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Price of Sugar, The
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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 11 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by:
Peter Rhodes
Bill Haney
Directed by: Bill Haney
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 28, 2007
Running Time: 90 minutes, Color
Origin: USA / Dominican Republic
Language(s): English / Spanish
Summary
RATING:
Starring Paul Newman
The Price of Sugar follows a charismatic Spanish priest, Father Christopher Hartley, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people to challenge powerful interests profiting from their work. When he arrives in the Dominican Republic, he's warned against entering the sugar plantations where most of his parishioners live. Breaking a centuries-old taboo, he discovers shocking examples of modern-day slavery intrinsic to the global sugar trade. (Uncommon Productions)
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What The Critics Said
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Chicago Tribune Geoff Berkshire
Explores an unheralded but emotionally affecting issue in a straight-forward and engaging manner.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Lael Loewenstein
Still, as compelling as The Price of Sugar is, it also represents a squandered opportunity. A stronger connection could have been made between the film's subject and our own responsibility as consumers.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Stephen Farber
While the political implications of the film are provocative, "Sugar" also happens to be an impressive cinematic achievement. This picture has a visual sweep that many docu films lack; the plantations and nearby towns are vividly evoked.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Ella Taylor
Out of this sorry tale of human trafficking emerges a fascinating portrait of this handsome, pugnacious, one-man NGO, who left a cushy life with his patrician Anglo-Spanish family to work with Mother Theresa and devote himself to the oppressed.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
It's still difficult to find accurate information about where and when Bill Haney's profoundly disturbing documentary The Price of Sugar will be opening commercially in the United States. Partly this is because the Vicini family, sugar barons of the Dominican Republic, have hired Patton Boggs, a major Washington law firm, to try to halt the film's release, or at least paint it as slanted and defamatory.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
Designed to educate, outrage and finally spur viewers to action. That it does so with vibrant visual style and an engaging narrative makes it that rare consciousness-raising film that's not only good for you, but a joy to watch.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego
This documentary has no bells and whistles; Bill Haney, the director and co-writer (with Peter Rhodes), sticks to the facts.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
The film is unabashedly supportive of Father Hartley, presenting him as a stubborn saint, and depicts the wealthy owners as soulless villains. Presumably they have a different story to tell, but we wouldn't know: When the camera's on, none can be found.
Boston Globe Wesley Morris
Offers yet another example of how a lot of what we consume is produced at somebody else's expense. In this case, it's sugar.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
Like most documentary polemics, it simplifies the issues it confronts and selects facts that bolster its black-and-white, heroes-and-villains view of raw economic power.
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Christa T. gave it a10:
This movie is an eye-opening example of things we take for granted that are destructing countries, cultures, families, and individuals around the world. There is really no reason not to see The Price of Sugar.
