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Where To Invade Next

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT

SPECIAL PRESENTATION D: Michael Moore. USA. 118 min. Sep 11, 1:30 pm TIFF Bell Lightbox 1 Sep 18, noon Ryerson Sep 20, 6 pm Ryerson. See listings. Rating: NN


Back in faux-naïf mode, beloved documentarian Moore crisscrosses the globe in search of successful nations to “invade” – by which he means planting a flag and stealing their best sociopolitical ideas, like paid vacations (Italy), a more humane prison system (Norway), better schools (Finland), free health care for women (Tunisia) and a gender-balanced banking system (Iceland).

All of these things are good and worth exploring, but the haphazard assembly made me wonder whether this project might be better served broken up as a season of TV. There’s clearly a lot more here than the two-hour running time allowed.

And Moore’s schtick of gee-whizzing his way through every interview – and in his voiceover – undermines the doc’s value. He’s never really been that convincing as a rube, anyway.

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