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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
2005 · 1h 38m · NOT RATED
Documentary
Directed by
Robert Greenwald
Overview
This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a preacher in California, from workers in Florida to a poet in Mexico, dozens of film crews on three continents bring the intensely personal stories of an assault on families and American values.
Director and cast
- Robert Greenwald Director
- Lee Scott as Himself - President & CEO of Wal-Mart (archive footage)
- Don Hunter as Himself - H&H Hardware Owner
- Jon Hunter as Himself - Son of Don Hunter
- Jeremy Hunter as Himself - Son of Jon Hunter
- Matt Hunter as Himself - Son of Jon Hunter
- Johnny Faenza as Himself - H&H Hardware Employee
- Frank Mormino as Himself - Owner of Middlefield Tire
- John Bruening as Himself - Owner of Geauga Vision (as Dr. John Bruening)
- Tom Glassburner as Himself - H&H Hardware Employee
- Weldon Nicholson as Himself - Wal-Mart Store Manager Trainer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price lacks the cinematic panache to elevate it above the level of agitprop. But its all too relevant dissection of its subject is well worth paying attention to.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
For all its missteps, the movie powerfully suggests that Wal-Mart is capable of demoralizing a community so thoroughly that it doesn't have the spirit to carry on its life outside the big box.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
Wal-Mart says director Robert Greenwald's film is misleading and inaccurate, but it's hard to dispute the personal accounts from former Wal-Mart employees who speak from experience.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
Whatever Greenwald lacks in style he makes up for with a deluge of facts and figures and a populist feel that make his movies, this one included, accessible even to the most politically naive.
John Anderson, Variety
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