At Any Price (movie)

'At Any Price' gives a real-world view of the American farmer

2013-04-23 18:06:00

As a movie icon, the American farmer has, for many a year, occupied a hand-whittled pedestal, standing tall as a weathered symbol of all that's good and true in this screwed-up world. One of the galvanic surprises of "At Any Price," the Iowa-set drama...

Director Ramin Bahrani ups the creative stakes with 'At Any Price'

2013-04-21 08:00:00

Expand or die. This ominous motto of economic imperialism courses throughout the film "At Any Price," set against the imperiled world of modern-day family farming. Director Ramin Bahrani, who co-wrote the screenplay with Hallie Elizabeth Newton, spent...

'At Any Price': a farm-family melodrama

2013-05-17 01:54:04

There's an interesting story at the heart of "At Any Price," an oddly unbalanced agricultural melodrama from director Ramin Bahrani. It's the tale of a three-generation farming family in contemporary Iowa, presiding over thousands of acres in corn country...

'At Any Price' is rich with complexities

2013-05-16 08:04:02

"At Any Price" is a family drama, a community drama, set in the American Heartland -- a pertinent film about fate and morality and survival and denial set against the myth of the American Dream. Think Shakespeare, in the cornfields. A Greek tragedy, set...

'At Any Price': Seeds of woe down on the farm ★★ 1/2

2013-05-02 00:00:00

"At Any Price," a roughly mixed but interestingly plotted offshoot of "Death of a Salesman" and other hardy father/son perennials, is the fourth feature from writer-director Ramin Bahrani, whose career has been remarkable for his consistency of theme as...

R; 1:45 running time Now comes "At Any Price," shot in and around DeKalb, Ill., on a modest budget.

2013-05-02 08:17:00

Actor Dennis Quaid, star of "At Any Price," at Bernard's Bar inside Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Chicago.

2013-04-26 09:55:00

Actor Zac Efron, actor Dennis Quaid and director Ramin Bahrani arrive for the screening of "At Any Price" in Austin, Texas.

2013-03-17 13:20:37