an excellent addition to the "THEY KNEW!!" genre.

Not without its issues (pacing, occasional histrionics, a little too much digital teal & orange), but I'm totally on board for all of it because this is some classic auteurist gun-for-hire smuggling. Exactly how you do this stuff.

Watched at Cineplex Odeon Intl. Village - VANCOUVER

A study in contrasts: Ed Lachman shot both this and Erin Brockovich. Both tell very similar stories in wildly different visual ways. Both are pretty damn good, too.

I wanted to like this so much more. But the directing was languid which, coupled with a very minimalist score, made it feel like a slog. And ultimately I didn’t really get what I wanted out of a Todd Haynes film... emotional introspection. I love Ruffalo but I never saw him grappling with the fact that he worked half his life with these fuckers. Then spent a decade fighting them. That’s a baffling aspect of human nature that I would have liked to have seen explored.

Frustratingly mediocre. Haynes misses the mark here, borrowing heavily from better legal thrillers and lacking the urgency or nuance needed to do such a story justice.

Compelling, often gripping film of a lawyer (an excellent Mark Ruffalo) investigating willful and dangerous corporate pollution. One powerful aspect of this film is showing the toll the long legal case takes on the determined lawyer.

It's clear that Ruffalo believes in this project to be his Oscar hopeful, as he executive produces and stars here, yet it hasn't been gaining any traction. Well, now I see why; his performance is cold and surface level and he doesn't have the dramatic chops to elevate the material. Even Todd Haynes' quietly powerful directorial abilities can't completely save a thoroughly plain, almost clerical script. It's a fascinating story in and of itself, but it simply moves at too slow a pace to feel any genuine stakes. Even great talents such as Tim Robbins, Anne Hathaway, and Victor Garber ultimately feel wasted despite an inherent gravitas they provide. If the movie had been heavily edited down, with the unnecessary fat cut off, it could have been a stirring drama. But it's too concerned with its own timeline to be compelling.

"The system is rigged. They want us to think it'll protect us. We protect us. We do."

whew....this is an outstanding add-on to the "they knew but didn't do anything" genre.

why did I go see this? i really had nothing better to do and i instantly regretted it about five minutes in when i realized half of this movie was going to be Ruffalo figuring out what Teflon is.

fuk

An incredible story that is equal parts, terrifying, frustrating, and inspiring.

These are the real horror stories. Thankfully there are people like Rob Bilott who fight and continue to fight.

Glad I heard this story and the film does a good job of telling it. Nothing about the filmmaking gets in the way of that and Mark Ruffalo is, as we've come to expect, terrific.

FUCK DUPONT

لو كان فلم وثائقي كان بيكون أهوّن.