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The Take

Occupy. Resist. Produce.

2004 · 1h 27m · Unrated Documentary
Directed by Avi Lewis

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Overview

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave. All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - the take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head. Armed only with slingshots and an abiding faith in shop-floor democracy, the workers face off against the bosses, bankers and a whole system that sees their beloved factories as nothing more than scrap metal for sale.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
90%
Tomatometer
Fresh

The Take plays out like a Frank Capra movie with the 'little people' taking on corrupt and indifferent officials. In the process the film strikes a strong blow for the dignity of labor and introduces an array of brave individuals.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

This film puts a pained human face on the cost of the corporate status quo.

Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

A success story? Yes, according to the Movement of Recovered Companies. No, according to the owners and the courts.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh

A balance of fact and fury.

Jonathan Curiel, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten

Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein's film is antiglobalist advocacy journalism of the most muddled and romanticized stripe, almost dangerously naive in its simplistic presentation of complex political events.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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