I don't consider myself politically minded and went to see this movie hoping to learn something. I was hoping for a "big picture" unbiased view that laid out all the irrefutable facts and allowed the viewer to make their own educated decision, assuming that based on the title there would be more good than negative to sway most mildly intelligent viewers to a positive point of view. The first half seemed promising in this regard, but the by the time the movie was 2/3 done, I was growing bored and contemplating leaving.

Really all I heard were half-baked counterpoints to the common criticisms of America based on one man's opinions, which at the end of the day are only a small part of a much, MUCH bigger picture and really, nothing new. His viewpoints are largely hand-plucked out of that context in order to illustrate his own opinion of America. D'Souza is entitled to his opinion, but opinions are not always fact (and as we know, "everyone has one"), and should not be the basis of a "documentary". Mr. D'Souza's logic is hopelessly flawed, preferring to harp on very rare success cases than address the overwhelming circumstances that kept those cases rare. In trying to prove that suffering was/is either more universal or more avoidable than we previously thought, he effectively belittles it altogether. Sprinkle in a bit of "ooooh, the Government is spying on you" and you have this movie. This is not a historic documentary as much as a political agenda with too much to say to really say much of anything at all.

In the end, what he came up with is quite simply a very long anti-Democrat political campaign ad.

Any political debate will be polarizing and that is reflected in the reviews here. All this said, I did actually agree with a few points, but just like my middle-of-the-road political outlook, I'm rating it a square 5 of 10. I can discern fact from opinion, and I can make up my own mind when facts are presented to me... but this movie only presents the facts that support D'Souza's opinions which is again, only a very small part of a much bigger picture. I was less entertained or informed than I was annoyed, feeling like D'Souza underestimated my intelligence as the viewer.

I guest it's impossible to make a balanced political documentary.

When I saw the trailer I thought this was going to be a narrative that fantasizes what the world would be like without America, or at best a full dramatization of that ideal, but I guest it's because I'm not familiar with the book it was based on that I though this.

The movie makes fair points about America. It goes over what would be considered by a lot some dark issues with America (Native Americans, slavery and capitalism to mention a few). Each American has a stake in one issue and with that stake should be how you judge all the information the filmmaker gives out, which I felt was honest and fair to both sides of the coin. For me it was not a matter of weather you agreed or disagreed with what is fact, it's more of a matter of how America should work,and how it does work.

I'll say this for the filmmaker, he made me believe in his love of America. That's the best part of the movie. The documentary tries to make you feel that you should not be ashamed of America's mistakes and the only way we can make amends is by moving forward and focusing on the ideals that America was built on.

But the documentary felt like this man's own personal fight with Obama, Not the President of the United States, but Obama himself. This is where the documentary fell off for me. It's not that what he said is not true, but just when I was convinced by his caused, he turned around and showed me that all this was because he hated one man.

I will not lie, I'm on our current President's side, and at the same time I did not like it when Micheal Moore bashed the Bush administration with his documentaries during his time in office. with me, it did not help his cause to see how one sided he is.

But I guess the focus on just the facts without these personal attacks would be asking too much for any American. I almost decided not to see the movie when I saw it was from the same guy who made 2016, so the movie works best if you fully believe in his views.