The Corporation 2003

Critics score:
90 / 100

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Marta Barber, Miami Herald: Carries a powerful, albeit not new, message. It is frightening. Read more

Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune: It's a movie so chock full of information, so dense with context and analysis that it will keep you thinking and reacting, no matter what your bent or slant -- and no matter where you stand on the world-wide corporate ladder. Read more

John Hartl, Seattle Times: One of the must-see documentaries of the new century. Read more

Bob Longino, Atlanta Journal-Constitution: This is a movie that will make you think. Read more

Bill Muller, Arizona Republic: This documentary's extra-long running time and a narrator who sounds like a sedated Star Trek computer won't win many converts. Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: At its most effective, the movie is a chastening, sobering, and thorough work of film journalism, however shortsighted. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Cool yet scathing. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: A highly entertaining and instructive look at a subject that's rarely discussed in detail. Read more

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle: The rare movie that sets out to alter the audience's consciousness -- and succeeds. Read more

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post: Sharp-witted, infuriating and at times depressing. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Acerbic, sardonically illuminating. Read more

Ray Conlogue, Globe and Mail: A documentary with big answers. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Snappy and visually spry, with a treasure trove of vintage instructional and industrial film clips, this is an urgent, overlong (more than two hours) work that delivers a timely message about the times in which we live. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Like Michael Moore (though with a sight more technical and theoretical sophistication), the filmmakers are pretty nimble at filling the screen with snappy graphics and canny editing to keep you alert and amused. Read more

John Anderson, Newsday: A clever, quietly passionate and sweeping documentary. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: If the movie had stuck to its initial thesis ... it would be a great film. Unfortunately it's merely a good one, as it goes off on various tangents and falls in love with its own rhetoric. Read more

Jami Bernard, New York Daily News: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan have crafted an informative, amusing and unnerving overview of the history and consequences of corporations. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Very well informed about the legal origins of corporations and their current near omnipotence. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: A dense, complicated and thought-provoking film, but it simplifies its title character. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: A history lesson, a warning shot and damning personality profile, all backed up with expert interviews. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: An impassioned polemic, filled with information sure to break up any dinner-table conversation. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: It's coolheaded and incisive, a thorough and informative study of corporations, their origins and their place in the modern world. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: It is an antidote to apathy, communicating a guarded sense of optimism about the ability of real people to hold corporations to account for their misdeeds. Read more

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Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: Compelling, comprehensive and unsettling account of the rise and impact of the world's most powerful contemporary human institution. Read more

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Dennis Harvey, Variety: A surprisingly cogent, entertaining, even rabble-rousing indictment of perhaps the most influential institutional model for our era. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: A leisurely, never boring, grimly amusing, and not entirely hopeless disquisition on the contemporary world's 'dominant institution.' Read more

Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: If you care about the environment, workers' rights, your own health and your children's future, you need to see this film. Read more

Stephen Hunter, Washington Post: This is another unhelpful screed, uncontaminated by sense or perspective, that preaches loudly to the choir. Read more