America's newest invasion!!! (A review of "Where To Invade Next")

So today I decided to watch a documentary I had had in my to-watch list for a few weeks Where To Invade Next, written, produced and directed by Michael Moore. Now, maybe you know Mr. Moore for, as I learned from Wikipedia, his various works as a  satirical author, but I didn't know him. In fact, I had never heard the name "Michael Moore" in my entire life (maybe it has to do with the fact that I don't live in the States, since he seems to be a polemic person), so I didn't really know what to expect, I just had the synopsis to create myself expectations from

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

And that's it. Not much IMDb could offer, really.

But it caught my attention and I watched it. And let me tell you: it was beautiful. 

I wanna start telling you a bit about Michael. He is a comedian. At least to me, he is. He comes and goes with sarcastic comments and funny comebacks, but at the end they all have one and only on purpose: reflection. He wants to get America thinking and he does that through comedy. I, for one, think that's brilliant. There's no better way to get to the people than relating to them, making them laugh, making them see themselves through you. Genius, Michael. Really.

Now, I wanted to talk a little about each country and what Michael found there, but I won't. And I won't because I really think you guys should watch it and take it just as I did. But I will tell you this: he visited 9 countries and, although he took different things from these, there was something they all agreed on without even knowing and it was power.

These 9 countries discussed power in their own 9 ways, but they all got to the same conclusion: power is not the mos important thing in the world, people are. Being a good neighbor is, being able to care for another human being is, solidarity is. This is a value that we, as humans, have but don't exercise enough.

If this documentary showed me something is that: we are missing, as my boys the cops in Portugal called it, human dignity.

So here's the trailer for Where To Invade Next. If you're like me and you're not big on documentaries, I get it, but for this one I recommend you give it a chance.

4.5/5