Food, Inc. (2009)

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This Oscar nominated documentary probes into the contemporary American food industry in which high profits are valued over producing safe and healthy products. The film treads some very familiar territory as it looks at the inhumane ways animals are farmed in bulk and the way certain seeds are genetically modified, but more often than not, the film is insightful, even utterly fascinating on occasion as it gets into the debate over transparent food labeling. The film does, however, frequently feel unfocused as it rather randomly jumps between food poisoning, the high cost of vegetables compared to fast food, the gradually fattening of chickens over the years and the list goes on. It is a bit of maudlin affair at times too with over-the-top melodramatic background music for such moments as a diabetic father sighing over how expensive broccoli is to buy for his kids (who would really want to eat it!?). The choice to conclude the documentary with a whole lot of inspirational slogans thrown on screen additionally comes off as a little awkward. For all its drawbacks, 'Food Inc.' nevertheless remains rather riveting to view. All of the interview subjects are clearly passionate about their causes. Complacent as the majority of us may well be regarding what we consume, the film provides a worthwhile look at those who care a lot and their very valid reasons why.

Food Inc is a very influential documentary about the food we are eating today. It gives us insight on the healthy, but mostly the unhealthy things we are consuming on a regular basis. It talked about many different topics which were organized in a way that allowed the viewer to understand more clearly. The film started off by giving facts about how the average grocery store contains 47,000 different products, and how some of the freshest of these items are modified. It gave the tomato as an example. In today's day in age, the tomato is available all throughout the year. This is because of all the preservatives that they use in it. Most of us do not understand on what we are consuming, and the side affects it can cause the human body. Later throughout it talked about how farmers are mistreated, and how they have to abide by the rule of the major corporations. This causes them to mass produce, and to take less notice to sanitation. With less care to sanitation, the more bacteria can spread throughout the system. They even stated there people were e coli strands from spinach. One day a small child ate 3 hamburgers, and within a short time period he was dead. It was so tragic and sad to hear that story because the boy had no idea what was happening. Overall it helped me take notice about things that our society needs to do better to stop these major corporations from running the country. We need the old lifestyle of farming back where cows do not eat corn, but eat in grasslands.

food inc was a very nice documentary which tells us about the way the meat we eat is treated. i learned from this documentary that chicken, cows, pigs are all fed with corn which is not a good thing for them because of the fact that corn makes them grow fat and bigger. Normally cows are not supposed to be fed with corn. They are herbivores which eat grass and not corn. At least the video makes people who are interested in how the meat we consume is been treated, fed,and taken care of, be aware of. From what i was taught cows are not supposed to be feeding on corn,because they are herbivorous animals which feed on grass. Due to this overfeeding, the chickens die due to overweight, they can't walk properly.

Food Inc was a very good movie. I learned a lot about how the foods are made and how they can affect us differently then others. It was informational that was for sure but considering my age group we also need something else we could relate us to full grab our attention. It was a good movie and all I just believe that it needs a little more to be considered a full fledged amazing movie. Other then that I can say for sure I learned a lot from it. I especially enjoyed the truth behind it. How they didn't sugar code anything either and how the government really treats our food. Yeah they have the FDA and all but just how much could an organization really do? We need cooperation and help from everybody.