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Slacker Uprising 2 of 5 Stars
Released: September 2008
Runtime: 102 minutes
Rated: PG

Michael Moore has always been about pushing the envelope from his many documentaries including Sicko, Bowling for Columbine, the the award winning Fahrenheit 9/11 and his short-lived television series, The Awful Truth.

And true to form, Moore pushes the envelope even further by offering his latest documentary, Slacker Uprising, as a free download to residents of the United States and Canada.  As Moore says on his website he is doing this as "a gift to my fans" in the hopes of seeing "the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November". 

Of course, Moore is primarily speaking about the November U.S. Presidential elections but given the lack of participation by younger Canadians in the 2008 Canadian federal election it might has well have been directed to us as well.

Michael Moore addresses an audience at the University of Florida during his 2004 Slacker Uprising Tour.
Michael Moore addresses an audience at the University of Florida
during his 2004 Slacker Uprising Tour.

Unfortunately, just because something is given away for free doesn't necessarily make it worthwhile and given Moore's pedigree with some of his previous work this one was hugely disappointing.

Simply put this is a widely publicized piece of propaganda with a single mission - to ensure the Republicans don't take power again in the 2008 elections.  Now I know Moore will say this is not so much about beating the Republicans as it is encouraging young people to get out and vote but let's call a spade a spade. 

While personally I think this may be a laudable effort, defeating the Republicans that is, this documentary does nothing to explore the reasons why a younger generation stays away from the polls in such large numbers.  And that is where Moore really disappoints with Slacker Uprising

Instead of an insightful and entertaining (as most of Moore's films are) documentary, we endure 102 minutes of Moore traveling from University to University railing against the Republicans and encouraging the students to vote.  Unfortunately we never hear from the students as to why they don't vote and in my opinion this would have been the much more interesting documentary to have made.  As someone who takes the right to vote seriously I can't understand when less than 60% of eligible voters in Canada failed to cast a ballot in 2008.

Sure there are some pure Michael Moore magic here but they are few and far between to keep us fully engaged. 

One example of the Moore we have come to expect, during yet another scene of Moore speaking to a large gathering of students (in the end it doesn't really matter where), a section of the audience begins praying.  After asking if they are going to say the whole rosary when they don't immediately stop, Moore finally gets them to shut up and leave by asking them "what would Jesus Bomb?".

In the end I guess Moore has done what he ultimately set out to do and that is to raise awareness of the upcoming U.S. Presidential election.  Moore has a very large following, especially amongst younger liberal students, and even if he manages to convince a small number of these students to get out to vote in his mind he has probably succeeded with this movie.

Kudos for Moore on raising awareness of the U.S. elections through this stunt.  Kvetches for Moore for making us sit through 102 minutes of this one-note documentary.

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