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June 23, 2004 by Agence France Presse

Warm Critical Reception for 'Fahrenheit 9/11'


NEW YORK - US critics gave a warm welcome to Michael Moore's caustic documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," praising the movie's scathing humor while voicing some reservations over the director's methods.

The reviews came as rival political activists stood poised to either boycott the film or turn out in droves for its national opening Friday, with liberal group MoveOn.org turning to the Internet to rally its troops.

"Informative, provocative, frightening, compelling, funny, manipulative and, most of all, entertaining," read USA Today's gushing review of Moore's polemic against the war in Iraq and the administration of President George W. Bush.

"Fahrenheit 9/11 is the year's must-see film," the national daily said, while questioning whether the unabashed bias of the documentary would actually change minds in an already polarized US electorate.

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