We the People: The Market Basket Effect

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We the People: The Market Basket Effect

2016

1h 16m

Documentary

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9 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

Tracing the events that led thousands of employees and millions of customers to stand behind Arthur T. Demoulas, an embattled CEO.

Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

The film is more effective as an emotional appeal for better corporate behavior than a stringent analysis of the complicated scenario.

May 10, 2016

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

There are good lessons to be learned from the Market Basket saga. "We the People" doesn't trust the audience to figure them out for themselves.

Apr 28, 2016

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Robyn Bahr

Village Voice

Combining court documents, footage of the protests, and interviews with reverent personnel, reporters, and politicians, Reid's fast-paced and engaging film appears to play out as a simple question-and-answer exercise.

Apr 21, 2016

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Mary F. Pols

Portland Press-Herald

This material is too good to completely bungle in a documentary, although We the People includes some ill-advised moments.

Aug 1, 2018

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Nathanael Hood

The Young Folks

We the People works best when it relegates itself to telling an unusual story about an unusual businessman.

Rated: 7/10

May 29, 2016

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Charles Steinberg

Under the Radar

At a time when widening income disparity and the shrinking of the middle class is such a weighted issue in America ... this is a story that actually gives one hope.

Rated: 7.5/10

May 27, 2016

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Audience Member

Not only is this a story of corporate stewardship, it's also an immigrant story. It is also an example of how ugly people can be, even to their own families, when money is involved. Two brothers open a successful chain of markets and after one dies the horrible actions of his sons, Evan Demoulas and Arthur S Demoulas, are reprehensible. Why they would get 55% of the company is not comprehensible.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Great Documentary on very unique situation for an American company

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Tommy Reid

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Michael Chiklis

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Jeff Pinilla

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Tommy Reid

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Nick Buzzell

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Robert Friedman

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Synopsis

Tracing the events that led thousands of employees and millions of customers to stand behind Arthur T. Demoulas, an embattled CEO.

Director: Tommy Reid
Producer: Tommy Reid, Nick Buzzell, Robert Friedman, Ted Leonsis
Screenwriter: Jeff Pinilla
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 9, 2016
Runtime: 1h 16m