The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes55%
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
61 audience votes
Key crew
- Mat WhitecrossDirector
- Michael WinterbottomDirector
Cast
- Kieran O'BrienNarrator (Voice)
- Naomi KleinSelf
- Milton FriedmanSelf
- John MajorSelf (archive footage)
- Bill ClintonSelf (archive footage)
- Henry KissingerSelf (archive footage)
- Saddam HusseinSelf (archive footage)
- Condoleezza RiceSelf (archive footage)
- Barack ObamaSelf (archive footage)
- Alan GreenspanSelf (archive footage)
- Boris YeltsinSelf (archive footage)
- Margaret ThatcherSelf (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
capitalismdisastereconomicsneoliberalism