The controversial 2004 movie Mel Brooks couldn’t stand: “He overplayed his hand”

Mel Brooks criticised Michael Moore’s 2004 documentary *Fahrenheit 9/11*, saying its filmmaking was weak and its argument too one-sided. He felt Moore pushed viewers towards a conclusion instead of allowing them to make up their own minds, raising questions about how documentaries handle politically charged subjects.

The film became the highest-grossing documentary released in US cinemas at the time and won the Palme d’Or at Cannes. It also faced criticism over its context and treatment of facts; Brooks described it as both “good and bad”, crediting it with exposing audiences to an issue while objecting to what he saw as its lack of impartiality.