'Fahrenheit 9/11' is a smoldering polemic that puts Bush on the rotisserie

'Fahrenheit 9/11' is a smoldering polemic that puts Bush on the rotisserie: "This is why Michael Moore's savage new documentary, 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' is being regarded in so many quarters as an authentic film event. It's poised to become the first of these new-wave, anti-establishment films to jump out of the pack and shake up the American public in a big way.
Indeed, buoyed by controversy (after its original distributor, Disney, bailed on it) and the prestige of best-film honors at Cannes, it could well become the docu-equivalent of 'The Passion of the Christ' and even affect the presidential election.
Just how good is it? Well, it's often scathingly funny; it does a masterful job of ridiculing the personality, intellect and employment resum� of George W. Bush, and many of its images and scenes engender a gut-wrenching emotional impact. "

By WILLIAM ARNOLD
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER MOVIE CRITIC

GRADE: B-