Capitalism: A Love Story Critic Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

The film's title is never explained. What does Moore mean? Maybe it's that capitalism means never having to say you're sorry.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

Moore's fireball of a movie could change your life. It had me laughing with tears in my eyes.Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Impassioned, informative and entertaining, if sometimes repetitive.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Amy BiancolliAdd Critic to Favorites

No matter where you stand, there's no denying "Capitalism" is flat-out polemic wizardry.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

At its best, Capitalism: A Love Story is a searing outcry against the excesses of a cutthroat time. At its worst, it's dorm-room Marxism.Read the full review

ReelViews | James BerardinelliAdd Critic to Favorites

Vintage Moore, which means that it will enthrall many and enrage an equal number of viewers.Read the full review

Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

There's something touching, even a little bit noble, about Moore's eternal willingness to serve as our nation's shame-free populist gadfly.Read the full review

The Hollywood Reporter | Deborah YoungAdd Critic to Favorites

This is a typical Moore oeuvre: funny, often over the top and of dubious documentation, but with strongly made points that leave viewers much to ponder and debate after they walk out of the theater.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

Moore's scattershot is a lot more interesting than some filmmakers' focus, and many of those individual parts are classic.Read the full review

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

Like most of his movies, Capitalism is a tragedy disguised as a comedy; it’s also an entertainment.Read the full review

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