At minimum, this two-dimensional documentary does a decent job of displaying cavalier consumption alongside globalization and exploitative manufacturing.
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04/28/06
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Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:13
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.6/10
Theatrical Release:Mar 24, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: An interesting take on globalization, MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA takes a look at the journey of some Mardi Gras beads, as they are constructed in a factory in China, then make their way across the... [More]
Director: David Redmon
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04/23/09
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08/19/06
A wry, eye-opening documentary.
10/01/05
Goes halfway around the globe without halfway giving us perspective.
02/06/07
... recommended viewing.
12/06/05
A humorous, economically revealing documentary.
12/06/05
This smart, witty look at the human cost of free-market reforms and globalization tracks the necklaces from hard labor at one end to hedonism at the other.
08/10/06
... doesn't make you proud to wave the red, white and blue, and even manages to sober up a few Mardi Gras revelers in the process ...
08/13/06
Mardi Gras: Made in China is a thought-provoking, canny piece of filmmaking that puts flesh, blood and garish multicolored baubles on the skeleton of globalization.
08/10/06
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11/11/06
When [Redmon] runs out of things to say, his film lands in an anticlimactic puddle, just like the shiny trinkets forgotten after the party ends.
03/24/06
Would play better if it were more focused and less repetitive.
03/24/06
A startling look at both the effects of globalization and at a dramatic cultural divide.
03/23/06
Director David Redmon earns accolades galore for crafting a dmning expose' which brilliantly contrasts the plight of exploited Asian females with the embarrassing behavior of drunks and bimbos floating up Bourbon Street on Fat Tuesday.
07/25/08
This investigative literal and figurative global chain reaction appears to be yet another exceptionally worthy addition to the evolving genre of what may be termed anti-globalization cinema.
07/12/08
Feels like a sermon on vegetarianism being delivered to occupants of a Sudanese refugee camp.
03/24/06
Top CriticEvery time you lift your shirt, some Chinese girl is reaching her twisted, aching hand for another Band-Aid.
02/10/06
Redmon is impressively hands-off, allowing the material to speak for itself about the headless beast of globalization.
09/30/05
Slyly devastating.
03/24/06
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Powerful documentary contrasts globalization with American decadence. 
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July 12, 2008:
This investigative literal and figurative global chain reaction appears to be yet another exceptionally worthy addition to the evolving genre of what may be termed anti-globalization cinema.
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May 04, 2007:
Global capitalism chain reaction.
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