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National Catholic Reporter, Sept 17, 2004 by Joseph Cunneen

Quick Takes

The Corporation, directed by Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar, is a wonderful Canadian documentary that ought to be shown in schools across the country. We all know corporations are more powerful than governments but too few of us understand how they operate. Though "The Corporation" is often amusing, it's not a movie you go to for entertainment; you feel you ought to see it a second time and take notes. The movie offers a step-by-step analysis of how corporations work. While avoiding strident denunciation, it nevertheless concludes that by human standards, corporations are psychopathic.

[Joseph Cunneen is NCR's regular movie reviewer. His e-mail is SCUNN4219@aol.com.]