The Corporation (2003)
This feature documentary analyzes the very nature of the corporate institution, its impacts on our planet, and what people are doing in response. (Zeitgeist Films)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott
Written By: Harold Crooks, Mark Achbar, Joel Bakan
Starring: Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Howard Zinn, Milton Friedman
Genre: Documentary
Country: Canada
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1. Female Directors (collaborative: moderated by djross - 90 stars)
2. Left-wing politics (collaborative: moderated by djross - 27 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
4. Humanity and the Natural World (collaborative: moderated by paulofilmo - 18 stars)
5. TimeOut's 1000 films to change your life (collaborative: moderated by ppinocchio - 11 stars)
6. Business, Finance and Economics (collaborative: moderated by djross - 10 stars)
7. Documentaries about capitalism (collaborative: moderated by djross - 8 stars)
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DavidB | 1 0th |
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Stupid propaganda made to appeal to stupid thinking.
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Dorkovsky | 2 11th |
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Has a few interesting points, but it's laughably over-dramatic and far too biased.
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overrated | 34 26th |
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As soon as Michael Moore turned up my heart sank. This is more or less on the same level as him, incoherent and jumbled with emotive anecdotes rather than being broadly informative. Just so you don't think I'm a partisan idiot, the film barely even touches upon corporate lobbying in the political process which I would have thought would have been important. It's just a left wing preaching-to-the-choir two minute hate piece about how corporations only want money. Tell me something I don't know.
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doctor7 | 93 96th |
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I found it extremely interesting to see someone view a corporation in the same manner it is legally considered, that of an actual person. Clearly pointing out the obvious flaws in this system and showing things can be done by people to oppose it. Also the music was great as well, something I found to be quite unexpected in a documentary.
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phaedrus | 75 91st |
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A very well-considered and argued film. It doesn't sensationalise or simplify the way some other docs do, at least that's the impression I got.
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Judge Holden | 3 32nd |
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Michael Moore is in this. Therefore, it is automatically unenjoyable. It's also completely trite and sophomoric.
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Magb | 75 50th |
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I agree with most of what this film tries to say, but it doesn't always make its case in the clearest or fairest way. The most shocking parts were those where CEO's and businessmen openly copped to their cynical attitudes, not to mention the part about a court ruling that declared that news agencies have no obligation not to lie. Cinematically the film isn't very exciting, and the half-whispering narrator ticked me off at times.
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Filligan | 90 78th |
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All I can say is I'm glad I don't drink American milk. Well, I'll also say this: shaking your finger at corporations, or even going out with protest signs, isn't going to encourage massive reform. This doc makes it clear right away that corporations have been given too much freedom by the government, so it's THERE where the problem lies. It's like scorning a child for being bad when his parents told him he could do whatever he wants. It ain't his fault his parents suck. Ya know?
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irvinejump | 90 95th |
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What was originally a three part doco was released here in Oz as a feature fillum. This film put the fear of god into me when it comes to corporate reality, especially the businessmen who decide to otherthrow the US Government because the don't like how it was handling the place... Astonishing
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aethewulf | 80 73rd |
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Good documentary. Shows dark side of the corporations. And it's free charge .)
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xaninof | 87 93rd |
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this documentary is one-sided but it shows the dirty sides of the corporations.
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gokhanince | 86 84th |
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As long as the the current industrial revolution follows the motto "in devastation there is opportunity", we will need more of those kind of documentaries to make us aware of the facts driven out of our minds and of hidden or disregarded truths. This movie definitely accomplishes its very purpose.
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Bojangles | 40 22nd |
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I think it's quite telling that the film's final word is essentially Michael Moore talking about how great and clever he is.
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Stain | 100 95th |
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Fascinating and really scary documentary about corporations and the damage they can and have wreaked
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| 1 | cinemaddict | 93 59th |
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Full of information, but never boring
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| 1 | Omicron91 | 96 90th |
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An excellent, heavily-biased documentary.
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chemical404 | 70 83rd |
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As good as I hoped it to be. Very informative, but of course on a lower level than Adam Curtis documentaries. Lots of smart people gets interviewed from both sides. Of course the main idea is to tell why corporations are bad, so it can be called one-sided or biased. But you can't ignore the truth.
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moraesfelipe | 75 80th |
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A very talky, informative and devastating doc about the corporation's nature of evil.
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begoniabol | 84 85th |
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Quite frightning to see the effect of companies on the planet. I felt quite helpless at times which makes me feel a little depressed. Good documentary, it has a long running time but didn't feel long at all. I didn't like the narrator though, it sounded like she was recording her voice under a blanket, trying not to wake her sleeping partner.
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| Average Percentile 64.15% from 941 Ratings |  |