Battle In Seattle Rating

Battle in seattle is a great demonstration of how good intentions don t necessarily translate into good moviemaking.

Battle in seattle rating. The protest lasted for five days as tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets. For all the scenes that are thought provoking or emotionally real others feel preachy or phony. Battle in seattle is a 2007 political action thriller film written and directed by stuart townsend in his directorial debut. With charlize theron andre andre 3000 benjamin martin henderson woody harrelson ray liotta michelle rodriguez channing tatum ivana milicevic and tzi ma.

Battle in seattle trailer. Inspired by true events the film documents the public protest at the world trade organization meetings held in seattle washington in 1999. The result is not quite a documentary and not quite a drama but interesting all the same. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

Battle in seattle movie reviews metacritic score. The film premiered on may 22 2008 at the seattle international film festival. Actor turned writer director stuart townsend bit off more than most neophyte filmmakers could chew in bringing the story of the riots that rocked seattle. Beyond the several delegates career protesters are also coming to seattle they who believe the non elected organization only exists to support corporate interests at the expense of the poor working class and the environment among other things.

The story is based on the protest activity at the wto ministerial conference of 1999. Battle in seattle takes the actual 1999 protests against a summit meeting of the world trade organization and uses them as a backdrop for a fictional story about characters swept up in the tumult. Battle in seattle is a childish ineffectively manipulative piece of self serious agitprop about the four day world trade organization meetings in 1999.