At Any Price Movie Actor
Dennis Quaid,Zac Efron,Kim Dickens,Heather Graham,Clancy Brown,Chelcie Ross,Maika Monroe,Red West,Ben Marten,Dan Waller,Sophie CurtisRating & Critics From Visitor For At Any Price User Rating At Any Price Movie : 3.3
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All Critical Rating For At Any Price Movie : 5.5
All Critical Count For At Any Price Movie : 79
All Critical Percentage For At Any Price Movie : 48 %
Genres At Any Price Movie : Drama
At Any Price Movie Review
Bahrani fills the frame with weathered faces and "At Any Price" feels like it unfolds in something close to the real America. But he wants to give us larger-than-life drama, and his strengths are life-sized.Ty Burr-Boston Globe
Bahrani seems less interested in getting at the heart of a man who has sold his soul than he is in showing how the hard facts of modern farming have literally and figuratively changed the landscape.
Steven Rea-Philadelphia Inquirer
Written and played with a little more subtlety, Henry and his contradictions could have been fascinating; as it is, "At Any Price" keeps us at a distance, gazing at characters who never quite come to life.
Moira MacDonald-Seattle Times
Like the small farmers forced to kowtow to corporations, writer and director Ramin Bahrani chickens out. His melodramatic script reduces a global conflict to a Grain Belt "Glengarry Glen Ross."
Joe Williams-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
It clumsily showcases an environmental issue -- in this case, the corporate strong-arm tactics used to promote GMOs -- through routine interpersonal drama.
J. R. Jones-Chicago Reader
If the story is a bit all over the place - and what the heck is Heather Graham doing in this picture besides looking great? - the solid work from Quaid and Efron helps iron out a few of the bumpy bits.
Linda Barnard-Toronto Star
Dennis Quaid gives a deep performance of a shallow farmer who's obsessed with success. But the script for this unfocused, distraction-saddled heartland drama needed more cultivation.
John Wirt-Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Dennis Quaid turns in a strong performance, but writer-director Ramin Bahrani's earnest but unfocused melodrama offers neither a compelling storyline nor a satisfying message.
Mike Scott-Times-Picayune
With Bahrani's assured direction squaring off against his ragged script, this proves to be a mixed bag of a movie, maybe worth seeing for reduced admission but not necessarily at any price.
Matt Brunson-Creative Loafing
Bahrani's evocation of place and culture is utterly convincing, even if his story seems to have gone before the cameras before it was quite ripe.
John Beifuss-Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
It cheats you with acres of unharvested ambitions.
Al Alexander-The Patriot Ledger
while [Bahrani] did create a sociologic examination of an industry and culture that effects everyone, and educates the audiences, he didn't know how to end the story.
Matt Kelemen-AspectRatio.us
... sporadically compelling drama, a lack-of-character study trashy enough for fun and thoughtful enough to be taken seriously.
Steve Persall-Tampa Bay Times
Maybe the writer-director found himself adrift in the corn fields.
Lawrence Toppman-Charlotte Observer
We don't need to love the characters to care for them but not hating them will help us build a bridge to apathy PDQ.
Sara Maria Vizcarrondo-Movies With Butter
A haunting portrait of the relationship between fathers and sons as being built on a foundation of intersecting interests.
Duane Dudek-Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Just like the seeds, At Any Price is genetically modified reality.
Tony Macklin-tonymacklin.net
Though well-researched and competently acted, At Any Price doesn't risk much, having neither a thesis nor a resolution. Like an awkward hug between estranged relations, there's a lack of confidence in the execution.
Leah Churner-Austin Chronicle
It's a morally ambiguous, precisely observed story about a flawed but sympathetic man.
Marc Mohan-Oregonian
At its heart, At Any Price is a significant film about America, our times, and the notion of self-examination.
Brad Buchholz-Austin American-Statesman
It's an overly thought-out, but often beautiful, attempt to throw a mirror up to the new face of America, where things look familiar, but prove entirely unrecognizable.
Katherine Monk-Canada.com
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