Where to Invade Next

Where to Invade Next

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Moore
Produced by
Narrated by Michael Moore
Cinematography
  • Richard Rowley
  • Jayme Roy
Edited by
  • Pablo Proenza
  • Todd Woody Richman
  • Tyler H. Walk
Production
companies
Distributed by Unnamed company (Tom Quinn, Jason Janego and Tim League)[1][2]
Release dates
  • September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10) (TIFF)
  • December 23, 2015 (2015-12-23) (United States)
Running time
 120 minutes
Country United States
Language
  • English
  • Arabic
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Italian
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese
Box office $4 million[3]

Where to Invade Next is a 2015 American documentary film written and directed by Michael Moore.[4][5] The film, in the style of a travelogue, has Moore spending time in countries such as Tunisia, Finland, Italy, France, and Portugal where he experiences those countries' alternative methods of dealing with social and economic ills experienced in the United States.[6]

Moore's first film in six years, Where to Invade Next opened on December 23, 2015, in the United States and Canada,[7] in a limited run for one week only in a Los Angeles and New York theater to qualify for the Oscars. It re-opened on February 12, 2016, across 308 screens.

Participants

Production

According to Moore, the film was produced in secret.[4] It was shot with a small crew and production took place on three continents.[5]

Release

Where to Invade Next premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and had its American premiere at the 2015 New York Film Festival on October 2, 2015.[8]

The film was released on December 23, 2015, in New York and Los Angeles by a distribution label formed by Radius-TWC co-founders Tom Quinn and Jason Janego and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema founder Tim League[7] in order to qualify for the 88th Academy Awards. It then re-opened on February 12, 2016 across 308 screens.[9] The agency William Morris Endeavor is currently looking for an international distributor.[10]

Moore had been busy during activities promoting the film and during election work and being in Flint, Michigan, which is suffering from lead contaminating its water. He got pneumonia, was briefly in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a New York hospital, and eventually recovered enough, thanks to good medical care and an adequate nutritional intake, to prepare for release; however, his activities leading up to the film's wide release had to be cancelled for him to get adequate recovery rest.[11]

On April 12, 2016, Moore announced that the film would not be licensed to theaters in North Carolina due to the state's anti-LGBT legislation.[12][13]

Reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 77% of 62 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The site's consensus states: "Where to Invade Next finds documentarian Michael Moore approaching progressive politics with renewed -- albeit unabashedly one-sided -- vigor."[14] On Metacritic, the film holds a 63/100 rating, based on 33 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[15] On December 1, the film was selected as one of 15 shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature[16] but was not ultimately nominated.

References

  1. ↑ Deadline.com
  2. ↑ Deadline.com
  3. ↑ "Where to Invade Next (2016)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Graham, Adam (July 28, 2015). "Michael Moore’s ‘Where to Invade Next’ Toronto-bound". The Detroit News.
  5. 1 2 Dornbush, Jonathon (July 29, 2015). "Michael Moore talks making Where to Invade Next in secret, focus on 'infinite war'". Entertainment Weekly.
  6. ↑ Barnes, Henry (September 11, 2015). "Where to Invade Next review – Michael Moore gets happy with a sugar-binge idea-stealing session". The Guardian.
  7. 1 2 McNary, Dave (October 23, 2015). "Michael Moore’s ‘Where to Invade Next’ Gets Oscar-Qualifying Release". Variety. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ McNary, Dave; Lang, Brent (September 30, 2015). "Michael Moore’s ‘Where to Invade Next’ Goes to New Distribution Label". Variety.
  9. ↑ Pete Hammond (December 11, 2015). "‘Where To Invade Next’ Release Pushed; Michael Moore To Embark On 50-State Bus Tour Timed To New Hampshire Primary". Deadline.com. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  10. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (July 28, 2015). "Michael Moore Reveals New Movie 'Where to Invade Next'". The Hollywood Reporter.
  11. ↑ "Michael Moore Hospitalized With Pneumonia Ahead of 'Where to Invade Next' Release". The Hollywood Reporter. MSN. February 2016.
  12. ↑ Twitter
  13. ↑ Newsobserver.com
  14. ↑ "Where to Invade Next (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Where to Invade Next Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
  16. ↑ "15 Documentary Features Advance In 2015 Oscar® Race". Oscars.org. December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

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