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Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
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7.5 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  1. JohnBoy
    Nov 20, 2005
    6
    The film ends with a strange self-absorved thud of idolatry for the cause. Its use of music was excessively manipulative and unnecessarily so. I have to feel that an opportunity was wasted and that, in the end, the good that this film could've done would be erased by its senseless execution of not letting the story speak for itself. I gave it a 7 because I know what Wal-Mart is about and they've presented a rather damning argument despite its poor sense of what makes a quality documentary.… Expand
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  2. natep.
    Nov 14, 2005
    5
    Wow what can i say.... i hated this movie. i might as well go to a trailer park and just scream wal mart sucks, youd get more of a response.
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  3. NeemaS
    Nov 18, 2005
    2
    Where's the comparisons to other companies? Where's the focus on the consumers that save thousands of dollars each year? Where's the employees who couldn't get jobs elsewhere? This is a classic mockumentary: political advertisement disguised as real film.
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  4. BigTimer
    Jul 17, 2006
    10
    Excellent insight into powerful corporation that doesn't understand or want to understand "social responsibility" or how to take care of their own.
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  5. JamesB.
    Nov 16, 2005
    9
    This is a documentary that sheds light on the many things that we already suspected about the retail giant. I wasn't taken in by every aspect of the movie, such as the "poor little employee" stance against the big-bad employer....but at the end of the day (and the end of the movie), it was quite enlightening. Pay close attention to some of the statistics, according to the film, such as the Walton family (worth 102 billion dollars) donating less than 1% of their worth to charity as compared to Bill Gates' 58%. The film claims that there is nearly 27,000,000 sq. ft. of empty Wal-Marts sitting around the country collecting dust. You will not feel that you have wasted your time by watching this film. On the other hand, if your interests are confined to buying cheap stuff cheap, and you don’t care at all what becomes of your community, it may not be worth the small investment to purchase this DVD.… Expand
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Metascore
71 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: James Crawford
    60
    Viewers may not be surprised to learn of Wal-Mart's horrific track record, but they can't deny Greenwald's airtight advocacy.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    91
    Greenwald floats the vital issue of whether Wal-Mart should be restrained by antimonopoly regulations, but his real question is cultural: Even with its rock-bottom prices, is Wal-Mart in the best interest of American consumers?
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  3. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Ernest Hardy
    70
    The list of ills is endless, well-researched, and cross-referenced repeatedly for emphasis. That makes the film a bit of a slog at times, but the fury and grief of the folks interviewed propel it forward.
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