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starring: Michael Moore (II) directed by: Michael Moore (II)

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Average Rating: Rating: - A deliciously cheap shot at a target that richly deserves it A monument to the American pasttime--wallowing ing greed, stupidity and crapulence. Representing greed-Roger Smith, CEO of GM, who laid off thousands of workers and then voted himself a pay raise. Representing stupidity--the citizens of Flint, who thought they could live forever as overpriced day labor on the GM Flint assembly line, and then were shocked when they woke up uneducated, unemployed and untrained to do anything else. Representing crapulence--President Reagan who took the citizens of Flint out for pizza and forgot to pick up the check, Pat Boone who suggested that the citizens of Flint should try selling Amway, and those Flint society shmoes who hired the laid-off auto workers as living statuary at the gala opening of Flint's new jail.Throughout the entire film, Michael Moore spares no-one, but saves a measure of compassion for the blue-collar citizens of Flint. One scene that is especially haunting shows people being evicted from their homes on Christmas Eve as Smith reads from 'A Christmas Carol' at the GM Christmas banquet. A cheap shot, yes, but so is laying off the labor force of an entire city just so you can get a raise in pay. Rating: - Roger & Me reviewed This film about the effects of capitalism on Flint, Michigan and the tragedies that its people must endure is a very interesting and insightful look at modern economics in America. Michael Moore, although he comes off as naive and childish at times, generally manages to paint poignant picture of Flint in its economic depression. Moore travels across the country in search of the CEO of GM, Roger Smith, in hopes of persuading him to come back to Flint to see the effects f his greed. Along the way, Moore witnesses the extremes of human nature - one woman stoops as low as to sell her rabbits as "pets or meat." Although Moore doesn't succeed in bringing Smith to Flint, he does succeed in affecting his audience as he contrasts the luxury life of Roger Smith with the poverty in Flint. The film is depressing to say the least but very much worth watching. Rating: - Job Genocide in Flint Michigan Roger and Me portrays just how cold American big businesses can be and how little they care about the common American worker. Michael Moore produced an amazing documentary of his hometown, Flint, Michigan, in which GM was the primary job source. Although GM was making billions of dollars, it decided to close down its Flint plant, move to Mexico to produce cars cheaper, then use profits to buy up other companies in America and build more plants in third world countries. Somehow Americans have gotten it in their heads that there is nothing wrong with companies using and abusing the American workforce in the pursuit of profits. After 9-11 everyone talks about how united America is but in reality, many US companies have no loyalty to its workers at all. Imagine a company in say, Norway or Sweden, closing up and moving its facilities to Germany, you dont think this would be considered company treason? This country would be a hell of alot better if we really did work together instead of always being out to make more money at any price. GM committed Job Genocide in Flint Michigan. Shame on them!

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