Tuesday, November 19, 2013

At Any Price 2012


At Any Price     Henry Whipple has worked hard to maintain the farm passed on to him from his father and grandfather.  His older son left home to explore the world and to get away from the business.  His younger son wants to be a professional race car driver to also get away from his father and the farm.  A GMO (genetically modified organism) seed supplier receives a tip that Henry has been cleaning and reselling their product.  They want to come to the farm to take samples to see if the allegations are true.  Henry has been seeing a younger woman who decides she likes the younger son better.
     Everything is not fine down on the farm!!  The huge agribusiness corporations have swallowed up the small family farms.  GMO seeds have completely changed the rules.  There are a lot of problems in this film and you want to seen how they resolve but the getting there takes some work.  This has beautiful scenery and in-depth characters but it seems to slowly meander along and take a lot longer than 104 minutes.  There are unexpected twists at the end.  3* (This movie is OK)  

104 min, Drama directed by Ramin Bahrani with Dennis Quaid, Zac Efron, Clancy Brown, Kim Dickens, Heather Graham, Maika Monroe, Patrick W. Stevens, Guy Massey, John Hoogenakker, Laura Atwood.

Note:  Blockbuster 4*, imdb 5.6 out of 10, 51% critic 36% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.






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