Critic Reviews

Food, Inc. (2009) Rank 2 Reviews

Expert Review Summary

Movie critics combined give Food, Inc. (2009) a score of 3.2235 out of 4

based on (51) reviews

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Reviews by Score:

Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)

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New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

One of the scariest movies of the year [is] Food, Inc., an informative, often infuriating activist documentary. ...read the complete Food movie review at New York Times (Manohla Dargis)

The New York Times

There is, in the end, something inherently frustrating about a movie that's at once as fine, ambitious and, at a crisp 93 minutes, as abbreviated as Food, Inc. ...read the complete Food movie review at The New York Times

Time Out New York

For informed locavores, director Robert Kenner's documentary on America's troubled food system covers little new territory. ...read the complete Food movie review at Time Out New York

filmcritic.com

You will no doubt find a better home in lecture halls and classrooms than it will in the bustling landscape of arthouse theatergoing. ...read the complete Food movie review at filmcritic.com

New York Post

And a long section about how Monsanto is evil because it patented a soybean gene and protects it in court seems shrill and pointless. In the end, "Food, Inc. ...read the complete Food movie review at New York Post