Review of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005) by Duncan K — 15 Jun 2013

"It will change the way you think, feel, and shop...".

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price is an extremely important documentary, even more so now then when it was even made. The film came out in 2005 and 8 years later, it's still as relevant as it was when first released. It's a film that is supposed to open your eyes up to what these global corporations are doing to not only the economy, but to individuals all over the world and also to communities like we all live in. Wal-Mart is an easy target to attack, as it is the biggest and most profitable corporation in existence. Not only should this be a wake up call for what Wal-Mart is doing, but for what many corporations are involved in on an everyday basis. It's disgusting.

A variety of angles are taken here to show the corrupt, manipulative nature of Wal-Mart. If we were to take their word for it, Wal-Mart would only be seen as a good thing. The prices are low which help the average family make ends meet with their budget. Also, the CEO would like us to believe that their employees are important to them, that they are given good benefits, and good pay. In reality none of this is true, but the lie is easy to sell when you're selling everything at the cheapest price and have billions of dollars to advertise more lies.

Wal-Mart is just another example of everything that is wrong with America today. What happened to the good old days, when mom and pop stores thrived, and people were actually able to make up their own minds on where to shop. Now advertising agencies know exactly how to warp everyone's minds and can pretty much make us believe anything is good and helpful to our communities. You gotta love America now. It's corporately owned from government to community and this movie does a great job showing Wal-Mart's involvement in our downfall.