Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

Big Boys Gone Bananas!

Play trailer Poster for Big Boys Gone Bananas! 2011 1h 30m Documentary Biography Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
78% Tomatometer 23 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten is sued by a food company after he shows a scathing documentary.

Critics Reviews

View All (23) Critics Reviews
Serena Donadoni indieWire Frustration, fear and anger are palpable throughout Big Boys Gone Bananas!* even though Fredrik Gertten approaches the heated rhetoric with a cool head. Rated: A Oct 27, 2012 Full Review Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard A salutary story. Rated: 3/5 Sep 21, 2012 Full Review Adam Woodward Little White Lies Interesting enough but there's nothing here a Wikipedia page won't tell you. Rated: 2/5 Sep 20, 2012 Full Review Jim Ross TAKE ONE Magazine If the purpose of documentary is to inform and educate, you won't be left in much doubt of the challenges faced by investigative journalism worldwide after observing Gertten's struggles. Feb 13, 2020 Full Review Tom Watson CineVue Big Boys Gone Bananas!*, whilst perceivable as a tad narcissistic on the Gertten front, undeniably touches on subject matters of unavoidable importance. Rated: 3/5 Feb 5, 2019 Full Review Brent Simon Shockya.com A compelling story about freedom of speech, and how in a worldwide economy and digital age companies are even more apt to take aggressive measures to squelch voices and stories that can negatively impact their bottom lines. Rated: B Sep 26, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (10) audience reviews
Chirrut I This is perhaps one of the most important movies I have seen in a long time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/29/24 Full Review sean o Really could do with subtitles. Cannot understand why they weren't added in English. Would be a 5 otherwise. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Harrowing account of a multinational's attempt to silence an independent documentary about pesticide use on bananas in Nicaragua. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A brilliant, shocking example of how big money can influence reputations, credibilities and the very fabric of democracy! It is scary, depressing and riveting all at the same time! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting study of Corporate terrorism and the differences between Scandanavian and US / UK / Canadian media and the alarming impact on free speech that is swallowing our culture. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member I live for documentaries like this. Dole sucks. Sweden rules. 5 "Suns!" Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews
Big Boys Gone Bananas!

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Khodorkovsky 90% 71% Khodorkovsky Watchlist 42 Grams 100% 67% 42 Grams Watchlist Left on Purpose 88% 100% Left on Purpose Watchlist Summer Pasture 100% 62% Summer Pasture Watchlist After Tiller 92% 85% After Tiller Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten is sued by a food company after he shows a scathing documentary.
Director
Fredrik Gertten
Producer
Margarete Jangård
Production Co
Svenska Filminstitutet, Klassefilm, WG Film, Film i Skåne, Yleisradio, Sveriges Television, MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Genre
Documentary, Biography, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m