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King Corn (2007)

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Average Rating: 7.8/10
Critic Reviews: 9
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Two friends with one year to spare and a deep curiosity about the American food distribution system set out to grow an acre of corn and see what becomes of their crop in director Aaron Woolf's agriculturally themed documentary. Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis are best friends from college who have decided to move from the East Coast to the Midwest in hopes of getting a better idea where the food they consume on a daily basis actually comes from. Corn is America's most productive and subsidized grain.

Apr 29, 2008

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All Critics (25) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (1)

A breezy diary from a pair of first-time farmers, as well as a wry rebuke to a nation devoted to eating cheaply but not necessarily well, King Corn makes its points without much finger-wagging.

November 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | Comment
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While there's no startling news here -- most people know that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a staple in food processing and isn't particularly good for us -- this documentary neatly, and often humorously, summarizes a very unhealthy situation.

November 2, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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King Corn is entertaining enough, but it's also a moral, crucially skeptical road trip down the food chain.

October 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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Deftly balances humor and insight.

October 23, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
Variety
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It should be required viewing before going into a supermarket, McDonald's or your very own refrigerator.

October 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Washington Post | Comment
Washington Post
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King Corn insists that we recognize the Corn Belt's beauty and intelligence along with its somewhat self-induced plight.

October 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Boston Globe | Comment
Boston Globe
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We learn a few things from the two daffy guys about food, nutrition, agribusiness, and government support of the latter.

April 28, 2011 Full Review Source: East Bay Express | Comment
East Bay Express

Someone pass the Fritos!

October 3, 2008 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | Comment
Filmcritic.com

There is an interesting story here. It's just that the movie doesn't tell it very well.

December 7, 2007 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | Comments (3)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Engaging and illuminating.

November 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Comment
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Simultaneously nostalgic and sinister, King Corn mixes full-blown Americana with fast-food follies in the Iowa heartland.

November 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Seattle Times | Comment
Seattle Times

The film always teaches and entertains in equal, ample measure. It's a treat -- and it's good for you.

November 9, 2007 Full Review Source: Oregonian | Comment
Oregonian

entertaining and even a little mischievous, it finds perverse outcomes, but no villains. It is informative, without creating partisanship, respectful without being patronizing, entertaining without being dumbed-down

November 3, 2007 Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | Comment
Killer Movie Reviews

King Corn becomes an indispensable supplement to Spurlock's Super Size Me.

November 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | Comment
Combustible Celluloid

Absorbing...it's a lot of science and perspective to cover, yet Woolf manages to keep King Corn focused and sedate.

October 26, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
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Audience Reviews for King Corn

An occasionally interesting look at the food industry concerning two guys from Boston journeying to Iowa to plant a crop of corn. What's most impressive about the film is it's ability to derive answers without going Michael Moore finger-pointing style. It does drag from time to time and it lacks a firm, solid

February 21, 2010
Dan Schultz

Super Reviewer

Any documentary that has stop and go animation with fischer price and corn kernals is a good one in my book. I guess you hear 'high fructose corn syrup' in everything you eat, but I never really thought about what it was. You eat pretty much nothing but corn if you eat what most people do. Makes you want to eat

September 26, 2009
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