Critic Reviews
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83
Though the mystery has been spoiled somewhat by an over-revealed twist ending, Soylent Green still succeeds thanks to director Richard Fleischer's sure command of one of the grimmest and most sadly plausible dystopias put to film.
80
A resonant film which has a speudo-cult status as everyone has seen it late one night on TV and it's never left them.
80
Conjures up a terrifying vision of the future that is made all the more urgent by today's inflationary food prices and fast approaching energy crisis.
80
Good, solid stuff, assembled efficiently enough to be pretty persuasive.
75
A good, solid science-fiction movie, and a little more.
75
Richard Fleischer’s dystopian thriller set in an overpopulated, famine-stricken 2022 New York is a wonderfully silly slice of future schlock, featuring some of Heston’s zestiest overacting.
75
The overall tone is one of melancholy rather than sci-fi wonder, and the film's cynicism is hard to shake.
70
The somewhat plausible and proximate horrors in the story of Soylent Green carry the production over its awkward spots to the status of a good futuristic exploitation film.
63
The film strikes a poignant chord with its chilling portrayal of a state-sponsored euthanasia program that utilizes movie-watching as a narcotic designed to help the sick and elderly die peacefully.
60
A thought-provoking movie that is still relevant with the many environmental concerns that are out there now.
