Consumed
Consumed
| 01 June 2015 (USA)
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When Sophie's son, Garrett, develops a mysterious illness, she embarks on a search for answers. This leads her into the controversial world of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) where a sociopolitical battle rages between organic farmers and big biotech corporations. As her desperation grows, so too does her quest for knowledge. And the deeper she goes, a more heightened sense of danger develops that preys on her state of mind, as she attempts to discover the root cause of her son's illness.

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blingbling-87931

Excellent film on the danger of GMO. The danger is GMO but also the inventors of GMO who have no ethic and act like criminals all over the world. Like pharmaceutical companies with vaccines and so many invented diseases like HIV for which treatments are the cause of Aids and nothing else, , GMO companies don't tell the public the truth. People are paid to shut up, politics get involved and in the end, there's profit for a tiny group but misery, illnesses and death for the rest. In Europe we still can eat and be informed of GMO food on labels but this may not last with the Transatlantic treaty that nobody wants except Brussels, the center of lobbies. Let's all eat organic and starve those GMO companies.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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