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"Is it art or is it propaganda?

At times, Moore can take on the scolding tone of the Church Lady, and you expect him to squeal, ``Isn't that special?'' or to wonder aloud if the president is in league with . . . Satan. But you must also congratulate the Academy Award-winning writer-director. Moore (``Roger and Me,'' ``Bowling for Columbine'') has figured out how to make the nonfiction film, once the bane of the box office, into the entertaining, hot-button, hot-topic movie of the day. He can be largely credited with the emergence of the nonfiction film as the ascendant, if not the dominant, film art form of the new millennium.

If you want to be part of the national debate, ``Fahrenheit 9/11 is must-see cinema. This is the true event film of the summer. At a time when the film industry is turning out sugarcoated, content-free junk, Moore has given American viewers a renewed taste for raw meat. "

By James Verniere
Boston Herald

3 1/2 Stars (4)