Capitalism: A Love Story

Seizing an obvious opportunity to trace the roots of the financial crisis to a popular audience, Moore muddles the issue by attacking the entire notion of capitalism. One minute he’ll be taking a crowbar to Hank Paulson; the next he’ll be chatting with his good friend Wallace Shawn. He scores major points trashing Timothy Geithner’s judgment, then mystifyingly portrays Obama’s election as a new dawn for the economy—as if Geithner weren’t part of the package. There’s some good information here, but the movie lacks a coherent argument—which is, alas, probably what it most needed.

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