Michael Moore questions most aspects of the Bush administration in this semi-documentary, a documentary full of factual errors and plain lies in which Moore breaks the codes of ethical and good journalism to worsen the president's image. Examples of lies, citing David Kopel, include Moore's origin (he claims to be from poor Flint, Michigan, but is, in fact, from Davison) and several historical errors. Many footages of Bush are clipped and edited or simply taken out of context while information that is censored according to American legislation is claimed to be missing. When common sense and knowledge do not fit with the paranoid Moore's perception, he simply ignores it.

The film recieved some awards and is commonly percieved by a semi-educated audience with excessive self-confidence as a great contribution to the radical productions of the world. That is far from the truth, and it takes only a minute of attention and interest to uncover many of Moore's unholy techniques: ridicule, misinterpretation and lies. These techniqes do not only makes the film a bad one, they also counter Moore's intentions as the informed audience soon looses any respect or sympathy for his cause. Moore seems to desire the revertion to society of malinformed citizens and it appears, considering the high ratings of the film, that he succeeds.

But if Moore is right and the United States is indeed governed by corrupt and egoistic men without any regard for the comfort of others, does the end then justify the means? No, not at all. Through this film, Moore himself utilizes several of the techniques he (wrongfully) accuses the American leadership of using, including lying and appearing/being dumb. Though he commits no murder that the viewer knows of, Moore as a person has fallen into a populist grave without moral and is, in the end, no better than the people he criticizes.

The mere technicalities of the film are not impressive either. When footage is edited and a cowboy-hat is pasted onto Bush's head the quality of the editing is miserable. The goal, seemingly, is to make a production with a decent budget seem like an amateur film simply to wake the sympathy of the viewer. The humour of his clips, too, is questionable and they end up merely filling time that I'd rarther have spent cleaning a public toilet. Overall, the film fails to point out anything interesting that is also true and therefore sensible and does not deserve to be seen for anything but a study of human lowness.