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Food, Inc. (2009) Rank 5 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Food, Inc. (2009) a score of 3.2235 out of 4
based on (51) reviews
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Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
...read the complete Food movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for News BlazeNews Blaze
Overall, Food, Inc. ...read the complete Food movie review at News Blaze
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly
An essential, disturbing portrait of how the food we eat in America has become a deceptively prefab, even hazardous industrial product. ...read the complete Food movie review at Entertainment Weekly
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
...read the complete Food movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco Examiner
The uneasy alliance of big business and organic farmers is a single step but an important one. So, too, is Food, Inc. ...read the complete Food movie review at San Francisco Examiner
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
...read the complete Food movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
Food, Inc.'s end credit sequence offers numerous ways the consumer CAN and should make a difference. ...read the complete Food movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for SSG Syndicate (Susan Granger)SSG Syndicate (Susan Granger)
...read the complete Food movie review at SSG Syndicate (Susan Granger)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
...read the complete Food movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
...read the complete Food movie review at Groucho Reviews (Peter Canavese)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Joe Williams)St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Joe Williams)
...read the complete Food movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Joe Williams)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Jason Anderson)Toronto Star (Jason Anderson)
...read the complete Food movie review at Toronto Star (Jason Anderson)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for NYC Movie GuruNYC Movie Guru
Food, Inc. at least manages to be an illuminating, vital and provocative documentary that will open your eyes to the harsh truths about the food industry and will inspire you to change your diet to organic, unprocessed food. ...read the complete Food movie review at NYC Movie Guru
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
...read the complete Food movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
...read the complete Food movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Combustible CelluloidCombustible Celluloid
The movie tries to leave off on a positive note, though it will undoubtedly be a long, hard road to get some of these policies changed. Either way, it's better to know these issues exist than to blithely continue eating in ignorance. ...read the complete Food movie review at Combustible Celluloid
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Rolling StoneRolling Stone
Don't take another bite till you see Robert Kenner's Food, Inc., an essential, indelible documentary that is scarier than anything in the last five Saw horror shows. ...read the complete Food movie review at Rolling Stone
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Michael Upchurch)Seattle Times (Michael Upchurch)
The result is an alarming film that tackles food and freedom-of-speech issues on many fronts. ...read the complete Food movie review at Seattle Times (Michael Upchurch)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Spectrum (Keith Cohen)Entertainment Spectrum (Keith Cohen)
...read the complete Food movie review at Entertainment Spectrum (Keith Cohen)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
...read the complete Food movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Director Robert Kenner’s documentary is powerful. Maybe even life-changing. ...read the complete Food movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)
...read the complete Food movie review at I.E. Weekly (Amy Nicholson)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
...read the complete Food movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for One Guy's OpinionOne Guy's Opinion
You're unlikely to look at the stuff on the shelves of your supermarket in quite the same way ever again...probably won't be seen by many consumers, but it deserves to be. ...read the complete Food movie review at One Guy's Opinion
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Cinema BlendCinema Blend
A call to arms that slips into you slowly, until at the end you're convinced you'll never eat another french fry that you didn't see cooked with your own eyes. ...read the complete Food movie review at Cinema Blend
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times
The film also gives an eloquent array of writers, activists and farmers time to enlighten us about the perils on our plates, but not without offering hope for a safer future. "Food, Inc." is essential viewing. ...read the complete Food movie review at Los Angeles Times
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for The Onion A.V. ClubThe Onion A.V. Club
It's entertaining and fast-moving enough to make audiences intermittently forget they're consuming cinematic health food. ...read the complete Food movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Reeling ReviewsReeling Reviews
The documentary may rehash work that has been presented before, even in such commercial features as "Fast Food Nation," but it covers more ground than its predecessors. ...read the complete Food movie review at Reeling Reviews
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for New York Daily NewsNew York Daily News
Though slickly packaged, Robert Kenner's unsparing expose is harder to watch than any horror film. ...read the complete Food movie review at New York Daily News
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for CompuserveCompuserve
See this startling, muckraking indictment of factory farming and you'll never eat again. ...read the complete Food movie review at Compuserve
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Spirituality & PracticeSpirituality & Practice
A bracing and disturbing documentary about the industrialization of farming, the dangers of genetically modified food, and the growing power of the unregulated Big Agriculture. ...read the complete Food movie review at Spirituality & Practice
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for About.comAbout.com
In covering the current means of food production and distribution in the US, Robert Kenner shows that almost all food stuffs, ranging from chickens, cows and pigs, to corn and soy, are tainted. ...read the complete Food movie review at About.com
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
...read the complete Food movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
...read the complete Food movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
...read the complete Food movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
...read the complete Food movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)
...read the complete Food movie review at Atlantic City Weekly (Lori Hoffman)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Brian Orndorf Brian Orndorf
The documentary is hoping to encourage audiences to seek out alternative products at the grocery store, to support independent farms, and promote education when it comes to food origins. ...read the complete Food movie review at Brian Orndorf
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
The most a muckraking film like this can hope to do is frighten the viewer out of their complacence so much that they feel like, if only for a moment, they need to do something. ...read the complete Food movie review at Slant Magazine
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
It's absorbing, scary and useful. ...read the complete Food movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)
It's an "Inconvenient Truth" for food, minus the droning Al Gore and a handful of PowerPoint slides. ...read the complete Food movie review at Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
...read the complete Food movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
...read the complete Food movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Paste MagazinePaste Magazine
When director Robert Kenner is doing just that, watching, focusing on a topic, or listening to great advocates like Salatin, Schlosser, or Pollan, I'm with him. ...read the complete Food movie review at Paste Magazine
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for VarietyVariety
Disturbing as it is, "Food, Inc." doesn't present some doomsday scenario. People can make a difference, it says: After all, look what happened to Big Tobacco. ...read the complete Food movie review at Variety
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Manohla Dargis)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)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
...read the complete Food movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for The New York TimesThe 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
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Time Out New YorkTime 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
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.comfilmcritic.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
Food, Inc. (2009) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for New York PostNew 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

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Overall Rating:
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Food, Inc. (2009) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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Food, Inc. (2009) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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