One of the things I am critical of, especially in regards to documentaries, is the quality of sound, lighting, and scripting. What a pleasure it is to see a movie of such significance take seriously not only the subject matter but also the way it is made. I have been a fan of documentaries for some time and know there is some terrific work out there, yet, truthfully, I haven't seen as talented a documentary film maker since Morgan Spurlock and his making of Super Size Me. U.N. Me is not only educational, enlightening, and thought provoking, it is also funny, heart breaking, and extremely entertaining. This is the type of documentary that fans of the movies will be able to watch, enjoy, and get something out of, hopefully with a bur up their butts to get them to take seriously the atrocities that are occurring around our world. More on that later. Technically, I was expecting a halfway done documentary, yet this former banker, now turned film maker, has produced one terrific bit of cinema. One that frankly deserves as big of a nationwide opening as anything Roger Moore has put out in the last 20 years.

U.N. Me is an engaging, can't-take-your-eyes-off-of-it, 93 minute dissection of the atrocities occurring under the watch of the United Nations. Horowitz, as writer and director, explores a variety of areas regarding the operations of the United Nations. In the exploration he lets us know from the outset that the original purpose and some of the work done by the United Nations to this day is good, but he has us wondering what happened to the organization. It is clear there are human rights violations that have occurred under the watchful eye of the United Nations, some of those violations occurring at the hands of the UN troops on the ground, those who oversee them, and many others. From human rights violations to misappropriation of funds, the UN has become a weak shadow of what they were intended to be. Some may say, after seeing this movie, a glaring reversal of what they were intended to be. From Rwanda to Iran, and from Darfur to child sex abuse, one has to ask the question of why this organization continues on in the ways it does, especially on American soil, at the cost it exacts from American citizens, when many of the nations in the United Nations have not just a clear and obvious hatred of the United States, but a clear and obvious willingness to commit human rights violations. While some on the left may choose to point fingers at United States policy, which at times may be justified, ignoring the violations occurring in other countries to the extent that they are is an unconscionable position for one to take. This film is woven with first hand accounts, and amazingly, first hand video support of the violations. It is impossible to argue in favor of the UN policies and procedures in my opinion. At the point one does, I have to wonder, is it because of their hatred of the United States, or because they really don't care about the issues of abuse that are clearly presented on screen? If this is the intent of Horowitz, he has greatly exceeded my expectations in explaining his point of view.

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