While the film stays true to the individual accounts, it doesn't shy away from the complex political issues behind hunger that affect all of us.

| Jan 11, 2021

That's one of the infuriating things about this documentary. It gives all of the information needed to pull at our heartstrings, but almost none needed to assess the problem clearly and think through possible solutions.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 14, 2018

[A] revelatory new documentary about hunger in the United States.

| Nov 17, 2015

An informative and often infuriating picture that deserves to be seen.

Full Review | Apr 28, 2015

Tale of two Americas documentary highlights the plight of the 50 million poor folks who go to sleep hungry every night.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 26, 2014

The saddest story belongs to a single mother who got a full time job and is now off welfare, but can't afford to feed her children on her salary. This is one of those movies that will make you mad, or at least it should.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 29, 2013

presents us with the counter-intuitive idea that while Americans may be among the world's most obese people ... there is a surprisingly large segment of our population - nearly 50 million people - who are "food insecure"

| Original Score: 87/100 | Aug 16, 2013

A must-see dispatch from the front lines of this struggle packed with sobering statistics and infuriating facts - among them, that one in four American children is chronically hungry.

| May 22, 2013

A smart, poignantly argued documentary [which] casts obesity and hunger as neighbors, and makes a persuasive case for important social investments.

| Original Score: B | Apr 17, 2013

Enlightening documentary that, hopefully, propels people to take action.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 16, 2013

Filmmakers Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush chip away at the topic until their message becomes unassailable.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 5, 2013

Hunger in America is not about a shortage of food but an abundance of poverty. This is where the spiral spins downward.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 5, 2013

A shocking indictment of how people are starving in the land of plenty ...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 4, 2013

It doesn't offer much in terms of optimism, but provides an eye-opening glimpse into a frequently overlooked social issue.

| Mar 29, 2013

Jacboson and Silverbush know how to make this potentially unpleasant news palatable and inspiring.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 18, 2013

You don't have to be a fan of info-graphics in social-justice docs to be troubled by one showing that the price of processed food has decreased in almost exact proportion to the rise in cost of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 8, 2013

"A Place at the Table" presents a shameful truth that should leave viewers dismayed and angry: This nation has more than enough food for all its people, yet millions of them are hungry.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 7, 2013

Food for thought.

Full Review | Mar 5, 2013

A documentary about the shocking extent of hunger in America, affecting 1 in 4 children.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 5, 2013

Provides plenty of moving case studies...[but] it's most useful for its prismatic look at the problem of American hunger, examining the problem's recent history, its root causes...and its inextricability from other national crises...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 5, 2013