Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, 2005

I wanted to give this movie 5 stars because I feel that what it has to say is very important, but in the end I couldnÂ’t because it wasnÂ’t executed well. It does a fine job in giving all the reasons not to shop at Walmart, but it does a poor job in presenting them. Many people have already heard these reasons so thereÂ’s nothing real new there, at least not for me. Combine that with jumbled editing and a rushed feel and the movie felt flat. What this movie really needed was more shocking moments, more moments that would make people stop and sincerely question their shopping habits. But, for me, this movie lacked moments like that. Maybe itÂ’s because IÂ’ve read about this stuff before and I know a lot about it. Or maybe itÂ’s because they tried to cram too much info into 90 minutes that they didnÂ’t give themselves the opportunity for more powerful moments. The movie did have several effective moments though. These moments and the importance of the subject is enough for me to recommend it. I do hope that this movie does reach the few people that donÂ’t know about these things, and I hope it does shock some people enough to convince them to stop shopping at Walmart and other discount super stores. Or at least to take a stand and force companies like Walmart to either change or meet the same fate they have dealt on other smaller stores.

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