Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Extremely poor filmmaking. People are literally talking and you hear Bruce Springsteen just drowning them out, therefore conveying nothing. You can't do that dumbass, go back to film school. The ending is the same way, plus the ending doesn't go with the theme of the film at all. Very poor editing as well. And everyone knows Wal Mart sucks, just walking in there at 3 PM on a Sunday will tell you this. So a 100 minute documentary just becomes an extreme overkill. Epic fail.

While I agree with the premise of the film, that Wal-Mart is a corporation that does not care, this documentary doesn't convey the message very well. It has some snippets of information on why Wal-Mart is bad however almost all of it is employee heresay which really, really detracts from the impact. In addition it focuses on nothing good that Wal-Mart does, which further reinforces it's bias and makes it even harder to swallow.

Every time you shop at Wal-Mart, god kills a puppy.

Strong but obvious, hateful, fear-provoking, sob-story propaganda. (My prediction came true in the first 3 minutes: ominous music while showing WalMarts, rustic guitar music while interviewing a "mom and pop" store owner.) And showing a not-to-scale graph for less than a second? Inexcusable deceit. Don't like the pay? Treated badly? Crime in the lot? Get a real job, shop elsewhere. On the other hand, I consider contracts sacred. WalMart should be forcibly held to their promises.

An interesting movie that runs far too long. Places too much emphasis on Wal*Mart's complicity in immoral practices and conspiracy rather than looking for hard evidence of malpractice.

I suspect it is not Wal-Mart in itself that is the problem, but the system in which it is allowed to operate. Murica, land of the free!!! Fuck yea. See what that leads too.. Too bad not more focus was spent on the Wal-marts in Germany and why the workers are apparently happy to work there. Also the last part of this documentary just completely looses it. Why is Wal-mart blamed for the crimes happening/starting in their parking-lots? I don't get that part.

Clumsily and cheaply made but nonetheless interesting documentary about Wal-Mart's business practices.

Needed more hard evidence.

A bit of a weak willed documentary, relying more on heresay than evidence.

This a movie that every single American needs to watch. Sadly, few of them will. Screw Wal-mart.

One of those cases where the overly polemical style hurts the content – while undoubtedly well-researched, and likely to be accepted by any but the most brutal adherents to “trickle-down” economics, there are far too many clumsily emotive tactics used here to sell an easily sellable message, which become wearying even before the finale which attempts to spuriously suggest Wal-mart are responsible for violent crime happening around their stores? Still nice to have it as part of the conversation.

Loss of focus hurts this documentary. Eye opening only for those who know nothing about the subject.

Wal-Mart's the Antichrist! That's what these folks say, anyway. Most of the time, I'm on their side, but there are a few moments where this picture suffers from the fallacy of proof by verbosity. It wears you out a little, but it also makes you hesitant about heading back out to Wal-Mart.

Badly edited; aside from the numerous awkward cuts, the "hard hitting" titles & sound effects really clash with the tone of the rest of the movie. Everyone knows that Wal-Mart kills small towns, but the better story here is how they screw over their employees.

The documentary is incredibly biased against Wal-Mart and often goes out of its way to paint them in the most negative light imaginable. It would at least be bearable if so much of the documentary wasn't based on worker testimonials who in many cases are likely talking out of their asses. I agree that there are a lot of problems with Wal-Mart as a monopoly, but I don't believe that working there is as awful or problematic as this film makes it out to be.

Good in intent. Tries to show how "Love of money is the root of all evil". But couldn't help feeling the narration/ direction/ presentation could have been better. Cudos to the team for taking on this subject. But the message could have reached a wider audience and affected them more profoundly if the direction was tightened a bit. Amateur film-making. Worth a watch anyhow. Will definitely make you think about the 'hidden' cost the next time when you are see a item on sale that is way low priced

Want to hate yourself for buying pants at 4AM at a Wal-Mart? Watch this movie.

I try to not shop at Wal-mart as much as possible after seeing this. I wish I could have my Wal-mart evicted from my town.

Mostly propaganda, but some good insight into problems with stores like Wal-Mart

Wal Mart is a terrible corporation, but this movie tries its best to pin war crimes on what is basically just a greedy, evil pig. Overreaches.

"With more thorough editing this could have been on a par with Greenwald's previous films. His source material is gripping, but not life-changing."

Opens your eyes on the monopoly that is destroying the USAs economy from within and without.

WALMART SUCKS!!!!!!!!! I HATE WALMART!!!

This is actually a decent documentary up until the last five minutes. The conclusion is one of the most bizarre and disorienting things I've ever seen committed to film. The movie gets loud. As in really, REALLY loud. Just watch it and see.