Still from Bowling for Columbine — Bowling for Columbine (2002) — Michael Moore

Michael Moore

Bowling for Columbine

Name: Bowling for Columbine
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: 2002
Duration: 120 min

United States / English / 2002 / 2h

Not streamingNot currently on the Criterion Channel.

Drama Documentary

Criterion Collection: Spine №928
Letterboxd: 3.94/5·100.5K ratings·10.9K reviewson Letterboxd
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Synopsis

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.