Review of Bowling for Columbine (2002) by Alexander Z — 29 Jun 2015

15 years later, this documentary is just as relevant as ever, but saddled with the typical emotional arguments and sweeping generalizations Moore is known for. Still, despite Moore's incompetence and tangents, he manages to get to the point: that among industrialized countries, the US has a disproportionate amount of gun deaths and that there must be a major factor in why this continues to be a problem. He asserts the culture of fear. Perhaps that is part of it. There have certainly been a multitude of studies since Columbine (and before) to ascertain why.

Michael Moore's reasoning is always to be taken with a grain of salt, but you can't ever ignore his questions. They are legitimate and necessary.