Reviews
The Economist
“A surprisingly rational and coherent attack on capitalism’s most important institution.”
Philadelphia Inquirer
“Engaging…Compelling…Fascinating…Funny…”
Variety
“Cogent, even rabble rousing indictment”
San Francisco Bay Guardian
“Brilliant, Hilarious, chilling.”
The New York Post
“Thought-provoking doc… an entertaining package”
Daily Telegraph
“May do for big business what jaws did for sharks.”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Fast-paced, highly enjoyable and provocative.”
Film Threat
“Powerful. Make an effort to see it.”
Premiere Magazine
Top 20 movie of 2004
“A cogent, compelling, powerful argument, and also… a terrific movie.”
San Francisco Chronicle
“Coolheaded and incisive…thorough and informative… It leaves audiences with a cold shiver.”
Village Voice
“Leisurely, never boring, grimly amusing”
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What the Critics Say
Rotten Tomatoes
Certified Fresh
"The Corporation is a satisfyingly dense, thought-provoking rebuttal to some of capitalism's central arguments."
The Economist
"A surprisingly rational and coherent attack on capitalism's most important institution."
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Engaging...Compelling...Fascinating...Funny... Ultimately a frightening look at why corporations so often act the way they do."
Variety
"Cogent, even rabble rousing indictment of the most influential institutional model for our era."
San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Brilliant, Hilarious, chilling."
The New York Post
"Thought-provoking doc... an entertaining package, and the coolheaded delivery increases its impact."
Daily Telegraph
"May do for big business what jaws did for sharks."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Fast-paced, highly enjoyable and provocative."
Film Threat
"Powerful. Make an effort to see it."
Premiere Magazine
Top 20 movie of 2004
"A cogent, compelling, powerful argument, and also... a terrific movie."
San Francisco Chronicle
"Coolheaded and incisive...thorough and informative... It leaves audiences with a cold shiver."
The New York Observer
"Move over, Michael Moore! Securing the participation of so many kings of capitalism was one of the filmmakers' most vital accomplishments."
Village Voice
"Leisurely, never boring, grimly amusing, and not entirely hopeless disquisition on the contemporary world's 'dominant institution.'"
Newsday
"Clever, quietly passionate and sweeping'"
USA Today
"Bakan does such a good job of creating awareness that [this film] can't help but be a call to action.'"
Hollywood Bitchslap
"This is the kind of filmmaking that could, if seen on a large scale, change the society we live in."
Now Playing Magazine
"The most astute and flat-out persuasive political documentary of the new millennium."
DVDnet
"If there was ever one documentary worth owning, it's certainly this."
DVDfanatic
"This second disc is one of the best examples of DVD bonus content around, especially when coupled with the great film and extra material already on the first disc."
DVDtown
"The Corporation will leave you with enough material to fuel dinner conversations for weeks on end. Don't miss it."
Reel.com
"Few will have the stamina to watch it again with filmmaker's commentary, or yet again with Bakan's commentary—and that's too bad, because both are full of additional insights."
Praise
Barbara Ehrenreich
Author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
"THE CORPORATION is just brilliant - visually, intellectually, and morally. This film has redefined the documentary genre."
Don Mayer
Editor, International Business Law Review
"This remarkable film is a resounding requiem for the notion that a corporation's social responsibility is satisfied by maximizing profits for its shareholders. It should be mandatory viewing for every MBA in the USA."
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Harvard Business School Professor and Author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks And Losing Streaks Begin and End
"THE CORPORATION is a riveting, entertaining, and highly intelligent film that is sure to provoke heated discussion about a long-neglected but vital question: the proper role of business in society."
Paul A. Argenti
Professor of Management and Corporate Communication, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth
"A must see for all executives who want to know more about the forces working worldwide against them."
Dr. Tima Bansai
Shurniak Professor of International Business, Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
"THE CORPORATION is a wonderfully provocative film that deals with fundamental questions that should be addressed by anybody who works in a corporation or plans on doing so."
Douglas Kellner
raduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA
"Highly informative, often shocking and eye-opening! THE CORPORATION presents compelling and original perspectives on the origin,nature, expansion and effects of the modern corporate institution that dominates the economy, polity culture and everyday life of most of the earth's inhabitants, while also depicting individuals and groups struggling against corporate domination."
Sarah Bartlet
Prof. of Business Journalism, Baruch College, City University of New York
"THE CORPORATION is an important, powerful film. It's a thoughtful, analytical critique that is both disheartening in its sweep and encouraging in its final prognosis about the potential for change."
Mark Amen
Director of the Globalization Research Center, University of Southern Florida
"THE CORPORATION raises questions about the enduring viability and value of the corporation as the primary vehicle for organizing the production of wealth in market-based societies. It raises important concerns about the impact of the corporate structure on a range of public goods and should provoke thinking about whether or not there are better ways to more effectively organize production for the general welfare."
Wharton School of Business
"THE CORPORATION is a cogent, information-rich and artfully crafted probe of the most powerful business entity of modern times."
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Along with the groundbreaking 145-minute theatrical version of the film, the 2 disc set has 8 hours of additional interview footage, 2 commentary tracks, deleted scenes, and more!