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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)

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Reviews Counted:26

Fresh:24

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7/10

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Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Synopsis: Robert Greenwald (OUTFOXED) continues his expose of evil corporate doings with this documentary, released as part of Wal-Mart Week, a nationwide activist initiative to bring the company's business... Robert Greenwald (OUTFOXED) continues his expose of evil corporate doings with this documentary, released as part of Wal-Mart Week, a nationwide activist initiative to bring the company's business practices out into the open. From their disturbing morning cheer to their minuscule benefits packages and sweatshop-labor conditions, the documentary addresses the simple question: does America benefit from the presence of this low-priced chain? Employee testimony and statistics make Greenwald's case clear and effective, and the stories of enforced, unpaid overtime and the death of mom-and-pop businesses can hardly fail to leave viewers both saddened and enraged. [More]

Director: Robert Greenwald

Director: Robert Greenwald

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Nov 15, 2005

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Wal-Mart's home office in Bentonville, Ark., can rest easy: Greenwald, as usual, is hysterically preaching to the choir.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment 1 Comment
11/04/05
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Full Review Source: Independent | comment 1 Comment
05/13/06
Robert Hanks
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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

If you think you already know all about how evil and rapacious America's largest retailer is, wait 'til you see this latest exercise in muckraking from Robert Greenwald...

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
11/23/05
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

Robert Greenwald's documentary makes a devastating case against the largest retailer on the planet.

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11/04/05
Anita Gates
Anita Gates
New York Times

...will win few points for art...but its subject matter provides such a wealth of material that subtlety is hardly required, nor even desired.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
11/14/05
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com

For all its missteps, the movie powerfully suggests that Wal-Mart is capable of demoralizing a community so thoroughly that it doesn’t have the spirit to carry on its life outside the big box.

Full Review Source: New Yorker | comment Comment
11/14/05
David Denby
David Denby
New Yorker
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06/03/06
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

Effective muckraking documentary.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
11/18/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Try though Greenwald might to not end things on a defeatist note, one observation from early in the film lingers: What Wal-Mart obliterates in small communities can never be replaced or regained.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
11/03/05
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price lacks the cinematic panache to elevate it above the level of agitprop. But its all too relevant dissection of its subject is well worth paying attention to.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
11/16/05
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter

A searing expose of the greed and systemic poor treatment of its workers by the largest corporation in the world.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
12/04/05
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

It takes the gleam off those penny-saving bargains.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
11/04/05
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Viewers may not be surprised to learn of Wal-Mart's horrific track record, but they can't deny Greenwald's airtight advocacy.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
11/01/05
James Crawford
James Crawford
Village Voice

Once again David slays Goliath in a documentary that has no pretense of being objective

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01/25/06
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

Whatever Greenwald lacks in style he makes up for with a deluge of facts and figures and a populist feel that make his movies, this one included, accessible even to the most politically naive.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
11/04/05
John Anderson
John Anderson
Variety
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These good people cast their votes, close up shop and then scratch their heads, wondering how something like Wal-Mart could happen in a place like America.

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11/04/05
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Greenwald paints a portrait -- one that has Wal-Mart frantically countering with damage-control plans -- that says the corporate juggernaut is sticking it to all of us.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
11/09/05
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
 
 
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