Bowling For Columbine DVD > Reviews

Advantages: moving, powerful, insightful
Disadvantages: the Charlton Heston interview because everyone else objects to it

...Manson. Moore quips that perhaps bowling is to blame since the boys visited their favourite alley just before shooting their classmates and teachers. Society is constantly looking for easy answers to explain misbehaviour, but the causes are extremely complex. Some people have criticized 'Bowling for Columbine' for being too unfocused, but each issue leads to the next and it’s difficult to decide when to stop. Corporate crime comes into play in ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent movie
Disadvantages: Not for the faint-hearted

...that the boys had been bowling just that morning, so why does nobody blame bowling? Manson comes across quite clearly as a man of intellect (something I would never have thought before, admittedly) and someone who strings together some very clear arguments as to why America is in such a mess. Manson, it seems, was a very easy target for America to pick to blame for Columbine, as he represents the fear inside every American, while ignoring the actual ... Read review

Advantages: A moving and informative film that acts as a personal journey for Moore and managed to bring about change in K-Mart stores
Disadvantages: It occasionally lacks focus and presents statistics in a poor fashion

One word can sum up Michael Moore's 'Bowling for Columbine', and that word is 'stunning'. Just consider all of the possible connotations of that word. 'Bowling for Columbine' is Michael Moore's Oscar winning examination of gun ownership and the disproportionate level of gun related violence in the United States of America and is a film which proves that cinema can be much more than just entertainment. He has produced a personal account that centres ... Read review

Advantages: thought provoking, revealing
Disadvantages: scary to think that its true, and they aren't all actors

...tonight i had heard of Bowling for Columbine, and indeed Michael Moore aswell, but i wasn't really sure what either was portraying. I see Michael Moore as an angry American, hates the government, very 'anti-establishment', and when i heard that Bowling for Columbine was about guns, i presumed it was him travelling the country explaining to people why guns are the answer to all of America's problems, and lets face it, they have a lot. In fact nearly ... Read review

Advantages: In-depth and well-paced analysis into American gun culture
Disadvantages: Mis-placed animated section

'Bowling For Columbine' could easily be written off as a a two hour rant on the National Rifle Association, the crew of gun-toting Americans who wheel their publicity machine to any town in mourning after a tragic murder. It could also be written off as anti-American propoganda. It's far more than that. I watched this with an American who, quite apart from the gun control issues, agreed with most of the social commentary about the USA and especially ... Read review

Advantages: A very mind-opening docu of trigger-happy people
Disadvantages: Quite daunting at times, Moore needs a shave

...week. I will go bowling also. CHAPTERS: 1. BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE 2. MICHIGAN MILITIA 3. OSCODA BOYS 4. LITTLETON 5. APRIL 20 1999 6. AFTER COLUMBINE 7. MARILYN MANSON 8. “WAS IT BOWLING?” 9. SOUTH CENTRAL L.A. 10. COPS 11. OH CANADA! 12. KAYLA ROLLAND 13. CHARLTON HESTON 14. GEORGE BUSH’S AMERICA 15. VISITING CHARLTON HESTON 16. CREDITS Certified: 15 Film Length: 114 minutes approx ... Read review

Advantages: Eye opening, interesting, well made
Disadvantages: None

I can’t say I’m familiar with Micheal Moore’s previous work, however I was aware of his reputation in the world of documentary filmmaking. Moore is an American who isn’t afraid to show up his countries inadequacies and this film highlights one of the biggest of all. Bowling For Columbine is based on the American fascination with guns, the amount of deaths that arise from them in the country and also how gun freedom lead a few teenagers to indulge ... Read review

Advantages: Facts in an amazing truth.
Disadvantages: Shocking to the point of tears

This documentary created by Michael Moor in 2002, also creator of Fahrenheit 9/11 addresses the problems of gun control within schools and the public in the United States of America. Michael Moor uses the example of the Columbine massacre to demonstrate the demand on gun control and the problems in which may occur if the problem isn’t addressed of the lack of control and easy access in which both adolescent kids are able to access. My first ... Read review

Advantages: A thoughtful pause on the gun issue
Disadvantages: simplistic approach to complicated problem

...I read your review on Bowling for Columbine and your anti-war comments and felt as if your insights were based on what you saw coming out of Hollywood. I wanted to let you know that comments like “you would all be speaking German if it weren’t for us” is not the typical American sentiment. I consider myself a pretty average guy. I grew up in Colorado and currently reside in Texas. I grew up with guns in my household. They were mainly used for vermin ... Read review

Advantages: Both funny and thought provoking
Disadvantages: little long

Bowling for Columbine Written, Directed and Starring: Michael Moore Film Type: Documentary What is the film about? – Michael Moore (Naked Truth, writer of bestseller Stupid White Men) sets out to try and discover why there are so many gun related deaths in America and what causes people to commit atrocities, the like of which occurred at Columbine High School. As cinema-goers, we attend screenings of the latest releases hoping we will ... Read review

Advantages: interesting, gripping, probably the best documentary ever made
Disadvantages: slow in some parts

Bowling for Columbine gives a unique insight into some problems and facts of crime-ridden America. Now, you might be unfamiliar with producer Michael Moore's works, but once viewed you will get to love the unmistakable ironic methods that characterize his films. At six foot tall and dressed in worn jeans and a stained shirt, Moore follows an ad and walks into a bank that promises to give you a free gun if you open an account. You see, the bank ... Read review

Advantages: Important message
Disadvantages: Will it make a difference?

It was April 20th 1999 (110th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's birthday - coincedence?), it was approximately 11.19am (in America) and Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris had just fired the first shots in what would become one of the most famous school killings ever (mainly due to this film). At around 12.05pm Klebold and Harris ended their lives with shots to their own heads. Between these two times they had killed 13 people (12 students and 1 teacher). These ... Read review