Sophie (Zoe Lister-Jones) is a waitress working at Charley's studying business communication . Along with the help of her mom (Beth Grant) she struggles to raise her son Garret (Nick Wilkin) who has recently developed a skin rash of unknown origin. Sophie goes on line and discovers that it must be the genetically modified food (most likely just one specific food and not just anything modified). This allows us to expose the real life practices of companies such as Monsanto or "Clonestra" in this case.The film in itself was not a true story but was created by piecing together real events. The plus side of genetically modified foods is mentioned briefly in a sales pitch, although there is more such as the changing environment and stronger diseases requiring sturdier plants. Zoe Lister-Jones nails it as a concerned mom fighting her own demons, although we are left hanging about the son. The tie-in to Danny Glover as an organic farmer added the issue of cross contamination and harassment. When they introduced Serge (Kunal Nayyar) as an Indian researcher in order to highlight third world practices, it stretched the film's credibility. This should have been background material.The current fight for the group that made the film is to force companies to label GMOs beyond tomatoes.Guide:F-words. No sex or nudity.

As someone who makes a lot of short films myself, I can say this is top notch with the budget they had to work with. As for the actual film, most films like this are documentaries, and I appreciate seeing it presented as an actual film. The documentaries exposing GMOs are great for facts, and this film manages to provide facts along with story. However, I do have a problem with the ending. I'm sorry, but no matter how you slice it I have zero sympathy for biotech CEOs, as they, in real life, don't care about their products. As someone with several pro-gmo "freinds", I can tell you they either fake support my decisions or they take a hard stance on it and refuse to look for any information, or only look at biotech funded "non-profits", the very pro-gmo US government, or universities like Cornell that receive heavy funding from biotech companies. Would give it a 10 if the CEO wasn't made into a sympathetic character, but still a great film.

Although my title refers to the b i o t e c h(This review site sensors the non-spaced word b i o t e c h) influence in Washington, the movie neglects to go into this in detail. However, I found it involving and the characters were engaging. The lead roll played by Zoe Lister-Jones, was believable, as were Danny Glover, Anthony Edwards, and Kunal Nayyar of The Big Bang Theory. Although it feels like a TV movie, the story line and character development kept my attention throughout, and I loved the ending! Not a perfect thriller, but certainly much better than some of the low ratings we see here. If the b i o t e c h shills did not vote, the current rating would of course be higher, which is why my score is an solid 8 in attempt to offset the artificial and misleading ratings.So far in 2016, Pharmaceuticals / Health Products spent $21,045,569 with 3.2 Billion for it's lobby efforts, while the GM industry alone spent $165,544 to influence bipartisan legislation. Monsanto has invested $74,252,724 since 1998 for lobbying in Washington. Look up OpenSecrets.I don't know.. you tell me, if your product is so good, then why bribe our so called law makers for favorable outcomes?

Great movie. The rating is an indication of how naive and gullible the general population is about GMOs.Why do someone find it hard to believe that playing with genes and consuming that wouldn't affect their body? I have worked with GMOs and can say that the portrayal in the movie is very close to reality. Amazing movie and everyone must see it. This must be made compulsory in all schools. The plot revolves around a very plausible mother who tries to find the cause of her son's disease. It also includes the lies spread by GMO giants in exploiting Asia.Acting could have been better,but it is compensated by the depth of movie, questions it raises and truth it brings to main stream media.