Almost everyone in the United States has to a certain extent, shop at Walmart, once in their life. So, many of them, heard of the many jokes and complains about the retail company retail-company, that owner Sam Walton have founded, and turn into a multibillion corporation. However, not a lot of people is unaware of full extent of the negative effects of its business practices on populations around the world. This documentary's job is to expose that. Without spoiling the movie, too much, I have to say, while, I can understand, where director Robert Greenwald & his Brave New Films crew was trying to say with this film. I felt that the documentary's arguments wasn't really told, well. There is not one main narrator in this film, but rather countless amount of people interviewed, whom lives were affect from the presence of the corporate giant. Because of this, I felt that, the movie jump around, way too much. One minute, they would be, talking about how Walmart has a negative effect on mom and pop stores and small communities. Only to cut into how Walmart overworks & underpays its workers to the point, that many employees couldn't afford their own health insurance, causing many of the employees to seek government programs, like Medicaid instead. Only to further jump, how Wal-Mart hiring undocumented workers for their cleanup crews, paying them well below minimum wage, only to stop talking, about undocumented workers, and then back to employees, again, talking about Wal-Mart's anti-union practices, and its poor record on worker's rights in the United States. Then, back to the negative effects on local economy, follow up on a story about sweatshop workers, and then back to talking about Walmart, with this time, talking about crime. Where is the pattern, here? The informative felt a little too spread out & all over the place. They also missing some, like the allegations of predatory pricing and supplier issues. Anyways, I guess, the actual video clips of Walmart's commercials, combine with then-CEO's H. Lee Scott exalting the virtues of the company in employee meetings and speeches were supposed to be, the structure. However, it felt, more unarranged & confusing, then orderly. It doesn't help that the film's lousy quick editing, makes all of it, look so choppy. It's also sad, that the pacing is a bit off, because the film doesn't always immediate rip it apart through its style in branching into a particular perspective to back up the rebuttal. Instead, it goes on with some stories for a little too long. The International story about the sweatshops felt like, a different movie, because of that. Another bad thing about this movie is how much, they repeat themselves. You get a lot of repetitive rhetoric on how bad, Walmart is, for the employees, but never, any of the good things. In truth, Walmart isn't as evil as this film, makes it out to be. Honestly, if the movie did some fact checking, they would realize that Walmart does do charities, despite Sam Walton's claim that the company will never be a charity business. For example, in 2005, Walmart donated US$20 million in cash and merchandise for Hurricane Katrina relief. Today, Walmart's charitable donations approach US$1 billion each year. They also help pay for any environmental or criminal damages to any victim that came to their store. Added to that, the company was praised for expanding its anti-discrimination policy protecting gay and lesbian employees, as well, as minorities. Walmart also plays employees, a lot more, than the federal minimum wage at the time & continue to do that, even today. They also give bonuses to every full and part-time hourly worker, who works for their company. While, it's still low, it's better off, than other retail businesses like Mom & Pop stores. Also, while, it's true, that WalMart does have strong anti-union imperative within the company history. It did announced that it would allow workers at all of its Chinese factories to become members of trade unions, and that the company would work with the state-sanctioned All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) in helping workers' rights. So, it's possible that a US version of this, is on the way: despite claims that prices would skyrocket, if it did. About the Walmart's high understaff and turnover rate as evidence of an unhappy workforce, the truth is that, there are several other factors that lead up to that, besides outing anybody who wants to set up a union. Most of it, comes from the fact that American consumers habits are always shifting. More and more consumers are using online commerce, due to time and location. Then, there is the logistics issues, the supply and demand of the area, and population. Any of these factors, can cause the reductions in sales. Due to this, many retailers, including Walmart, reduce staff, or replace jobs with self-servicing machines. There is also the fact, that most Americans knows that blue collar jobs like retail is every so changing, that they just want to work, part-time for a quick buck, until they can gain the skills, through education for a more administrative setting job or for the elderly, have enough money to retired. About the claims that Walmart destroy small towns. In truth, any technology advances can hurt a town. Good examples are the development of the highway, railroads, and shopping malls. Call me, harsh, but small towns just have to adapt to the ever-changing market. If you need somebody to blame. Don't blame WalMart, blame the system in which, they triumph in. Wal-Mart's growth is the natural end result of capitalism, and demonizing Wal-Mart is unfair, when other successful businesses, does the same. Overall: It's hard for an objective viewer like myself to ignore the obvious. Walmart is a catch-22 situation. It's has good things and bad things about it. In all fairness, I just felt the documentary should reflect that, more.