Faux-serious title cards, ironic use of Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries," copious American flags, an accented woman asking if this is "the great big penis competition," an Academy Award-winning documentarian accosting innocent bystanders and terrifying children and waxing rhapsodic about how much he loves ketchup -- yup, Where to Invade Next is a Michael Moore movie, all right.
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Moore's first film in six years has been shrouded in secrecy. The filmmaker himself told Entertainment Weekly that he used a small crew and kept details quiet, mostly because while filming, "we [had] to be able to move at a moment’s notice, usually [with] someone chasing us."
We do know, though, that the movie focuses on the idea of the United States carrying on an "infinite war." (A dangerous game: When you see the film, drink every time Moore says "military industrial complex.")