After Michael Moore writes 'Downsize This!', he goes on a book tour across America. Along the way, he visits a PayDay chocolate bar plant that is about to close, Forbes' presidential campaign office in Iowa, a secret Borders workers meeting in the parking lot, Rockford, Illinois, Milwaukee, Pillsbury, and then Phil Knight CEO of Nike.
This is the second full-length documentary movie for Moore. By this point, I got used to his advocacy style and one has to take the accuracy of anything shown with a grain of salt. However, it's still compelling with some really amazing personal moments for some of these real people. Moore has some great comedic skills despite his seemingly slubby amateur regular guy persona. He does go over the board with some of these underlings. It's one thing to hound Phil Knight but it's another to hound the minimum wage doorman to one of those corporations. It worked for "Roger & Me" but it's not as effective this time around.
This is the second full-length documentary movie for Moore. By this point, I got used to his advocacy style and one has to take the accuracy of anything shown with a grain of salt. However, it's still compelling with some really amazing personal moments for some of these real people. Moore has some great comedic skills despite his seemingly slubby amateur regular guy persona. He does go over the board with some of these underlings. It's one thing to hound Phil Knight but it's another to hound the minimum wage doorman to one of those corporations. It worked for "Roger & Me" but it's not as effective this time around.