Food, Inc.
Directed by Robert Kenner
Directed by Robert Kenner
It's not that the topics raised in Food, Inc., aren't interesting. There's certainly something to be said concerning our political landscape when corporations that have the big dough can lobby the government to get whatever they want. The unfortunate problem with this movie is that it tries to tackle too many topics at once, giving us quick 10-minute snippets about various American food concerns, rather than an in-depth look at perhaps two or three hot button issues.
Similar to the somewhat slight film, I'm not going to go into a substantial review here, but instead simply say that while the film looks good, it's a shame that it doesn't actually throw a few more punches or dig a little deeper. Throwaway bits with a poor Latino family being unable to buy "healthy" food because of the expense just come off as silly and make the other significant topics (like a mother's struggle to enact tougher laws after her son died of supposed E. coli food poisoning) seem undeservedly lighter-weight than they should.
Similar to the somewhat slight film, I'm not going to go into a substantial review here, but instead simply say that while the film looks good, it's a shame that it doesn't actually throw a few more punches or dig a little deeper. Throwaway bits with a poor Latino family being unable to buy "healthy" food because of the expense just come off as silly and make the other significant topics (like a mother's struggle to enact tougher laws after her son died of supposed E. coli food poisoning) seem undeservedly lighter-weight than they should.
The RyMickey Rating: C
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