At Any Price
How far will you go to chase a dream?
How far will you go to chase a dream?
Drama, Thriller
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2012
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Henry Whipple wants his rebellious son Dean to help expand his family’s farming empire. However, Dean has his sights set on becoming a professional race car driver. When a high-stakes investigation into their business is exposed, father and son are pushed into an unexpected situation that threatens the family's entire livelihood.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
105 min
Release date:
30 Aug 2012
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
The disappointment and malaise of a modern farmer's life comes through, but almost as an afterthought. As Bahrani makes clear, it's worth a more focused film.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
21 Jun 2013
rotten:
Bahrani fills the frame with weathered faces and "At Any Price" feels like it unfolds in something close to the real America. But he wants to give us larger-than-life drama, and his strengths are life-sized.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
24 May 2013
rotten:
Bahrani seems less interested in getting at the heart of a man who has sold his soul than he is in showing how the hard facts of modern farming have literally and figuratively changed the landscape.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
17 May 2013
rotten:
Written and played with a little more subtlety, Henry and his contradictions could have been fascinating; as it is, "At Any Price" keeps us at a distance, gazing at characters who never quite come to life.
– Moira MacDonald,
Seattle Times,
16 May 2013
rotten:
Like the small farmers forced to kowtow to corporations, writer and director Ramin Bahrani chickens out. His melodramatic script reduces a global conflict to a Grain Belt "Glengarry Glen Ross."
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
16 May 2013