| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
A- |
|
| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
| Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
"... most accomplished, moving film yet from [Moore]..." more... |
B+ |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...both hilarious and sorrowful..." more... |
A- |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a shattering and hilarious documentary..." more... |
A |
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret A. McGurk |
"...provocative, funny, emotional, shocking and invigorating..." more... |
A- |
| E! Online |
"...a good score..." more... |
B+ |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"...a kick in the butt no matter where you stand on the role guns play in American culture." more... |
A |
indieWIRE
David Sterritt and Mikita Brottman |
"...this friend of the common man [Moore] can still pack a nasty punch when the time is right and the camera is pointed his way." more... |
A |
New York Times
A.O.Scott |
"... disturbing, infuriating and often very funny..." more... |
A |
Reel.com
Tor Thorsen |
"...may have many viewers squirming in their seats." more... |
A- |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"Bowling for Columbine is (Michael) Moore's most effective film to-date..." more... |
A- |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"...volcanically funny and seriously scary..." more... |
B+ |
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel |
"...reaches an exalted level of filmmaking." more... |
A |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...his (Michael Moore's) reasoning is contradictory and shallow..." more... |
C+ |
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez |
"There's no excuse for Moore's frequent self-aggrandizing and shrill sanctimoniousness, but he does manage to put the Man in his place." more... |
B |
Village Voice
J. Hoberman |
"...devastating and is often hilarious..." more... |
B- |
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