The Fahrenheit 9/11 director goes a bit gooey as he goes in search of lessons for America – from school lunches to prison systems – in the way other countries do thingsNot the evisceration of US foreign policy you might expect. Instead Michael Moore takes a break from chasing powerful white men down the street for what his team are calling “Mikes overjoyed film”: a travelogue of sorts,in which the rambunctious (unruly) director proclaims himself America’s new armed forces, “invades” other countries and steals their best ideas.
From Italy he takes their holiday entitlement (7 weeks paid, and compared to America’s 0),from Finland, their education system (fewer school hours, and no standardised testing). Iceland has a political lesson dominated by women that he’s got his eye on,and he wants to nick school lunches from France (he’s rather envious of their cheese course).
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Source: theguardian.com