Wordiezett So much average

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

jim-53507 Consumed, a film by Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones stars Lister- Jones as a single mom barely holding it together as she tries find out why her son has developed mysterious symptoms. Needless to say, the cause turns out to be "GMOs" even though not a single verifiable instance of any human or animal reaction to transgenic crops has ever been reported. The film contains every single anti-GMO trope you have ever heard, all of them wrong.Wein describes his film as a "political thriller," but "science fiction" might be a better label. The trouble is that good science fiction starts with actual science and extends it plausibly. This movie starts with bad science fears and continually hits you over the head with them. There has never been any reported evidence of any ill effect on humans or animals by any bio tech crop.The idea that "GMOs" are an ingredient rather than a breeding technique pervades the movie. And the mantra that there have "never been any human tests" repeats several times. Foods are never tested on humans, (as Katiraee explains) because you cannot control a human diet the way you can control lab animals' diets. The films also claims that there are only 90 day studies done and no long term studies have been done. This contradicts the well-known study by Snell and Bernheim, which did review many long term studies and concluded the 90-day studies were indeed sufficient. And, of course, van Eenenaam and Young's billion animal retrospective feeding study clearly show that there are no long term effects on using GM versus non-GM animals feeds.

professorjeffreypbrown OK, as most Americans know, GMOs are dangerous, yet not enough time has passed to determine to what extent. Now, as far as the movie is concerned, the dialogue is weak, acting fair, and story line a bit of a stretch. But you've got to love the set up: she's a single mom who's a recovering alcoholic, not much money and her child has a strange health problem that she just can't figure out, until she finds she's up against big business. How original is that? And as far the GMO controversy is concerned, the severity of the problem, the accuracy of the subversive nature of the industry, so on and so forth, all questionable. But as far as this movie adding to the accurate issues regarding GMOs, not much here. Oh, btw, movies are entertainment, and this one was not that entertaining, for all the reasons mentioned above. If you want to know about the issue, read up on it or watch documentaries. Rarely will you find Hollywood ever adding much accuracy in analysis of any issue. And if you want to be entertained, not much of that here.

syedareshma Wow, It was such an amazing and eye opening movie. After watching the movie, I cringed at the food we are eating.. I still don't understand how such an awesome movie can have 4.5/10 on IMDb.. May be Monstanto's GMO cops onto you too? To mislead people into not watching this movie? I think everyone should boycott GMO foods. That is the only way I see GMO companies go out of business. Or else they will keep screwing with all the organic food farmers until there is no trace of organic food left. I read a couple of food blogs also complaining that the movie has false information. But if 75% of the information shown in the movie translates to facts in our life, then you know you cannot doubt the rest of 25% too right? Probably GMO cops trying to discourage people from watching the movie by giving it bad reviews?

ms-donnabray Don't pay attention to the 1 star reviews. This movie was RIVETING. I only started hearing about GMOs a few years ago. I am a big believer in natural remedies and in whole body health. I started doing research, as research is my forte in the work that I do for a living. I strive to keep an open mind, think outside of the box, and I consider the source of everything that I read in order to form conclusions. The biggest conclusion that I reached on the topic of GMO food safety is that while the companies who are patenting this technology CLAIM that the food is safe, there is absolutely NO research that proves the safety of consuming these modified organisms that are present in nearly everything that we consume. I was interested in seeing this movie in the theaters but it was unavailable in my area. I purchased the film when it became available in streaming format. That was about 2 months ago. To be honest, I was not expecting very much from the movie. The reason that I purchased it was more out of support for the whole "getting the word out" to the public to question what they are told and to do their own research. I finally sat down to watch the film today. IMHO, the movie was riveting. I was glued to my seat. It was very well acted and directed. The facts presented (in a fictional manner) were spot on to what is happening in the industry today. If you're curious, watch it. When you watch it, you will have questions and you will want answers. Do your own research. Think critically.