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Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

Michael Moore  |  R |  DVD
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  • Directors: Michael Moore
  • Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
  • DVD Release Date: March 9, 2010
  • Run Time: 127 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (278 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0030Y11XS
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,881 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Capitalism: A Love Story" on IMDb

Special Features

  • Sorry, House-Flippers And Banks -- You're Toast In Flint, MI
  • Congressman Cummings Dares To Speak The Unspeakable
  • NY Times Pulitzer Prize Winner Chris Hedges On The Killing Machine Known As Capitalism
  • The Rich Don't Go To Heaven (There's A Special Place Reserved For Them!)
  • What If, Just If, We Had Listened To Jimmy Carter In 1979?
  • The Omnivore's Dilemma? It's Capitalism
  • Commie Taxi Drivers -- "You Talkin' To Me?" -- In Wisconsin
  • How To Run The Place Where You Work
  • The Socialist Bank Of -- North Dakota?
  • The Bank Kicks Them Out, Max Kicks Them Back In
  • Teaser Trailer
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Michael Moore's didactic documentary style is actually a source of inspiration in Capitalism: A Love Story. This film, which explores the history of incongruence between American capitalism and democracy, is evidently a culmination of Moore's lifetime of research into this topic: he begins the movie by admitting his longstanding interest, rooted in childhood experiences in Flint, Michigan. As a result, the film displays an expertise that is less irritating than in Moore's earlier works, in which various loopholes can be found in one-sided presentations (see Bowling for Columbine). Here Moore employs his trademark tactics to make a satirical documentary that functions as a film-based, grassroots political strategy meant to provoke revolt. Consisting of patched-together clips from various eras and media outlets, the film weaves a narrative that underscores Moore's argument that while America is a success because of its democracy, it has been denigrated by capitalism, which he calls "a system of taking and giving, mostly taking." Capitalism: A Love Story is a patriotic call to arms that seeks to ignite rage in the viewer who is tired of political stupidity resulting in poverty and hardship among a dwindling middle class. It begins by tracing the growing gap between the rich and poor, from the Depression through the 1950s "free enterprise" boom. Using clips of FDR and Jimmy Carter warning against greed and inequality, Moore shows how gradually Americans came to accept Reaganomics, corporate corruption, then Bush-era swindling over time. This history serves as context for his explanation of the housing crisis, the collapse of banks, and Bush's covert, last-ditch efforts to pass sketchy bills on the cusp of Obama's election. Moore asks several lawyers, senators, and bankers, "What the **** happened?" and each offers intelligent assessments of situations that many American viewers still struggle to comprehend. Unfortunately, there are corny Moore moments throughout the film, such as when he takes an armored truck to various banking headquarters and harasses security guards to let him in to reclaim money stolen from the American public. Clips of Bush dancing juxtaposed with shots of people crying because they've lost their homes are melodramatic and only weaken Moore's arguments. Like Robin Hood, Moore seeks justice, but his greatest strength is as a translator between those speaking a complex political language and his viewers. Capitalism: A Love Story, while it does have a condescending tone throughout, does much to relay a complicated history that we all need to know for the sake of our own empowerment. --Trinie Dalton

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In presenting a “fireball of a movie that might change your life” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), Moore “skewers both major political parties” (Claudia Puig, USA Today) for selling out the millions of people devastated by loss of homes and jobs to the interests of fat cat capitalists. Moore has “dug up some astonishing dirt” (Brian D. Johnson, Macleans), stories told in the faces of the foreclosed and evicted, in the food stamps received by hungry airline pilots, and in the courage of fired factory workers who refuse to go quietly. But more than a cry of despair, Moore’s film raises the possibility of hope. Capitalism: A Love Story is “The most American of films since the populist cinema of Frank Capra (It’s a Wonderful Life)” (Dan Siegel, Huffington Post ), “a movie that manages shrewdly, even brilliantly, to capitalize on the populist anger that has been sweeping the nation” (Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal ). Capitalism: A Love Story is loaded with over 90 minutes of hilarious extended and deleted scenes, as well as exciting and informative featurettes profiling Americans and American businesses!

