Food, Inc. (2009)
92%RT Audience Score: 86%
Awards & Nominations: Won 2 Oscars
53 wins & 54 nominations total
An eye-opening expose of the modern food industry, Food, Inc. is both fascinating and terrifying, and essential viewing for any health-conscious citizen.
Food, Inc. is a documentary that will make you think twice about what you’re putting in your mouth. It’s like a horror movie, but instead of a masked killer, it’s the food industry that’s the villain. The film is a well-constructed indictment of the food industry, and it’s not afraid to show you the ugly truth. After watching it, you might never look at a burger the same way again. But hey, at least you’ll be informed!
Production Company(ies)
Lost Boys of Sudan National Geographic Films, Silver Nitrate Pictures,
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for depiction of drug addiction, sexuality and some thematic elements
Year of Release
2004
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital DTSS DDS
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 34m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 12, 2009 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 3, 2009
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
Food, Inc., documentary, Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, PG, box office $4.4M, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Joel Salatin, Gary Hirshberg, Richard Lobb, Carole Morison, reviewed by Ben Kenigsberg, Tom Huddleston, Wendy Ide, Philip Wilding, Cliff Doerksen, Roger Moore, Felicia Feaster, Kate Rodger, Mattie Lucas, Laura Hiros, Dan DiNicola, Dorothy Woodend, starring Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, Joel Salatin, Gary Hirshberg, Richard Lobb, Carole Morison, produced by Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, written by Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, documentary filmmaker, modern food industry, farms, chain restaurants, supermarkets, dietary habits, food experts, unsettling footage, animal processing plants, some thematic material, disturbing images, eye-opening, fascinating, terrifying, essential viewing, health-conscious citizen
Worldwide gross: $123,971,376
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $195,563,161
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 703
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 21,326,408
US/Canada gross: $75,331,600
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $118,834,575
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 639
US/Canada opening weekend: $20,039,730
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $31,612,402
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 424
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $40,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $63,099,457
Production budget ranking: 652
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $33,979,057
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $98,484,647
ROI to date (est.): 101%
ROI ranking: 933
Michael Pollan – Self
Joel Salatin – Self
Gary Hirshberg – Self
Richard Lobb – Self
Carole Morison – Self
Director(s)
Robert Kenner
Writer(s)
Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein
Producer(s)
Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
53 wins & 54 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (114) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (6)
This is the kind of muckraking we should see more often.
November 18, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
This solidly constructed documentary aims to do for food production what An Inconvenient Truth did for global warming.
November 17, 2011 | Rating: 3/5
Tom Huddleston
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Overused narration treats the audience like the cattle being abused on screen; a continuous score rams the message home, just in case we missed the point…
February 12, 2010 | Rating: 2/5
Wendy Ide
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Compelling, entertaining and illuminating documentary which makes you think twice, and then a few more times, about eating anything at all in U.S.
February 12, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Philip Wilding
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Smart, gripping, and untainted by the influence of Michael Moore.
August 20, 2009
Cliff Doerksen
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
After you see what IBP is doing to cattle, what Tyson is doing to chickens, what farmers are doing to us and what Monsanto is doing to farmers in the new documentary Food, Inc., you may never eat again.
July 8, 2009 | Rating: 4/5
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
TOP CRITIC
Food, Inc. is a comprehensive indictment of what’s wrong with the modern food industry.
January 27, 2020
Felicia Feaster
Charleston City Paper
A thought-provoking watch.
September 7, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5
Kate Rodger
Newshub (NZ)
A compelling and eye-opening documentary made with clear-eyed passion and a deep-seated sense of justice.
August 5, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
Mattie Lucas
From the Front Row
The result is a very unappetizing dish, served in the form of a valuable documentary. [Full review in Spanish]
March 19, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
Laura Hiros
Rincón de cine
Want a nice juicy burger? Maybe not, maybe never if you catch Food, Inc., a calm but powerful indictment of the food industry.
February 3, 2018
Dan DiNicola
The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)
As a film, it functions almost to snow you under with bits of little-examined, often unconnected ideas. The narrative is segmented into extremely short intervals, all helpfully introduced by inter-titles with cute plays on words.
August 22, 2017
Dorothy Woodend
The Tyee (British Columbia)…
Plot
The story of Ray Charles (played by Jamie Foxx), music legend. Told in his adult life with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood, which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, him writing his own songs and running his own band, and then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The documentary features interviews with food experts like Michael Pollan and activist Eric Schlosser.
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