---
title: 'Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Moore'
released: '2009-09-06'
runtime_minutes: 120
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/capitalism-a-love-story-2009'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232207/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

2009 · 120 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

Capitalism: A Love Story is a 2009 American documentary film directed, written by, and starring Michael Moore. The film centers on the 2008 financial crisis and the recovery stimulus, while putting forward an indictment of the then-current economic order in the United States and of unfettered capitalism in general. Topics covered include Wall Street's "casino mentality", for-profit prisons, Goldman Sachs' influence in Washington, D.C., the poverty-level wages of many workers, the large wave of home foreclosures, corporate-owned life insurance, and the consequences of "runaway greed". The film also features a religious component in which Moore examines whether or not capitalism is a sin and whether Jesus would be a capitalist; this component highlights Moore's belief that evangelical conservatives contradict themselves by supporting free market ideals while professing to be Christians.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-moore)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-moore)
- **Producer:** [Michael Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-moore)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jeff Gibbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-gibbs)

## Cast

- [Elizabeth Warren](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-warren)
- [Jimmy Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-carter)
- [Bernie Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernie-sanders)
- [George W. Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-w-bush)
- [Helmut Kohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kohl)
- [Sarah Palin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-palin)
- [John McCain](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mccain)
- [Bill Clinton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-clinton)
- [Elijah Cummings](https://cinepixo.com/people/elijah-cummings)
- [Martin Luther King Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr)
- [Michael Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-moore)
- [Franklin Delano Roosevelt](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklin-delano-roosevelt)
- [Thora Birch](https://cinepixo.com/people/thora-birch)
- [Barack Obama](https://cinepixo.com/people/barack-obama)
- [Wallace Shawn](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-shawn)

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Official site: http://www.capitalismalovestory.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/capitalism-a-love-story-2009
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