Great ideas, but it never drew me in. I love the whole /nostalgia for things we take for granted/ thing.

This is an OK futuristic sci-fi flick with a couple of good ideas, but the whole point of the film is the shocking twist at the end...a twist that has been spoiled a million times in a million places since the movie was released. If you didn't already know what Soylent Green is, you'd probably enjoy it more, but watching it with knowledge of the twist is pretty boring.

I can understand why this film is remembered today, for it's ingenious shock ending, but everything else isn't that impressive. Not bad, mind you, it serves its purpose but I won't remember it.

It's good film, no doubt about it, but that's mostly from it's shock ending. I'd say it's required viewing not for the skill with which the film is made, as it's not particularly impressive in any regard, but simply due to the cultural impact it has had. It's one thing to know that Soylent Green is people but it's another to know exactly how such a phrase came into being.

All these pre-1977 sci-fi films are way too dated with their low production values and silly vision of the future (Kids are still playing Asteroids, I see). I also don't like Heston much, too hammy for my tastes. It was still reasonably enjoyable despite those things and I'm glad I saw it. Along with Logan's Run, this is one of those movies that makes me do something I don't like, but I have to give Lucas some credit for saving the genre

People!

Must see but it has aged.

Fun, solid dystopian crime film. It borders on being cheesy but never crosses that line and is well made enough that knowing the conclusion doesn't ruin the suspense.

It's a shame that the ending is the only thing that ever gets talked about when you mention this film. It has a lot of other things going on - the themes of over-population and food shortages, the influence mega-corporations have on governments, even the role of women. Some of it is a little dated (you can never second-guess fashion or technology), but dystopian New York still looks cool... all cramped and dirty and grimy. Plus it has one of my favourite death scenes ever.

Even if it weren't ridiculous - which it is - this movie is still a mess in terms of plain old storytelling.

charlton heston is truly amazing in this movie, and what he discovers proves to be some of the best plot in history.

Would have won honors in a "futuristic satire" category, but is otherwise so predictable that one knows the content of the entire movie after just a few frames. And the tin ear of the screenwriter grates on every never and chafes at every sensibility. E.g., "Soylent Green...is...PEOPLE!" I would have used the same line to describe the film, but substituted for "people," one of their more fragrant byproducts.

I watched this after being exposed to innumerable references through popular culture. It is not that its sentiment is bad, but it is overworn in almost every field. There are better examples in the same line (Cronenberg's several movies).

Not great, but there are some scenes, like the one with Heston and Robinson sharing a meal, that are memorable.

It feels dated, and cinematography is very "practical" compared to other dystopian films. So rather than cinematography and the futuristic settings it runs on story. And I would bet a coin, that more of it will become truth, than won't. And that really pisses me off.