Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
Documentary
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2005
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This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on families and American values.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
4 Nov 2005
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
N/A
Top Critics Reviews
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Advocacy journalism at its most unsparing, and it demands to be seen, discussed, argued with, and acted upon.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
18 Nov 2005
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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price lacks the cinematic panache to elevate it above the level of agitprop. But its all too relevant dissection of its subject is well worth paying attention to.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
16 Nov 2005
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For all its missteps, the movie powerfully suggests that Wal-Mart is capable of demoralizing a community so thoroughly that it doesn't have the spirit to carry on its life outside the big box.
– David Denby,
New Yorker,
14 Nov 2005
fresh:
Wal-Mart says director Robert Greenwald's film is misleading and inaccurate, but it's hard to dispute the personal accounts from former Wal-Mart employees who speak from experience.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
14 Nov 2005
fresh:
Whatever Greenwald lacks in style he makes up for with a deluge of facts and figures and a populist feel that make his movies, this one included, accessible even to the most politically naive.
– John Anderson,
Variety,
4 Nov 2005