Unlike other reviewers, I didn't feel that the interviews were a soft spot detracting from the film. Some of the *interviewees*, on the other hand, were by turns creepy or wooden. Which may be a side effect of being questioned on camera about their complicity in activities that are potentially poisoning millions.
One of the points made, and deserving of deeper treatment in my opinion, was the revolving door of Washington / corporate America. I'd thought that the negative effects of this merry-go-round were more or less confined to the US. Sadly, this movie made me see that is not the case.
The film will become quickly dated by the use of what was, at the time, slick, new, technology; i.e. the white iMac. Used as a linking device / segue mechanism it was an adequate contrivance, but I feel the film would have been better served by simply using a human face or voice. The same holds true for using Google as a supporting actor. Both are sooo last decade, while humans, well, we're timeless (for now).
Overall I gave a high rating for bringing together subject material I'd either not been aware of, or knew of but now saw in a broader context. The only "ding" I'd give it is for length. I feel the points it had to make could have been made to march in a much faster fashion.
One of the points made, and deserving of deeper treatment in my opinion, was the revolving door of Washington / corporate America. I'd thought that the negative effects of this merry-go-round were more or less confined to the US. Sadly, this movie made me see that is not the case.
The film will become quickly dated by the use of what was, at the time, slick, new, technology; i.e. the white iMac. Used as a linking device / segue mechanism it was an adequate contrivance, but I feel the film would have been better served by simply using a human face or voice. The same holds true for using Google as a supporting actor. Both are sooo last decade, while humans, well, we're timeless (for now).
Overall I gave a high rating for bringing together subject material I'd either not been aware of, or knew of but now saw in a broader context. The only "ding" I'd give it is for length. I feel the points it had to make could have been made to march in a much faster fashion.