Manufacturing Dissent

Manufacturing Dissent (2007)

  • 54% of critics liked it
    (24 reviews)

  • 40% of users liked it
    (2,218 ratings)

In an era where fact, fiction, and legend have become increasingly difficult to distinguish, Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine set out to explore the politically charged climate in America and find out just how documentary director Michael Moore has evolved from a simple filmmaker into an icon of… More

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Genres
Documentary, Television, Special Interest
In Theaters
Jul 12, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Nov 6, 2007
Films Transit International

Critic Reviews

  • G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle

    A solid, well-done and seemingly balanced look at Moore's work, his celebrity, his methods and the ethical problems in his reporting.

  • Dave Calhoun, Time Out

    Some of the accusations in this documentary by a pair of Canadian filmmakers who initially set out to make a positive portrait, will make your eyes water.

  • Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times

    Too bad co-writers/co-directors Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine don't investigate -- and ingratiate -- the way their target does in his own films.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    Useful but limited muckraking.

  • Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune

    Manufacturing Dissent comes across less as an expose of a polarizing public figure than as the realization of a personal and not especially interesting grudge against a once-admired colleague who has moved on to bigger things.

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  • Dann M


    Manufacturing Dissent is an interesting documentary that looks at controversial filmmaker Michael Moore. Canadian documentarian Debbie Melnyk follows Moore's 2004 Slacker Uprising tour while discussing his divisive career, and interviewing his former friends and associates. The… More

  • Christopher B


    After seeing the terrible Farenhype 911 doc that was clearly anit-Moore, but did have a few interesting things to say I had no intention of ever watching this one. However, sitting on a plane and not wanting to watch a fictional movie where I'm just not going to get to pay as… More

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