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Food, Inc. (2008)

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96

Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 106
Fresh: 102 | Rotten: 4

An eye-opening expose of the modern food industry, Food, Inc. is both fascinating and terrifying, and essential viewing for any health-conscious citizen.

97

Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 32
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 1

An eye-opening expose of the modern food industry, Food, Inc. is both fascinating and terrifying, and essential viewing for any health-conscious citizen.

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Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner uses reports by Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser and The Omnivore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan as a springboard to exploring where the food we purchase at the grocery store really comes from, and what it means for the health of future generations. By exposing the comfortable relationships between business and government, Kenner gradually shines light on the dark underbelly of the American food industry. The USDA and FDA are supposed to protect the

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Documentary, Special Interest

Nov 3, 2009

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All Critics (107) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (103) | Rotten (4) | DVD (5)

This is the kind of muckraking we should see more often.

November 18, 2011 Full Review Source: Time Out
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This solidly constructed documentary aims to do for food production what An Inconvenient Truth did for global warming.

November 17, 2011 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Smart, gripping, and untainted by the influence of Michael Moore.

August 20, 2009 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comments (4)
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After you see what IBP is doing to cattle, what Tyson is doing to chickens, what farmers are doing to us and what Monsanto is doing to farmers in the new documentary Food, Inc., you may never eat again.

July 8, 2009 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
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A mind-boggling, heart-rending, stomach-churning expose on the food industry.

June 26, 2009 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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If you are what you eat, we are mostly genetically modified, poorly regulated, unhealthy meat byproducts generating profits for a few gargantuan corporations.

June 26, 2009 Full Review Source: Detroit News
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One word of caution: Eat before you see it. After it's over, the idea of a swing through the drive-thru might not be so appetizing.

September 29, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile
American Profile

A doco which could make you sick!

December 31, 2010 Full Review Source: sbs.com.au
sbs.com.au

Food, Inc. -- a disturbing expose of the food industry -- is essential watching. You need to see it. Take your kids. Take your neighbour's kids. Take a stranger's kids (well, maybe that's a bit much).

October 21, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix
Quickflix

As a piece of investigative journalism, it does a terrific job examining the real price paid for nice plump chicken breasts, disease-resistant soya beans and hamburger for all.

July 4, 2010
Screenwize

Concerned with entertainment value as well as clarity and punch, he uses lots of colourful graphics, and moves quickly from one aspect of his subject to another.

May 21, 2010 Full Review Source: The Age (Australia)
The Age (Australia)

This enlightening film takes aim at the US food industry by exposing the astounding and dubious means by which the source of our food is harvested and processed.

May 17, 2010 Full Review Source: Sunday Times (Australia)
Sunday Times (Australia)

An activist-made film of considerable interest, Food, Inc is also a piece of investigative journalism that tells us a thousand things that are pertinent to eating everyday food. Did you know that chickens are farmed to fatten in 45 days and grow bigger

April 25, 2010 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile
Urban Cinefile

A heartfelt condemnation of mass-produced, chemically treated food, though it covers so many areas of concern in 94 minutes that it is necessarily superficial.

February 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK]
Daily Mail [UK]

A seriously important film.

February 16, 2010 Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall
Shadows on the Wall

An insightful and at times troubling exposé of the American food industry.

February 16, 2010 Full Review Source: The Skinny
The Skinny

Compelling, entertaining and illuminating documentary which makes you think twice, and then a few more times, about eating anything at all in U.S.

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

Overused narration treats the audience like the cattle being abused on screen; a continuous score rams the message home, just in case we missed the point...

February 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Times [UK] | Comments (3)
Times [UK]

Living off the fat of corporate farming

February 10, 2010 Full Review Source: JWR

The film's inherently ambitious sensibilities initially serve it well...

January 20, 2010 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews
Reel Film Reviews

Feels like the Cliffs notes version of a gripping book.

December 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies | Comments (4)

It's a harsh feeling, but Food, Inc. does its job in just getting out the information that most of us probably want to ignore and shouldn't.

November 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Window to the Movies
Window to the Movies

One shocking segment of the film follows the story of Moe Parr, a man legally hounded out of his business of cleaning seeds. He is a victim of laws which allow seed patents which are leading to corporate seed monopolies.

November 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | Comment (1)
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Audience Reviews for Food, Inc.

A well constructed argument that criticises the food industry for its methods and the government for its lack of oversight. Prepare for jarring images of animal cruelty. What's ignored in the whole proposal is the obvious population explosion and concurrent rise in affluence of millions, affording them the luxury of eating what they choose (and, as the film itself points out, they make the wrong choice ). And so a passionate, if incomplete, presentation. If you're reading this you probably already know where you stand on this issue. Where is the doc that takes on the consequences of feeding the population explosion is what I wanna know.
June 13, 2009
UniversalDreamer

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I'll have a green salad please.

Preaching to the converted here but still, knowing and seeing are two different things. It is horrifying, sickening and shocking. This was a wake up call to many people though and for that it should be praised. This is important documentary film making. It never sensationalised either, it's all there and undeniable - the companies didn't even try. People who dispute these issues really baffle me. A great documentary that should be seen by all!
April 26, 2013
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