The Future of Food

Name: The Future of Food
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-05-30
Rating: 7.6

Documentary1h 28m

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81%

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84%

Popcornmeter

7.6

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Storyline

Before compiling your next grocery list, you might want to watch filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia's eye-opening documentary, which sheds light on a shadowy relationship between agriculture, big business and government. By examining the effects of biotechnology on the nation's smallest farmers, the film reveals the unappetizing truth about genetically modified foods: You could unknowingly be serving them for dinner.

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DirectorDeborah Koons

ReleasedMay 30, 2004

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Reviews

7 reviews · 6 critics

3 fresh · 3 rotten

Critics consensus

“The Future of Food is a one-sided, but revelatory documentary about the dangers of genetically modified food.”

81% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

J. R. Jones

RTChicago ReaderJun 28, 2022

Like The Corporation, this presents complicated economic issues in language ordinary viewers can understand and conjures up a chilling landscape.

Ted Fry

RTSeattle TimesNov 23, 2005

The Future of Food carries an important warning that deserves heed. The problem is it will likely be preaching only to a duly incensed choir, which is its greatest pity.

Michael Booth

RTDenver PostOct 21, 2005

Garcia subscribes to the simplistic and patronizing theories that consumers are hapless victims, force-fed things they don't want by conniving corporations and conspiratorial governments.

Dorothy Woodend

RTThe Tyee (British Columbia)Aug 24, 2017

The film takes on one of the most important subjects of this time, maybe of all time, and in this light, I wished that the filmmaker was more up to the challenge.