Food Inc.
Year: 2008
Grade: B+
Country: USA
Director: Kenner
Reviewnot that different from the future of food, but it comes out just a couple years later and gets a lot more attention; sometimes it’s all about timing. this one is a bit better than future of food which played on the fear a bit much for my taste. it’s not that this one doesn’t show the shots of cows getting gutted and chickens being crammed in tight cages, it just brought a bit more of a well-rounded case to the table. some of this has to do with the better cast that this film has and some of it is presentation – this film seemed a bit better produced. this genre of documentary might become like the glut of anti-bush documentaries we got in the early 2000s – the ones that all talked about the stolen election in florida and the connections between bush and any number of horrible people/corporations. those of us who watched all of them got pretty tired of it all. they all rehashed the same information and trotted out the same old tired interviewees from palast to moore and everyone in between. i’m sympathetic to this cause, but i hope that it doesn’t become another documentary trend. so, let’s all watch this one, read fast food nation (something you should have done 5-8 years ago anyway) and start acting on their suggestions so we can all live better lives.
Watched in theater