Where to Invade Next (2015)

To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.

Director:

Michael Moore

Writer:

Michael Moore

Stars:

Michael Moore, Johnny Fancelli, Christina Fancelli

3 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Moore	...	Self
Johnny Fancelli	...	Self
Christina Fancelli	...	Self
Lorena Lardini	...	Self
Luigi Lardini	...	Self
Annarita Lardini	...	Self
Claudio Domenicali	...	Self
Salvatore Bernaducci	...	Self
Valérie Rano	...	Self
Krista Kiuru	...	Self - Finnish Minister of Education
Pasi Majasaari	...	Self - High School Principal
Anna Hart	...	Self - First Grade Teacher
Leena Liusvaara	...	Self - School Principal
Arttu Taipale	...	Self - Finnish Student, year abroad in U.S.
Meghan Smith	...	Self - teacher, U.S. Native

Storyline

To show what the USA can learn from rest of the world, director Michael Moore playfully visits various nations in Europe and Africa as a one-man "invader" to take their ideas and practices for America. Whether it is Italy with its generous vacation time allotments, France with its gourmet school lunches, Germany with its industrial policy, Norway and its prison system, Tunisia and its strongly progressive women's policy, or Iceland and its strong female presence in government and business among others, Michael Moore discovers there is much that American should emulate.

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Plot Keywords:

norway | tunisia | italy | france | germany | 

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Taglines:

Michael Moore's most dangerous comedy

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Genres:

Documentary | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some violent images, drug use and brief graphic nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Moore is interviewing Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the first democratically-elected female president in the world, a mosaic shows all the women who have been elected by their countries since. On the bottom row it shows Jenny Shipley, who was not actually elected by the New Zealand people, but by the National Party when Jim Bolger was forced to resign.

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Goofs

At the beginning Moore list wars lost, among them Korea 1950. Korean war lasted 1950-53, it ended in a US/Allied tactical military victory but a strategic military and political stalemate.

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Quotes

Michael Moore: I am an American. I live in a great country, that was born in genocide and built on the backs of slaves.

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, we see a woman scaling a flagpole and cutting down a Confederate Battle Flag, while we hear a pair of men (presumably some sort of law-enforcement officers) requesting that she stop. Accompanying that scene are the words of Moore's battle cry: "Hammer. Chisel. Down."

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Connections

Referenced in BrainDead: Taking on Water: How Leaks in D.C. Are Discovered and Patched (2016)

User Reviews

Brilliant

Just like Mr. Moore's previous works, brilliant, raw and based on the truth and statistics. The contrast was overwhelming and sickening but he finished it on a positive note. That if only we realize we, the people, realize we have all that it takes, we can bring the wall down, one hammer and chisel at a time. But as one of the guys in the movie said we have "a long way to go". He covered all the relevant issues of our today's society, from women's equal pay to nutrition, from student loans to bankers getting away with murder, from criminalization of drugs and its connection to race to police brutality, from an overworked and underpaid society to disappearance of middle class, from capital punishment to mistreatment of the incarcerated, and more....It is eye-opening and educational, to say the least and makes you wonder why we we "go home and are okay" with all of this. Because "nobody should be".

Details

Official Sites:

Michael Moore Official Website Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian French German Norwegian Portuguese Arabic

Release Date:

25 February 2016 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Where to Invade Next

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$897,034, 14 February 2016

Gross USA:

$3,827,261

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,664,756

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dog Eat Dog Films, IMG Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1