We live in a series of real-life events about the election of Donald Trump and the 'craziest' ever, as the film recounts the events of that powerful electoral process. Oscar-winning director Michael Moore tries to take a real look at Trump's discontent, but how much he likes Hillary Clinton, who was the most popular woman for many Americans.
Within the carnivalesque atmosphere and high-spirited revelry of Moore's show, there's a master of political rhetoric at work, and he devotes that mastery to a high patriotic calling.
The filmmaker presents a standup-comedy case for Hillary Clinton for president, not as a fan of Clinton but as a patriot worried about the state of America.
More notable for the stealth with which it was produced than its content, Michael Moore in TrumpLand is less a movie than a filmed concert by someone who is more accomplished as a showman than a stage performer.
To his credit, Moore never talks down to his audience, but instead uses his knowledge of both candidates' histories to gently skewer Trump's self-serving past business dealings while pointing out and praising Hillary's long tenure of public service.
Moore walks right up to the edge of the stage and asks people why they hate Hillary. It's a ballsy, direct confrontation, one that brings out the best of Moore's blue-collar, guy-from-Flint-Michigan straightforwardness.
Michael Moore is trying to do something almost no one of his ilk is doing: He's actually talking to the other side, trying to appeal to their better natures.
Barely-edited concert footage that could have been tossed on YouTube without losing much of its dignity and probably only increasing its overall impact.
Ultimately, Moore's an insincere ideologue, no different from Donald Trump or the barking mad Fox News types with which he takes such cartoonish, unfunny umbrage.