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36 of 41 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars This movie is absolutely wonderful February 14, 2010
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This movie is absolutely wonderful. It is funny from the beginning to the end, yet "delightfully serious" at the same time (note the paradox). It is very unfortunate that this movie did not get the acclaim that it should have. More people should see it. It opens our minds and our hearts to the fact that capitalism is at the bottom of all this. Right in front of our eyes "capitalism" says that profit is more important than human need. How could this be? Is it more important for someone to make a profit or to give a needed operation to a sick child? Moore's attention to fundamental Judaic-Christian-Islamic values ultimately, that emphasize duties to one another and to "do things to the least of these" is noteworthy and refreshing. It is as if such fundamental spiritual wisdom has become lost. How unfortunate! It is a very moving film, especially toward the end when he has President Roosevelt give his famous Four Freedoms speech. In the mid 20th century, the US was such a moral leader. What happened? The movie could have been enhanced if Mr. Moore then spoke about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which to a large degree is a legacy of Roosevelt's Four Freedoms. The Universal Declaration, which includes rights to worship, rights to work, health care, adequate shelter, and security in old age, is now increasingly referred to as customary international law, which all nations must abide. In any event, this movie will definitely give us something to think about.
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57 of 68 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Visual Refutation of Americanized Capitalist Theory February 3, 2010
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The short list of what can be considered documentary film classics has yet another wonderful addition by legendary filmmaker Michael Moore. It is a visual spanning of the history of corporate influence over our political leaders and how this has poisoned the entire establishment nearly beyond repair. I will never forget the segment of a presidential speech, showed roughly around the beginning of this film, of a man standing behind president Reagan who leans in and says angrily in his ear: "HURRY IT UP; WE DON'T HAVE ALL DAY!" The camera then freezes on Reagan's shocked face as the narrator simply asks, "Who speaks to the president like this?" It graphically shows you how much influence is measured by the corporations over our political leaders. This film in particular strikes higher notes than Moore's previous films in that it takes you back to the roots of earlier documentaries and brings out more ample and articulate forms of evidence in support of the general thesis. Capitalism: A Love Story seeks to expose the corruption of our varied form of greedy Capitalism, and to replace it with a more democratized base system, typically referred to as Leftist-Libertarianism or Libertarian-Socialism.

People in the United States generally speak of Socialism as something awful, pointing to Russia and China as examples of the dangers of far leftist thought. But if they would simply take the time to read into some of their literature of political theory, they would realize that there are branches within the movement which are infinitely distinct from those totalitarian nations. It is a category mistake to assume that socialism entails totalitarianism, as if what you see in Russia and China were totally across the board.
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68 of 87 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Great Until the Idol Worship Starts August 8, 2010
By K.I.B.
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Let me take the moment to give you TWO THINGS about this movie that made me take TWO STARS away from the five-star review it could of received...but first, let me make a disclaimer about Mr. Moore:

The last time I considered myself a "liberal" was for about a semester in college when I was interning under a "liberal" professor. Prior to that I was always conservative-minded...and pretty much still am, every college student goes through some sort of liberal phase. That being said, I think Michael Moore has always made great movies. Even though I don't agree with gun control, universal health care, or socialism, I still feel his films have provided an education on government and corporate corruption that a mass audience can enjoy while being enlightened. Moore's solutions are always a little too idealistic for my tastes, but I'm glad he has been there for 20+ years to be an agent of critical thinking to the general public.

That being said, here is what I DISLIKED about "Capitalism: A Love Story". (I am not going to talk about what I liked or agreed with in the film, because that was pretty much everything except for what I am about to mention).

