This time around, Michael Moore is playing it conspicuously safe, inviting America to tag along on a paid vacation in which the clearly run-down rapscallion barely breaks a sweat when pointing out just how much better the quality of life is everywhere else on the planet. The documentary superstar takes us to foreign lands where two-hour lunches and eighty paid vacation days are the norm, prisons are nicer than most people’s homes, and school children dine in a civilized manner. At 110 minutes, the excessive hammering of the one-joke premise — Moore’s “invasion” consists of borrowing cups of sugary inspiration from our global neighbors – soon grows wearying. Taking no chances, Moore infuses a side trip to Germany for a running, time-padding reminder not to forget to remember never to forget the Holocaust. If giving Dorothy Gale the final word is any indication, this is not the otherwise blustery director’s finest two hours. (2015) — Scott Marks
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