The conclusions of this Canadian film exposing Michael Moore's less endearing traits are that he is a bit of a megalomaniac and has a paranoid tinge.
It is not something we would have failed to guess watching his progress towards documentary-making stardom, though the filmmakers pursuing him here and getting nowhere remind one of Moore himself, pursuing Roger Smith, head of General Motors, in Roger and Me.
The film points out that his editing is selective, that he sometimes twists facts and that he pursues his various prey with remorseless and sometimes misplaced élan. It is all true.
But his response might be that he has elevated his chosen genre into a box-office attraction even if, as Errol Morris (an intrinsically better filmmaker) says, he tends to "preach to the choir".
Manufacturing Dissent: Uncovering Michael Moore
Cert: 12A
