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GMO OMG

Is this the end of real food?

2013 · 1h 30m · N/A Documentary, Family
Directed by Jeremy Seifert

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Overview

Today in the United States, by the simple acts of feeding ourselves, we are unwittingly participating in the largest experiment ever conducted on human beings. Each of us unknowingly consumes genetically engineered food on a daily basis. The risks and effects to our health and the environment are largely unknown. Yet more and more studies are being conducted around the world, which only provide even more reason for concern. We are the oblivious guinea pigs for wide-scale experimentation of modern biotechnology. GMO OMG tells the story of a fathers discovery of GMOs in relationship to his 3 young children and the world around him. We still have time to heal the planet, feed the world, and live sustainably. But we have to start now!

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60%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Seifert approaches the subject from the perspective of a concerned father of three youngsters and he comes across as earnest and well-intentioned.

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Fresh

While the movie rarely feels like the definitive, well-honed dissection this critical subject demands, [Seifert's] lighter approach keeps a somewhat arcane topic more easily digestible, dare say entertaining.

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

[Provides] a gentle, flyover alert to obliviously chowing-down citizens ... without hectoring and with no small amount of charm.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten

Why anyone would think that home movies of the director and his kids belong in a social-issues doc is a truly WTF question.

Andrew Schenker, Time Out New York
Fresh

A documentary that is by turns exasperating, illuminating, and intentionally infuriating.

Ernest Hardy, Village Voice

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