Bowling for Columbine
Seen it?2002 | 120 min | Documentary, Drama
Friday Night FlickWhy it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (95% on Rotten Tomatoes), it made about 750 times its budget, audiences rate it highly (7.5 out of 10) and it won an Oscar. Make plans for this one.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
95% on Rotten Tomatoes, 72 on Metacritic
- AudiencesStrong
7.5 out of 10
- AwardsStrong
Won 1 Oscar: Best Documentary Feature Film. Plus 1 other award.
- Box office & staying powerVery strong
$3.0 billion worldwide on a $4 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 229K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Michael Moore
- Michael MooreSelf
- George H. W. BushSelf
- George W. BushSelf
- Charlton HestonSelf - NRA President
- Jacobo ÁrbenzSelf - President of Guatemala
- Mike BradleySelf - Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
- Dick ClarkSelf
- Arthur A. BuschSelf - County Prosecutor: Flint, Michigan
- Michael CaldwellSelf - Police Detective
- Richard CastaldoSelf - Columbine Victim