Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan

In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that’s been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our gov...( read more  read more... )ernment’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. Food, Inc. reveals surprising — and often shocking truths — about what we eat, how it’s produced, who we have become as a nation and where we are going from here.

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PG, 1 hr. 33 min.

Directed by: Robert Kenner

Release Date: June 19, 2009

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  • December 19, 2009
    Food Inc is an eye-opening documentary about the cruel nature of our nation's food industry. It reveals everything from how the animals are inhumanely treated and even breed, and it also shows the injustices it does to the hardworking farmers.

    Although the film was eye-

    ...( read more)opening, a lot of the material was stuff I had heard before. The film's pace tended to drag as it seemed to deviate off into tangents. There were some points during the film that I was questioning it's credibility as it seemed the director was just trying to create some "filler" material. But overall, it's a nice history lesson, but it's still a boring educational experience. And beware, you do see baby chickens killed at the slaughter house if you're a little weak in the stomach about those sort of things.
  • July 9, 2009
    Not a vegetarian message movie specifically, since Pollan wrote "The Omnivore's Dilemma." Pollan and Schlosser being the two main commentators on America's food industry for the purposes of this doc. The movie is anti-big corporations, anti-food industry status quo, and anti-sc...( read more)ience for changing and trying to manage food production. The movie reveals to customers where their food comes from, how farmers cope with corporations controlling their operations, the cause of a couple food related illnesses, and the natural way a minority of farmers still produce food. Two things stand out to me. First, there were gasps and murmurs from the audience whenever animals (mostly chickens) were shown to be mistreated. But then when the movie presents it's segment on a farmer raising his livestock humanely, most people in the audience were still audibly uncomfortable when a chicken was killed for food. This one farmer was portrayed as a good guy who was well spoken. He speaks of the intimacy of animals giving their lives to feed us. It is a very natural thing for us to eat meat. I can't help but think that it is a spoiled, childishly picky attitude that vegetarians take, which shows how distanced we in the modern world have become from the blood and guts and bones that our ancestors learned to handle. Second, I have enjoyed the History Channel's Modern Marvels show. This show has focused on food production for several of their episodes, so I was not surprised by the factory assembly line style of food processing today, the genetic modifications and computerized operations, or the fact that corn is so cheap and prevalent throughout the food industry. While there are obvious problems, I'm quite cynical of the movie's approach in generally bashing science.

    I thought the movie made great points in the food industry needing better regulations. This includes more objective outsiders running the FDA and USDA rather than past executives from the big food corporations. And also food labeling needs to be more revealing to the customers in the grocery stores. The movie also does a great job of showing natural farming and organic foods in a positive light. With the cost to consumer issue and the fact that most organic food companies are finding themselves under the same umbrellas of the huge corporations, it is still not an easy decision to make as to what you are going to put in your refrigerator, on your plate, and in your body.
  • June 30, 2009
    more important than good. certainly worth one's time.
  • November 21, 2009
    I appreciate the movie's message, but the problem is that it has too many messages. It definitely shocked me.
  • June 26, 2009
    This new documentary featuring Eric Schlosser ("Fast Food Nation") and Michael Pollan ("The Omnivore's Dilemma") attempts to provide insight into various areas of our food distribution system and where everything went so horribly wrong. An informative, shocking and very necessary...( read more) film to watch.
  • December 30, 2009
    I didn't want to watch this because I didn't want to know what's happening to our food. But I couldn't remain an ostrich any longer. If knowledge is power, then my new knowledge is leading me to question what I'm putting in my body. I felt like "Super-Size Me" provided the lowdow...( read more)n on fast food, but now I see it goes much, much deeper. I guess it's time to pick up "Fast Food Nation" and read all the gory details. I realize it took Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" to make the nation reconsider meat packing a century ago; I guess it will take these investigative journalist types to make our food safe in the 21st Century. But I wonder: since the kids of the people who run the corporations are eating the same things everyone else does, why is this happening? Too bad none of those corporations wanted to talk about it (i.e. Tyson, Monsanto, etc.) Kudos to WalMart for standing up and making a change.
  • December 30, 2009
    Admittedly im a sucker for anything that criticizes the fucking money grubbing corporations and the bullshit corrupt government etc.. so this was right up my alley! Its a fairly comprehensive look at the issues surrounding modern mass food production and its lack of transparency....( read more) Of course its one sided and focuses heavily in america leaving international viewers questioning its relevance. But it got me thinking about just what i'm eating, so i feel its succeeded regardless.
  • December 28, 2009
    It made me wanna live on a farm but then a remembered I'm lazy. Makes you realize everything we're eating is not even close to good for us. Must see for your health.
  • December 28, 2009
    A documentary on the dirty side of the food industry. Very informative and interesting.
  • December 22, 2009
    A good documentary focusing on where our food comes from. Well made and worth watching.

Critic Reviews


June 26, 2009
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle

A mind-boggling, heart-rending, stomach-churning expose on the food industry. full review

June 25, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Food, Inc. tackles a vast problem, but sends us home with glimmers of hope. full review

June 19, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

If you're planning on seeing Food, Inc. as a date movie, make sure you have dinner beforehand. full review

June 18, 2009
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

It's not a pretty picture. But Food, Inc. is an essential one. full review

June 18, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This review doesn't read one thing like a movie review. I just wanted to scare the bejesus out of you, which is what Food, Inc. did to me. full review

June 12, 2009
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Trading on now-familiar gross-out tactics (images of corporate slaughterhouses and chicken sheds), the movie offers very little that food radicals don't already know. full review

June 11, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling 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. full review

June 8, 2009
David Edelstein, New York Magazine

It's the documentary equivalent of The Matrix: It shows us how we're living in a simulacrum, fed by machines run by larger machines with names like Monsanto, Perdue, Tyson, and the handful of other co... full review

May 28, 2009
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine

This stunning and vitally important doc pointedly shows how food industry lobbyists and lawyers basically took over the government agencies in charge of policing the very companies for whom they worked. full review

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  • RobertKenner
    June 13, 2009
    Yeah I hope everyone likes it. Tell me what you think.
  • liliecv1
    June 12, 2009
    i hope it makes a change somehow.

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