With his trademark charm and biting wit, Michael Moore's documentary sets off on a rollicking journey to the heart of America, hoping to discover why the American pursuit of happiness is so riddled with mass violence.
Moore boldly asks a question that post September 11, no other American dare ask: "Are we a nation of gun nuts - or are we just nuts?"
For Americans, it is a damningly funny indictment of a culture of feat that is armed to the teeth and running amuck. For everyone else, it is a humourous warning about what could happen to any country that chooses the American Way of creating a massive permanent underclass that must be fought off with a constitutionally protected Uzi.
Oscar Winner - Best Documentary Featurette 2003 and the first documentary film to be accepted into the Cannes Film Festival in 46 years, Bowling For Columbine has won critical acclaim throughout the world and has broken all box office records to date for a documentary film in the UK.