ROGER AND ME

Feature Length Documentary

Warner Bros.; Directed by Michael Moore

Rated R; 90 minutes; 1989

A highly original, personal, and funny account of the tough times in Flint, Michigan, Michael Moore’s hometown. The birthplace of General Motors, Flint has been economically decimated by plant closings and the elimination of 35,000 GM jobs. Moore gives cinematic life to his razor-sharp, compassionate, and often wryly humorous perceptions of what went wrong in Flint and chronicles his thwarted efforts to meet with GM Chairman Roger Smith face-to-face.

 

 

REVIEWS

"One of the most entertaining movies of the year. It’s hilarious."

- Terry Kelleher, NEWSDAY

"One of the year’s 10 Best. Hilarious. Savagely witty."

- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

 

OVER 70 CRITICS NATIONWIDE HAVE ACCLAIMED "ROGER AND ME" AS ONE OF THE YEAR'S TEN BEST including—

—Sheila Benson, L.A. TIMES - Jim Emerson, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

—Bob Strauss, DAILY NEWS - Steve Kmetko, KCBS-TV - Peter Rainer, L.A. TIMES

—Georgia Brown, VILLAGE VOICE - Tom Jacobs, DAILY NEWS - JUDITH CRIST

—Vincent Canby, NEW YORK TIMES - Roger Ebert, SISKEL AND EBERT

—David Edelstein, NEW YORK POST - Marshall Fine, GANNETT NEWSPAPERS

—Guy Flatley, COSMOPOLITAN - Richard Friedman, NEWHOUSE NEWSPAPERS

—Jack Garner, GANNETT NEWSPAPERS - J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE

—Stewart Klein, WNYW-TV - Jeffrey Lyons, SNEAK PREVIEWS

—Janet Maslin, NEW YORK TIMES - Gene Siskel, SISKEL & EBERT

—Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE - Bruce Williamson, PLAYBOY

"Two jubilant thumbs up for this triumphant comedy. An American classic."

- SISKEL & EBERT

"America has an irrepressible new humorist in the tradition of Mark Twain. He is Michael Moore. ROGER AND ME is rude, rollicking . . . witty . . . leaving the audience roaring with laughter."

- Vincent Canby, THE NEW YORK TIMES

"One of the most entertaining movies of the year. It’s hilarious."

- Terry Kelleher, NEWSDAY

"Funny, Gutsy, Outrageous. Enormously entertaining."

- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE

"Scathingly funny."

- Kathleen Carroll, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"This is the biggest, must-see, word-of-mouth underdog smash of the season of the season. Bet on it!"

- Marshall Fine, GANNETT NEWSPAPERS

"Brilliant. Unforgivably entertaining."

- David Denby, NEW YORK MAGAZINE

"Startling. Entertaining. A terrific movie."

- Peter Rainer, LOS ANGELES TIMES