that highlights the economic system and what it has and hasn't brought to the average American since basically the end of WW2. Moore investigates bailouts, government posts held by corporate big wigs and basically as always throws a few punches at George W. Bush (not literally of course). He very much gets into the whole story, I believe that Moore has made this so that anyone can be interested, not just people who know a lot about economics and that is pretty important for him to have achieved. Now I'm not going to pretend I know all about the economy of the United States of America, or that I knew all the details about the crisis that shook the USA between 2007 and 2010, but Moore helps you understand. Now OK he doesn't always explain so well but he gets it right in terms of letting you know what went wrong, or why things were morally wrong etc, sure even Moore seems confused a lot of the time with some terms but it doesn't matter because you can see where the wrongs are in this and who made them. As with some of his other documentaries like "Fahrenheit 9/11" and "Sicko" he really gets at government, in fact you could even says he tries to rally people to make a change, and it works because his message is convincing.Now some parts of this I did feel don't really get you on his side, I mean with these type of documentaries the main person is trying to turn you onto his side throughout, the first scenes I felt did not. He paints a picture of the hypothetical view of what people will think of the USA in how ever many years, one is a cat on the toilet and then the contrast is a family being evicted. Now the eviction part is explained by the end but really he does little to make you feel for them because their predicament isn't explained well enough and it doesn't start the movie off that well. I think this is also one movie where really your political affiliation may affect how you might see this, if you're on the right you might have reservations on this, on the left you may full heartedly agree or if your in the middle you may find this has a few good points but ultimately fails at some others. For this isn't about political affiliation though, no this is more a question of what is right for everyone in the USA, I'm not from the country but it isn't hard to see in this documentary some of the hardships of the average person particularly during the crisis. I didn't quite like Moore's personal use of Catholicism to try and get a point across, He should if he wanted to make that point have used all religion and not just his own to try and say that for religious people it is morally wrong, but to be fair whether you follow something or not the wrongs in this are plain to see for all.So overall Moore has produced a convincing documentary, maybe lacks some of the more cutting edge arguments he brings up in previous one's but still by the end I feel wins you over. It can't have been easy to make it about this, instantly I feel many will be turned off by the economic side because it is confusing, but Moore like I said before gets it across to you well and in a way that you can finally at the end, understand.

Michael Moore tries to bring his take on the financial crash. He interviews a guy talking about Condo Vultures but vultures are a very necessary part of nature. He's talking to Wallace Shawn as some kind of expert on capitalism. Moore gives a simplified history lesson. As a follow up to "Roger & Me", it's a bit too scattered. There are some interesting stories like the corrupted juvenile detention. The airline pilots aren't that interesting. The way into the story is Sullenberger but all he could muster is archival footage. The life insurance policy story is not that compelling because it's actually an useful tool for companies. Unless the companies work to kill the workers, it is more tasteless than harmful. Moore brings in religion into convincing a certain segment of the population. It's not until midway that he finally tries to explain the financial crash.The most disappointing part is that he throws up his arms when trying to explain derivatives. It's too easy. He should try to explain derivatives instead of not expecting the audience to understand it. There are some interesting personal stories and some insightful revelations. The movie could have been streamlined into a much harder punch at the financial collapse.

I seen a couple of Micheal Moore movies in the past and although I didn't agree entirely with what those films try to convey. But what those films did was got me thinking and thus I decided to check this movie out. This is a well crafted documentary and a important film that should be watched by many viewers. It's one of those movies that keep you thinking about today's economy and society after it's over. I don't want to get too deep into the issue and even if the viewers agree or disagree or somewhat agree and somewhat don't, it will keep the viewers thinking. And it can even be powerful sometimes. Even if the viewers know a lot about the issue that is going on such as "rich getting richer and poor getting poorer". But the way it covers the issues make it leave more of a impact and will probably want to deeply know more about the issues that this movie covers. I personally thought this movie covers the points really well while covering some powerful issues of greed. Especially how people commit crimes against humanity the legal way.8.3/10