Review of Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) by Chris D — 27 Jun 2010

Michael Moore returns to his polarizing roots again, in his least compelling documentary yet. Moore does a great job with dividing in his condemnation of the inherent greed of capitalism, but he fails to conquer.

Capitalism (much like democracy) is the worst system there is...except all the rest of them. I found the film to be wholly unpersuasive, although I think we can all agree corporations today have far too much power in the public sector and need much more government regulation.

Moore seems to be advocating essentially for a socialized financial sector, which isn't likely to convince any but the most far-left of his viewers here. The yellow tape around Wall Street firms is a cute little bit of theater, but Moore's solutions just don't work for me, although I still enjoy listening to him explain the excesses of our tired system of Capitalism, which really does need an overhaul.