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Soylent Green

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

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.0 / 10

75.1K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

73 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

66 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

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?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Richard Fleischer

Written by

Stanley R. Greenberg

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Detective Robert Thorn

Leigh Taylor-Young

Leigh Taylor-Young

Shirl

Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors

Tab Fielding

Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

William R. Simonson

Brock Peters

Brock Peters

Chief Hatcher

Paula Kelly

Paula Kelly

Martha Phillips

Edward G. Robinson

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 defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

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.