Where to Invade Next

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Where to Invade Next
Where to Invade Next poster.png
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Moore
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Narrated by Michael Moore
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  • Richard Rowley
  • Jayme Roy
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  • Pablo Proenza
  • Todd Woody Richman
  • Tyler H. Walk
Production
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Distributed by Unnamed company (Tom Quinn, Jason Janego and Tim League)[1]
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  • September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10) (TIFF)
  • December 23, 2015 (2015-12-23) (United States)
Running time
 120 minutes
Country United States
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  • English
  • Arabic
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese
Box office $4 million[2]

Where to Invade Next is a 2015 American documentary film written and directed by Michael Moore.[3][4] The film, in the style of a travelogue, has Moore spending time in countries such as Tunisia, Slovenia, Finland, Italy, France, and Portugal where he experiences those countries' alternative methods of dealing with social and economic ills experienced in the United States.[5]

Moore's first film in six years, Where to Invade Next opened on December 23, 2015, in the United States and Canada,[6] in a limited run for one week only in a Los Angeles and New York theater to qualify for the Oscars. It re-opened on February 12, 2016, across 308 screens.

Participants

Production

According to Moore, the film was produced in secret.[3] It was shot with a small crew and production took place on three continents.[4]

Release

Where to Invade Next premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and had its American premiere at the 2015 New York Film Festival on October 2, 2015.[7]

The film was released on December 23, 2015, in New York and Los Angeles by a distribution label formed by Radius-TWC co-founders Tom Quinn and Jason Janego and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema founder Tim League[6] in order to qualify for the 88th Academy Awards. It then re-opened on February 12, 2016 across 308 screens.[8] The agency William Morris Endeavor is currently looking for an international distributor.[9]

Moore had been busy during activities promoting the film and during election work and being in Flint, Michigan, which is suffering from lead contaminating its water. He got pneumonia, was briefly in the intensive care unit of a New York hospital, and eventually recovered enough, thanks to good medical care and an adequate nutritional intake, to prepare for release; however, his activities leading up to the film's wide release had to be cancelled for him to get adequate recovery rest.[10]

On April 12, 2016, Moore announced that the film would not be licensed to theaters in North Carolina due to the state's anti-LGBT legislation.[11][12]

Synopsis

"This is an expansive, rib-tickling, and subversive comedy in which Moore, playing the role of 'invader,' visits a host of nations to learn how the U.S. could improve its own prospects."[13] The nations he visits are Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland; respectively, the subjects covered are worker benefits, school lunches, early education, college education, worker inclusion, decriminalized drugs, low recidivism, women's health care, and women inclusion. These countries and supporting facts are listed on the film's website.[14]

Reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 77% of 62 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The site's consensus states: "Where to Invade Next finds documentarian Michael Moore approaching progressive politics with renewed -- albeit unabashedly one-sided -- vigor."[15] On Metacritic, the film holds a 63/100 rating, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[16] On December 1, the film was selected as one of 15 shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature[17] but was not ultimately nominated.

References

  1. ↑ Brooks, Brian (February 11, 2016). "Michael Moore Sidelined As ‘Where To Invade Next’ Opens – Specialty Preview". Deadline Hollywood.
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