Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) Reviews
- Director(s):
- Robert Greenwald
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- NR
- Category:
- Special Interest, Documentary
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful I will never shop at Wal*Mart again! The movie points out that we pay millions more dollars by paying for Wal*Mart employee's medicare and food stamps then we save a buck or two on our household ... Read More I will never shop at Wal*Mart again! The movie points out that we pay millions more dollars by paying for Wal*Mart employee's medicare and food stamps then we save a buck or two on our household items. Wal*Mart is truly a monopoly. I do not agree with the other reviews. I found this film to be very informative and definitely worth my time. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful Wal-Mart has two faces. The first face is the one that it presents to the public, and to new employees, explaining how Wal-Mart is the Mecca of fairness, honest labor practices, and the yellow ... Read More Wal-Mart has two faces. The first face is the one that it presents to the public, and to new employees, explaining how Wal-Mart is the Mecca of fairness, honest labor practices, and the yellow brick road leading to Oz. That face is a humongous lie. This movie shows Wal-Mart's other face (the face that is losing huge lawsuits all across the U.S.). That face is of greed, hatred for American values, and contempt for their employees... That is the real Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has a detailed structure of rules that their employees can be fired for violating (the purpose actually is mearly so lawyers can smuggly point to the rules if they have to go to court). In actuality obeying all of the rules, and completing your required work, are not compatible. Look around your local Wal-Mart, you will find that the typical employee is elderly, minority or female (or some combination). Many of them are desperate to have a job... and Wal-Mart will do it's very best to keep them desperate. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful having lived with really 5 wal-marts built within 45 miles of my home, each is about 30 miles from the other. wal-mart may offer jobs, but as much as it goes the film makes a point, when walmart ... Read More having lived with really 5 wal-marts built within 45 miles of my home, each is about 30 miles from the other. wal-mart may offer jobs, but as much as it goes the film makes a point, when walmart sets up shop, many times businesses lose customers and have to close. Being that only a few stores exist as competation to them, if local stores close, and the local Kmart closes (they have what seems at any time of about 10 employees) Walmart will do what they do best, REALLY RAISE prices. then, when no one can afford to buy their stuff, and they lose too much money, they close and you then have to drive 30-45 miles to the next store to make any savings. the video could create a update version of what walmart has done to make its self look better, but read state paper that lists busines, walmart is about to create a 1 stop to shop when it adds banking and health care. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
1 out of 2 people found this review helpful I believe this doc was honest and truthful in supplying information behind the Wal-Mart scene. Wal-Mart is a living, breathing entity that is literally taking small town USA away. Soon, family ... Read More I believe this doc was honest and truthful in supplying information behind the Wal-Mart scene. Wal-Mart is a living, breathing entity that is literally taking small town USA away. Soon, family businesses will not exist because their customers would rather be cheap, buy items made in China....and support outsourcing. So, they would all shop at Wal-Mart. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
3 out of 9 people found this review helpful The movie does not appear credible because it is so extremely slanted and it just becomes a long boring movie about how WALMART is the root of all that is wrong in the country. Whether the topic is ... Read More The movie does not appear credible because it is so extremely slanted and it just becomes a long boring movie about how WALMART is the root of all that is wrong in the country. Whether the topic is low pay, poor health insurance, or tax abatements, you know each segment is going to be the same negative slant. Most of the topics in the movie that WALMART is criticized for can be applied to any chain store. I watched the movie out of curiosity and of course expected bias, but even so I was surprised as to what extent this movie goes to portray WALMART as the evil empire. It would have been a better movie (and more effective for Mr. Greenwald's cause) to have had some balanced reporting. Close this Review WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL? Yes | No | ||
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