Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

keelhaul-80856 How this movie is rated 8/10 I'll never know. For some unbelievable reason, the USA gave Michael Moore a platform as some visionary film maker, and boy does he run wild with it. Some things Moore has pointed out about US foreign policy make sense. That is about where it stops. He makes fun of a bank for giving away guns to new customers, as if this is horrible! Who cares? Tons of people own guns in America, and practice our 2nd Amendment rights, and lawfully/safely, I might add. Moore is in some fruity love affair with Canada, and thinks we should follow them, and he parades around with dishonest interviews and hypocritical views. He stands around, angrily asking K-Mart and random stores, why they sell bullets and guns. Like, seriously??? It is K-Mart's fault that some idiots took some guns from their parents or wherever and murdered people like psychopaths? I would have told him he is a moron and walked off. People are killed from cars constantly, poisons, cigs, alcohol, knives, hammers, big pharma, accidents, etc. For some reason, the only people to blame are gun owners when a small amount of idiots(with no morals or trained by a stupid society) hurt someone. Moore is nothing but a fat, brainless loser masquerading as a master of cinema and political commentary, which he fails at on many levels. Again, I can agree with some of his criticism of US warmongering, but his gun control hard-on and self-righteous, sissy baloney dream for the USA(which was born out of revolution and violence anyway) is just too much to take. Plus, if he and Rosie O'Donnel donated their body fat, they could use 400 tons of lard to feed the starving children. This "documentary" is for low-IQ people who fight from a keyboard and teleprompter, who worship at the gun control lobby, yet depend on men with guns to keep them safe, secure their resources, and disarm their political opponents. Designed for brainwashed robots who think that disarming regular citizens and pretending we can sit around like Canada or Switzerland will solve everyone's problems, instead of standing firm and teaching actual morals and Constitutional values.

Amy Adler As most of the world knows, in April 1999, two Columbine High School students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, took guns to school and shot thirteen students and one teacher dead. How did they get the guns? What does bowling have to do with anything? Those looking for an in-depth look at the two shooters will be disappointed. Although Mr Moore does record that Harris and Klebold went bowling on the morning of the shooting and later takes two of the wounded students, now recovered, to buy bullets at Kmart, this is not really about Eric and Dylan. Rather, it is more of an examination of the "gun culture" of the USA. The National Rifle Association, in this film headed by Charlton Heston, has ensured that getting a gun and ammunition is as easy as filling a prescription. Moore notes that we are unique among countries in that our rate of gun shootings and killings far surpasses that of Canada, our nearest neighbor, and other Western civilizations. Some have blamed violent video games, some singers like Marilyn Manson (interviewed in this film as a favorite singer of Harris), still others that "family department" stores like Kmart and Walmart have the weapons and the ammo. Interestingly, Moore also takes a look at Work-to-Welfare programs like the one near his hometown of Flint, Michigan. A young single mother was forced to work at a casino, 90 minutes away, to satisfy the welfare requirements but still couldn't pay the bills. When she was forced to move in with an uncle and had to leave her six year old son in his care, the young lad found his uncle's gun and took it to class, only to shoot a fellow student dead. what a tragedy! In short, anyone wanting to talk about the Second Amendment and gun control would do well to begin with this film. Those seeking in- depth information on the Columbine shooting should look elsewhere.

murray_johnc I'm generally an admirer of Michael Moore's work, but his film-making IQ was at a low ebb when he did Bowling for Columbine. I'm not going to spend too long expressing my disgust with Moor'e sleazy "got-ya" attack on Charleston Heston; by posing as an NRA member he cynically took and advantage of an aging man's mental confusion as Heston succumbed to Alzheimer's disease. Moore creates ridiculous fantasies, as he suggests Canadians don't bother to lock their doors at night (if Moore seriously believes that break-ins and burglaries don't occur often in Canada, he should try living in Vancouver's DTES or the North End of Winnipeg. Another ridiculous assumption is that Canada is not a nation of gun owners.Instead of doing such ridiculous comparisons of the US with Canada Moore should have chosen Japan as his field of study. Japan has the lowest rate of gun crime in the world. In 2014 there were just six gun deaths, compared to 33,599 in the US. What is the secret? If a Japanese wants to buy a gun in Japan the applicant must attend an all-day class, take a written exam and pass a shooting-range test with a mark of at least 95%. The applicant must also undergo mental health and drugs tests, a criminal record check and police will look for links to extremist groups. Then authorities check the applicant's relatives and work colleagues too. And as well as having the power to deny gun licenses, police also have sweeping powers to search and seize weapons. That's not all. Handguns are banned outright. Only shotguns and air rifles are allowed. In most of Japan's 40 or so prefectures there can be no more than three gun shops, and Japanese gun owners can only buy fresh cartridges by returning the spent cartridges from their previous visit. THAT's why Japan has near zero gun crime. Japanese culture is at the apex of human civilization, and they wisely shield their society from the influx of riff-raff from less enlightened parts of the world.

Python Hyena Bowling for Columbine (2002): Dir: Michael Moore / Featuring: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Matt Stone, George W. Bush: Brilliant documentary about gun possession in America. Title represents the fact that two teenagers who open fired in a Columbine school were earlier bowling. Michael Moore takes viewers on a dark and sometimes comical journey to discover compelling and disturbing facts. We learn that America is driven by fear sparked by media. Moore interviews rocker Marilyn Manson whose music was blamed for the Columbine incident. He also embarks upon the influence of entertainment and violence and interviews Matt Stone, one of the creators of the popular Canadian cartoon South Park. George W. Bush is also featured for mockery and regardless of one's view, Moore still makes his vision funny. Charlton Heston also appears in his pro gun rallies and Moore addresses the fact that his rally took place a week after the shooting of a six year old girl. Moore also makes discoveries in Canada and other countries about guns. He even joins two Columbine survivors in their approach to K-Mart, which sold the bullets embedded in their bodies. The film contains Moore cynical approach that is branded with his humorous insight and opinions. The film requires us to reflect upon life and how it can end with the senseless pulling of a trigger. Score: 10 / 10