First, I take a star away because this film seems to try to be anti-capitalism when it's real target is NOT capitalism but corruption WITHIN capitalism. Wal-Mart taking out life insurance policies on employees, privatized penal systems, and job-loss due to outsourcing are not default results of capitalism. These are examples of the greed and violation that occurs when capitalism leads to single entities having too much power. However, if it were not for capitalism, well, lets just say Michael Moore might have to show his movies after midnight in very private places to very select audiences.
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31 of 39 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars very good....and very upsetting March 12, 2010
By O. Rios
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i saw Capitalism by Michael Moore and this movie really hit a nevre.

It's not just about Republicans or Democrats, it's about crooks on both sides of the issue. All are accountable in this current and ongoing financial mess.

From Hannity's God-Ronald Regan himself, to Clinton and W, this was a never ending cycle not so much of capitalism, but of greed overall.

Banks, Corporations, and money running this country. The Treasury department full of AIG people allowing fellow competition to fail while fattening their own pockets and that of their friends.

All are accountable. This movie really hits home when you see every day people being jived by the very people designed to take care of them. People loosing their homes and being thrown into the streets, one Congress-woman fired up with all the shenanigans going on while at the same time, leading Democrats are making back door deals with Bush and the Republican parties not for the betterment of the country, but for their own re-election.

The outcry became, do nothing, jobs are lost, economy collapses. So in their own personal survival greed, the Congress reached across the board and bailed the very banks who brought us to the brink of economic armageddon, only to see those banks payout their own bonuses before anything else.

In the true world of Capitalism, if you fail, you fail. Nobody bails out homeowners who lose their homes and are thrown into the street. Capitalism in reality is survival of the fittest, and yet here, when the Banks and mortgage companies failed, the Congress, not the people, bailed them out.

Moore's film is not only the best of his films i've ever seen, but it's also the most frustrating to watch knowing what happened.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Heartburn for laissez faire capitalism
This is vintage Michael Moore. Perhaps less focused than "Roger & Me", "Farenheit 9/11", or "Sicko", Moore, nonetheless, makes his point in this semi-documentary, a genre of which... Read more
Published 1 day ago by Glenn F. Read, Jr.
1.0 out of 5 stars terrible
this is a terrible movie. I believe it is movies like this that is destoying this country.Mr. Moore is very capitalistic in his large home and body guards.
Published 9 days ago by norcalpreppers
5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Moore does it again...
There are those of us (so called Americans), who believe that we are ahead of other countries. Sorry, this has not been true for some time. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Eric F. Cunningham
5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative
This is another Michael Moore eye opener. He gets to the heart of any subject matter that he tackles. I admire him and his work. If you want an education this is a must see.
Published 22 days ago by Sioux
5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth...
This film exposes the whos and the whys about how the United States of America, once a nation ruled by people who worked for the common good and democracy has lost its bearings and... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Juan Oliver Colom
5.0 out of 5 stars A must see movie
Moore is a true fighter for the under priviledge and he always get to source of this where this country is headed. Get this CD, you will not be sorry.
Published 1 month ago by John A. Wright
4.0 out of 5 stars Gotta love Michael Moore
Always a good perspective that gets your attention, Michael Moore does it again. He needs to keep doing this to remind people of reality, not media propoganda to guide our thinking... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rhonda Vergouwen
3.0 out of 5 stars okay
was not moore best film which he could have come up with a better solution to the problem but interesting and sad to see the stories of families that lost houses and money.
Published 1 month ago by John P Wilkerson
3.0 out of 5 stars Moore lovers will love it
There is a lot of convincing material in all of Moore's work. This one is no different. While I preferred "Sicko", this takedown of America's Corporate culture that masks itself... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Amighty
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Great condition works perfectly exactly as described like new I enjoyed the movie very much. I will look forward to watching more of his documentaries
Published 2 months ago by JLrose
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And all the consequences that are to come from that blind pursuit of very short term riches even the rich who thought they benefited in the end will not be able to escape them .
Sep 10, 2011 by Mitch |  See all 2 posts
Do you think Michael can look at himself first before looking at others?
He is a fat SOB, but are his statements factually wrong?

The Moore movie addressing American obesity would be hypocrisy. He is the first to claim that Americans are fat.
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