Ok, so Morgan Spurlock is no Michael Moore, but his latest documentary
Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? is a very digestible (if not 100% respectable) piece of foreign journalism that does a good job of educating viewers on the realities of the Middle East, and how an age old ideology thrives in poverty - and how fundamentalism breeds radicalism.
Most Americans are sick of hearing that the Middle East is a mess and it's all their fault - I'm not saying that's true or they should feel that way, but the Morgan Spurlock doc comes at a weird time in the US. If it had come out in 2004 when Super Size Me swept Sundance, I think it would have been better received. America is sick of the war and the fear mongering...
Unfortunately the camel and lasso poster makes it look like a comedy, and the sub plot of making the world safe for his unborn child is equal parts disingenuous and stupid, but the interviews are excellent, and there are some scenes in this film I'll never forget: like the Hebrew temple in Tel Aviv when the hardcore Jewish fundamentalists start pushing him around?! That didn't happen on Islamic turf in Egypt or Pakistan or even Afghanistan. The movie is a fascinating barometer on so many levels… not the least of which is American box office apathy.