Roger & Me
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Movie Reviews of Roger & Me
Movie Review: EXCELLENT MOVIE plus A GREAT DVD EXTRA
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie launched Michael Moore into fame, released in 1300 cinimas country wide, it did far better than he expected. The movie is the story of Flint, Michigan's down fall after GM downsized their operations in the flint area. Michael Moore tries to find Roger Smith (GM CEO) and along the way shows the social and economic problems, in Flint as a result of the Downsizing. For Michael Moores first ever film, he does a great job. The DVD has a great extra, Commentary by Michael Moore himself. The Commentary explains the troubles he had in making the film, why he wanted to make the film, learning experiances, the help he received from strangers,the movie's success, and the situation in Flint today.The commentary is well worth listening to.
Michael moore made a short film 2-4 years after "Roger and Me" called "Pets or Meat" it is a follow up on the movie, well woth seeing if you can find it.
Michael Moore went on to make the following movies; Canadian Bacon, The Big One and Bowling For Colimbine. as well as writing , Adventures in a TV Nation, Downsize This, Stupid White Men, and Dude Wheres My Country. He has also created the TV shows, TV Nation and The Awful Truth.
This is one talented man, and it all started with "Roger and Me"
Movie Review: His first, and maybe strongest...
Summary: 5 Stars
Michael Moore, before he was as widely known as today, decided to make a movie about his hometown of Flint. At the time, thousands of people had been laid off by GM as plants closed all over Flint. Yet the higher ups of GM, including former head chairman Roger Smith, were making massive profits. So Michael Moore, with the inaugural usage of his in-your-face tactics, decided he needed to find Roger Smith and show him what was happening to Flint.
Now, the movie is merely based on the idea of finding Roger, because much of the time is spent meeting local people, whether that be the Sheriff deputy who has to evict many of the people who formerly worked for GM, or whether it be the laid off workers themselves.
Even considering how this was Michael Moore's first film it still has visual quality, even with low budget editing. However, one must remember that the focus is the story itself, a story that was worth telling.
Even now, though this story is old, it is still a great film to check out. Simply put, times may change but layoffs linger.
(Oh, and don't forget this is Moore's first film, so it is extra valuable for the Michael Moore fans out there. But they probably already know that.)
Movie Review: The best of the Michael Moore documentaries
Summary: 5 Stars
This is powerful cinema, the best of the Michael Moore films, the most sharply focussed and the best edited. It shows the callous side of capitalism in sharp relief. Nothing could be more effective than Moore's calm demeanor as he allows the company people to damn themselves in their own words, and the employees to show their real lives. First rate work; a classic.
The one important point not brought out in the film is why GM lost market share leading to layoffs; because they were unable to respond to consumer demand for smaller, higher quality cars being provided by Honda. Really unable to respond, over decades. We learn quite a lot about corporate America here, particularly that individuals who rise to CEO positions often do so based on seniority rather than talent. Here we see the spectacularly untalented Roger Smith, who could so easily have shown his employees that he understood their hardship but was too stupid to grasp why he should. This was the same Roger Smith who also tried to reform GM in the 1980's, with poor results because in that case he was too stupid to understand the hidebound culture of his own colleagues! A stupid man, paid millions, and an obsolete company doomed to fail.
Movie Review: Michael Deserves a Good Grade for Effort!!
Summary: 5 Stars
There was once a man named Jim Treleven who put several years of hard work in as part of the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin City Council.Jim's effectiveness was not necessarily that he was right all the time, but he was passionate in his aldermanic arguments and was not afraid to ruffle some feathers. Although Jim made some mistakes, he managed to stir up issues sometimes when they most needed stirring up and things got done.
I see Michael Moore much the same way as I see my friend Jim. He may not always be on the mark, but he is a passionate defender of the ideas of his constituents. I give Michael Moore at A+
for bravery and willingness to take on "the system."
In some ways, Moore is the like the student in the back of the room shooting spit balls, just to get a reaction from the teacher, but he is also a strong defender of every man..the common man, against the arrogance of the elite, and there is certainly enough of that to go around. That is way Michael deserves 5 stars for his effort putting together this film.
I hope Moore has a long and productive life and is not embittered by his angry detractors.
Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"
Movie Review: Ummm ... I think you all are missing the POINT ...
Summary: 5 Stars
WOW! After reading the reviews of this film, then watching the film, I have come to the conclusion that all of you that have commented that this film is a "comedy" ... are demented. Whomever feels that this is a COMEDY, is "touched".
I found the responses to Michael's questions, and the NON-responses to his questions, to be ludicrous and unbelievable, but I did NOT find them to be FUNNY.
Look at our economy here in 2008, and THEN laugh at this film. It's all still happening!
The very demise of our economy in this country is directly the fault of our large corporations and the 1% of our society that control all the wealth.
WAKE UP AND SMELL THE REALITY FOLKS .... This movie looks at the stupidity of our quest for more money.
Big business does NOT care about the worker.
Don't buy this movie if you are looking for a light-hearted comedy. It's about the reality of big business, the naivety of the wealthy toward the common person's situation in this country, and the WOOL they are trying to pull over our eyes.
Without the WORKER, the OWNER would be nowhere.
THINK about it.