Payback

2012

1h 26m

Documentary

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73%

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15 Reviews

56%

Audience Score

100+ Ratings

Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal uses essays by Margaret Atwood to explore different forms of debt and how they shape relationships, societies and the future.

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Mark Feeney

Boston Globe

There's a splendid audacity in Baichwal trying to bring to the screen something as idea-driven as Atwood's book.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 20, 2012

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

Baichwal could have devoted a single film to just BP's disgraceful behavior.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 27, 2012

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Mark Jenkins

NPR

Ultimately, this intriguing but scattershot movie turns on the incompatibility of two worldviews - the corporate-financial vs. the environmental-spiritual.

Apr 26, 2012

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

Brings to life serious discussions of philosophical issues through impassioned case studies [but] works too hard for an upbeat ending.

Rated: 6/10

Jan 2, 2016

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

An earnest and edifying documentary on the philosophical and ethical ramifications of debt as something owed.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 28, 2012

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

Makes similar points as several other docs, but in a more labored and tedious way.

May 31, 2012

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Stephen C

The greatest 01 hour: and 26 minutes of real payback!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/25/22

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Audience Member

I feel that the book was far more interesting.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

What is the value of a mistake?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Baichwal continues to disappoint me. In this case, her net is cast too broadly regarding the issue of debts. You get the sense that any of the topics would worth a documentary unto themselves. Instead we get a mishmash of stories with a tenuous connection and featuring the ever 'delightful' Conrad Black.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Jennifer Baichwal

Director

Jennifer Baichwal

Screenwriter

Ravida Din

Producer

Nick Hector

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal uses essays by Margaret Atwood to explore different forms of debt and how they shape relationships, societies and the future.

Director: Jennifer Baichwal
Screenwriter: Jennifer Baichwal
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.8K
Runtime: 1h 26m

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