Authors Eric Schlosser (FAST FOOD NATION) and Michael Pollan (THE OMNIVORE'S DILEMMA) both appear in this documentary that looks into the food industry. FOOD, INC. reveals the nature of the business that ignores the health of the American people in favor of profit.
Executive Producer
Diane Weyermann: Executive producer, CHICAGO 10
Executive Producer
Jeff Skoll: Executive Producer, HOUSE OF D (2005)
Executive Producer
Robin Schorr:
Executive Producer
William Pohlad: Producer, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (2006)
Featured
Eric Schlosser: Writer, FAST FOOD NATION (2006)
Featured
Michael Pollan: Author
Director of Photography
Richard Pearce: American Director/Director Of Photography
Review 1:
"[T]he superb FOOD, INC. offers an elegantly constructed and absorbing analysis of the monolithic U.S. food industry."
Source: Film Comment
06/01/2009
Review 2:
5 stars out of 5 -- "It's a sobering and worthwhile look at an important subject many have not even thought about....FOOD, INC.'s end credit sequence offers numerous ways the consumer can and should make a difference."
Source: Box Office
05/26/2009
Review 3:
"[A] smart, expertly shot documentary....[The film] gives an eloquent array of writers, activists and farmers time to enlighten us about the perils on our plates, but now without offering hope for a safer future."
Source: Los Angeles Times
06/12/2009
Review 4:
"[A]n informative, often infuriating activist documentary....You'll shudder, shake and just possibly lose your genetically modified lunch."
Source: New York Times
06/12/2009
Review 5:
"Kenner takes you through these unsettling stories through a mix of articulate talking heads, cameras peering where Food Inc. doesn't want scrutiny, citizens lobbying their representatives in Congress and entertaining graphics and animation."
Source: Hollywood Reporter
06/12/2009
Review 6:
"Kenner takes audiences deep into the ugly underbelly of American food production....Its heroes are realists who've found a way to be relatively humane within the system..."
Source: A.V. Club
06/11/2009
Review 7:
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Kenner keeps his film bouncing with humor, music and graphics....The message he's delivered with the help of nutrition activists, including Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan is an eye-opener."
Source: Rolling Stone
06/25/2009