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Another one of those movies that demonstrate the evil of big US corporations,
following the struggle against DuPont knowingly poisoning humankind for profit
by using legal loopholes in corporate-friendly US legislation. The script did a
good job at illustrating this impossible up-hill battle akin to fighting a
dragon with a toothpick, dragging the audience along through decades of
fighting. It’s shocking to see the year date creep on and move ever closer to
the present day – and indeed, this story reveals itself not to be just a horror
story of the many corporate crimes committed last century, but something that
is still haunting us today, and will continue to do so.
I just
thought that, as much as I like Mark Ruffalo, he was not the right choice as a
lead in this role. He is just too soft, too teddybear-like at his core and that
bleeds into his character and just makes him not credible as a (former)
corporate defence lawyer. Overall, the cast was ok, though. I particularly
liked the prominent cameos of some of the people whose story this film is
telling.
The
technical execution was no-frills, though the cinematographer tried to get some
unconventional shots going to break up the monotony of the colour pallet and
the endless, grinding monotony of the sets. But really, apart from the hilariously
badly animated cow, the visuals fit the atmosphere.
Anyway, I
expected the subject matter to be presented with a bit more tension. 3/5
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