Food, Inc. (2008)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Robert Kenner

Release Date:

4 June 2009 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

You'll never look at dinner the same way again

Plot:

An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.

Plot Keywords:

Food | Food Industry | Punctuation In Title | Environment | Corn

Cast

Michael Pollan	...	Himself
Eric Schlosser	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated PG for some thematic material and disturbing images.

Runtime:

USA:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Hong Kong:I | USA:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:PG

Company:

Participant Media

Trivia:

Neither Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan or director Robert Kenner are vegetarians, despite the film's spotlight on meat cultivation and processing in the United States.

Movie Connections:

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With family run farms pretty much a thing of the past, institutional farming has pretty much taken over,and the dim,dark & dismal effects are omnipresent. There is an epidemic of food borne illness,due to cattle being exposed to over use of steroids to make them grow fatter, faster (and this also includes chickens,pigs,etc.),not to mention GMO corn,grains,etc. Robert Kenner's eye opening film, 'Food,Inc.' manages to shine at least some light on some pretty unethical practices that are being undertaken by corporate owned & managed farms. The likes of Eric Schlosser (author of 'Fast Food Nation',which was made into a semi fictional film a few years back)is featured in interviews,along with Michael Pollan. Many fingers are pointed at guilty parties doing the dirty deeds of the farming industry,along with some pretty unpleasant footage of unethical practices (i.e. abuse of farm animals, although this film doesn't take up any kind of vegetarian/vegan agenda of it's own---the viewer can make up their own mind just what they prefer to eat). Much to my surprise,there is little discussion of the mad cow disease epidemic (or,BSE)from a few years back (only a passing reference). Rated PG by the MPAA,this film contains some unpleasant footage of animal abuse,as well as a rude word,or two. Okay for older children who care about what's on their plate for breakfast,lunch or dinner.