| View Larger Image | Corn | Video On DemandStarring: Dave Silver
Directed By: Dave Silver
Also With: Dave Silver (Writer), Michael Corrente (Producer), Bill Hamilton (Producer), Ben Odell (Producer), Samara Yeshaiek (Producer)
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| | Binding: | Video On Demand | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 97 minutes | | Studio: | Virgil Films & Entertainment | | Release Date: | August 12, 2009 | | Genre: | Thriller | | Synopsis: | A young woman returns home to bear an illegitimate child, and witnesses an environmental accident involving a genetically modified crop of corn. Doubted by the community she has returned to, she questions her own sanity as she tries to discover what is happening. Her journey takes her on a trip down the food chain, as she tracks the potentially life-threatening byproduct from the cornfield to the supermarket. Ultimately, she has to confront psychological demons that haunt her as she grows into motherhood, and comes to terms with her own biology. Tapping into cultural myths of food, fertility, birth and sacrifice, "Corn" is a chilling look at what we put in our mouths and our babies' mouths, and the convergence of Science and Mother Nature. | | Sales Rank: | 53,956rd |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 8 reviews)
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average, but not boring by Didier Calin (Europe)  3 Stars
September 28, 2005
I didn't know Jena Malone (main character and producer!) was into defence of the environment and anti genetic food. Good to see her taking positions. Like in most of her movies, she's pregnant, which makes one wonder why she's so willing to take the same kinda roles over and over - but she acts well enough, i'll give her that. As a whole, an average movie, but i wasn't bored one minute though.
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Pointless.  1 Stars
September 04, 2005
Pointless is the one word that best describes this movie. The acting is decent, but just barely. Maybe they could have done better with a better script. Who knows? The premise is decent, but it goes nowhere. There are countless meaningless subplots in this storyline which have no bearing on the outcome of the movie.
To be blunt, there IS no outcome to this movie. The movie seems to exist solely for the sake of using up an hour and 37 minutes of film. There is one painfully long and awkward 30-45 second scene that involves a mailman delivering a letter and getting a scientist to sign for it. What's the point? Surely there must be one. You keep thinking they must be going somewhere with all of these painfully long and awkwardly paced scenes, so you keep watching. After all, you have invested an hour or so watching scene after scene of this, so you figure surely something is going to happen. Nope.
I wish I could think of a better way to describe how boring and pointless this movie is, but just like it's plot, there's no point.
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Pitiful, uneventful, et. al. by R. Coleman 1 Stars
June 25, 2005
A.N. Roman: The neighbor had a miscarraige the day after the sheep attacks. She had been eating lamb meat of the toxic animals. At least that's what we got from it.
Was this movie boring? Yes. Was the script terrible? Certainly. Will I purchase it? Of course not. A friend and I rented this ... thing... to watch tonight, hoping there would be something to make fun of. This movie gave us NOTHING. My mother declared her disinterest within the first 20 minutes of Jena Malone rambling on about the violent sheep. Great bursts of dialogue consisting of the words "sheep", "weed", and "corn" on a loop appeared every so often, mixed with meaningless obscure fantasy sequences, apparently depicted as Jena's hallucinations. I can understand the point behind this idiocy, however scientists do not talk like high school dropouts and a criminal trial will not begin and complete within 8 weeks. We went into convulsions every time the farmer would yell about the sheep going for the "grass" and the "weed". We had more fun with THE GRUDGE. Rent that if you want something to laugh at. Rend CORN if you suffer from insomnia.
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THE SHEEP MAY GET EWE by Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA) 3 Stars
February 10, 2005
I have to say CORN is one of the most unusual movies I've seen in a while. It's premise is original considering most of what is coming out these days; unfortunately, the originality doesn't always make a great movie. I'm not sure what screenwriter/director Dave Silver was hoping to accomplish, other than giving his little boy Luke a small but pivotal role. It's obvious he's trying to make a social comment on genetic engineering and corporate coverups; but also we have a young 18 year girl who is carrying the child of a man old enough to be her grandfather; she's also the victim of potential child abuse from her father when she was young; and she's having trouble keeping her job due to her pregnancy and the fact that she becomes a social megaphone for what's going on with the sheep on her father's ranch. But Silver doesn't truly focus on the corn issue as much as the girl's attempts to have a child, be a friend to Rachel, and understand her father. Jena Malone (Saved, Cold Mountain) gives a commendable if somewhat overwrought performance; Don Harvey as her father wasn't a strong enough actor to bring all the dimensions out; the rest of the cast is merely adequate. CORN is not a horror movie, so don't let the cover fool you; this is not a supernatural movie, just another one of those man vs. nature flicks. If the script had focused more on building suspense and showing us more of what the sheep were doing (there is one scene where they are attacking the little boy and you can surely tell the sheep are animatronic puppets). Overall, though, there is some interesting facts about genetics and Malone makes us stay interested, even up to its uh-oh, here come the chickens ending.
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great movie maybe cause im a vegitarian by yajdubuddah (cheboygan,michigan usa)  5 Stars
February 06, 2005
Im not really sure why everyone here disliked this movie. It stars jena malone from donnie darko and jamie harrold dr. elmer from steven king's kingdom hospital. The story is great the cinematography was really good the actors were great, the special effects were awesome. This isnt really a horror movie its a thriller with lots of elements that could come true. I would have to say that the ending is not what i would have done with it and is a bit unfinished but the movie had lots of story and got to long. Most places around carry this for rent, just dont be afraid and make your own opinion.
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