Corn (2004)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Dave Silver

Writer:

Dave Silver (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot:

"Corn" tells the story of a young girl who returns home to bear an illegitimate child, and witnesses...

Plot Keywords:

Cornfield | Adoptive Mother | Environmental Crime | Corn | Illegitimate Child

Cast

Jena Malone	...	Emily Rasmussen
Pamela Gray	...	Rachel
Peter McRobbie	...	Peder Gleck
Jamie Harrold	...	Frank
John Hartmann	...	Nigel Mathers
Libby Langdon	...	Callie Treadwell
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brian Dykstra	...	Laurent
Frank Fata	...	John
David Matthew Feldman	...	Puppeteer
Ruth Fröhner
Denise Grayson	...	Nurse Sally
John Quincy Lee	...	Larry Cho
Rick Lyon	...	Puppeteer
Adrian Martinez	...	Postal Delivery Man

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements and some disturbing images.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Columbia University - Broadway & 116th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Corn LLC

When Will I Learn Not To Judge Movies By Their Box Covers?

This movie caught my attention with it's unique box cover, which featured a deranged sheep in 3D, complete with demonic eyes. I like a good horror movie and something about mad sheep seemed a little creepy to me so I picked it up. This was just another case of the box misrepresenting itself as a horror movie when it was anything but. The crazy sheep only appeared two or three times and only in quick flashes. It was painfully obvious that, depending on which shot, the sheep were not real or was not doing anything out of the ordinary.

The story itself, was more about Emily Rasmussen (Jena Malone), a young, pregnant woman who has come home, most likely because there was nowhere else for her to go. Meanwhile, her neighbor has planted an experimental crop genetically mutated corn. The corn was meant to be altered genetically so it could grow with very little water so it could be grown in otherwise barren places such as parts of Africa to feed starving people. The side effect of this corn is it produces a weed as well, which makes the sheep act a little crazy, or get a high as the film explains. Sort of the same way a cat reacts towards catnip, but in more of a violent way.

The problem with this movie is that while all the characters in the movie have good intentions, not one of them is likable. Not even Emily. I have seen it mentioned before that the movie is similar to Erin Brockovich, and it is with regards to one woman going against a large corporation, but the pieces never quite fit together well and is nowhere close the the movie Brockovich was. Emily put the pieces together about the mysterious weed far too quickly and unrealistically to be believable.

Overall, the story turned out to be quite dull and moved pretty slow. I would have to rate this at about a 4.5 out of 10 stars.