Fahrenheit 9/11 is a 2004 political documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Michael Moore. Michael Moore has made many eye opening documentaries in the past, and this one is no different. In Fahrenheit 9/11 Mr. Moore tackles the subject of George W. Bush, his Presidency, 9/11, and the Iraq War. The documentary uses humor, investigations, interviews, and a little bit of tin foil hat conspiracy thinking to ask the questions about Saudi relations to the Bush family, the exploitation of 9/11 in the media, and other sensitive topics. Michael Moore starts in Election Night 2000, goes to the 9/11 attacks, then spends a large part of the film on the Saudi-Bin Laden-Bush relationship and the Iraq War. I would say the documentary is from a Liberal perspective, so if you do not agree with the views, it may be a terrible watch.

I really did enjoy this documentary. Fahrenheit 9/11 is a fun movie to watch and not dig to deep into, but that's sort of difficult. Because of the material, it commands your attention and really brings up some questions about what went down in those first few years of George W. Bush’s Presidency. The version of the movie I watched, a pirated German version with English subtitles, was in extremely poor quality, and the sound was maybe half a second off. These two things made it really difficult to watch, but the subject matter made Fahrenheit 9/11 really interesting. The documentary really sparked my interest in the subject, so I did do some digging and I found a counterclaim. Fahrenhype  is a rebuttal of most of the points Michael Moore makes in his movie. Having both sides of the argument did help to see what was really happening. Mr. Moore’s 9/11, was extremely biased towards the Democratic party and was almost liberal propaganda, while Fahrenhype was the Republican party’s response, in a way.

Technically, the movie seemed well done, for being almost 20 years old. I would argue that it was 95% B-roll, the B-roll had B-roll. I do not remember a scene of an actual interview that Michael Moore directed until at least a quarter, maybe half way, through the film. But all of the humorous shots of President Bush were excellent.

I would recommend this documentary. Fahrenheit 9/11 was very entertaining. The choice of music throughout the film was expertly chosen to incite humor at numerous occasions. After 9/11, when all air traffic was grounded several flights were authorized to fly out a couple dozen Saudi and Bin Laden’s residing in the country. At this point in the movie The Animals “We Gotta Get Outta this Place” starts to play as videos of the only jetliners authorized to fly in the United States, at the time, take off. That was just a great use of a light hearted song, even if it was about Vietnam, making a heavy subject easy to watch.

Fahrenheit 9/11  may be hard for not mature audiences to pay attention top, as are most documentaries. But if you enjoy political thrillers, conspiracies, or just like documentaries, this is appropriate for all ages. I do think that a political divide is present, conservatives would not enjoy this film at all.