Payback

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Payback

2012

1h 26m

Documentary

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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

Jun 20, 2012

2.5/4

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

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

Apr 27, 2012

2/4

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

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Mark Jenkins

NPR

Apr 26, 2012

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

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Nora Lee Mandel

Maven's Nest

Jan 2, 2016

6/10

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

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Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

Aug 28, 2012

3.5/5

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

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Kelly Vance

East Bay Express

May 31, 2012

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

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Mar 2, 2015

I feel that the book was far more interesting.

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Oct 30, 2012

What is the value of a mistake?

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Mar 15, 2012

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.

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Jennifer Baichwal

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Jennifer Baichwal

Screenwriter

Ravida Din

Producer

Nick Hector

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Critics Consensus: The Pirates! Band of Misfits Is Certified Fresh

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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
Producer: Ravida Din
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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