Fahrenheit 9/11

Rating: * * * * (out of 5)
Director: Michael Moore
Running time: 122 minutes
Language: English
Currently showing
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The Fog of War

Rating: * * * * (out of 5)
Director: Errol Morris
Running time: 107 minutes
Language: English
Opens Sept. 11
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A recent news report quoted a U.S. Republican party official who'd been roped into seeing Michael Moore's anti-Bush tirade, "Fahrenheit 9/11." "It wasn't a real documentary," griped the irate Bushie, "because it wasn't balanced."

It's easy to chuckle and think, "not 'balanced' -- like Fox News, right?"

But the comment does suggest a question: Should a good documentary be "balanced"?

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