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Soylent Green
Science Fiction · Crime · Mystery · 1973
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Movie details
Soylent Green
“It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.”
1973 Science Fiction · Crime · Mystery 1h 37m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.9 / 10
Community rating
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Soylent Green?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Written by
Stanley R. Greenberg
Charlton Heston
Detective Robert Thorn
Leigh Taylor-Young
Shirl
Chuck Connors
Tab Fielding
Joseph Cotten
William R. Simonson
Brock Peters
Chief Hatcher
Paula Kelly
Martha Phillips
Edward G. Robinson
Sol Roth
Court is in session
Put Soylent Green on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.