I missed this at the time suspecting significant Oscar-baiting hype, but it turns out this is a genuinely excellent film.

Everything that's contemptible about early 70s scifi - silly, implausible, belabored by the author's "message", and strangled by a non-existent budget. Dire in every regard. Avoid like the plague.

This is just an awful movie, made by somebody with contempt for cinema, apparently. Poverty porn for people who like hand-wringing in the comfort of their sitting room instead of actual change in the lives of others...

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.