
Adventurers, exotic fruits fanatics and even movie star Bill Pullman, are the subjects of The Fruit Hunters, the new film from acclaimed director Yung Chang. A thrilling journey through nature, commerce and adventure, The Fruit Hunters is a cinematic odyssey that takes viewers from the dawn of humanity to the cutting of edge of modern agriculture - a film that will change not just the way we look at what we eat, but what it means to be human.... (Full plot summary below)
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Adventurers, exotic fruits fanatics and even movie star Bill Pullman, are the subjects of The Fruit Hunters, the new film from acclaimed director Yung Chang. A thrilling journey through nature, commerce and adventure, The Fruit Hunters is a cinematic odyssey that takes viewers from the dawn of humanity to the cutting of edge of modern agriculture - a film that will change not just the way we look at what we eat, but what it means to be human.
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| Washington PostStephanie MerryHearing the personalities describe the transcendent tastes of different fruits has me wanting to hop the next plane to Hawaii just to taste a water apple. |
| Village VoiceDaphne HowlandThe filmmakers' focus is fleeting. Factoids about the origins of names like Haas avocados, Macintosh apples, Clementines and Bing cherries feel like patches of solid ground, while interludes of terrible acting to illustrate fruit-related historical moments leave a bitter taste. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellMore of a buffet spread than a single plate. But every morsel is worth a taste. |
| User ReviewIris LBeautiful and delicious film, follows rare fruit lovers all over the world in their quest to preserve varieties of rare fruit all over the world, and try to create community fruit orchards. |
| User ReviewMarnie ZThis film is not playing in my area of Virginia, as of yet. But you can bet your last penny that I'll be in the theater watching this intriguing concept movie as soon as it is available. My mouth waters just thinking about the exotic fruit they must find. RLJ |
| User ReviewWilma ASaw this amazing film yesterday. I never realized how fascinating fruit can be until I saw this documentary. I admired the passion that the fruit hunters had in discovering new species of fruit. The filmmakers made the film quite interesting for regular audiences. I felt like I was there on their journeys. It was also wonderful to see the passion that actor, Bill Pullman, demonstrated along with the other fruit hunters. Highly recommend this film. |
| User ReviewDebby CBeautiful shots of nature and half the fruits they filmed I have never even seen. Unintentionally hilarious at parts, especially when the film starts making overreaching statements about fruit's ability to start wars and destroy empires, and then rubs the point in with 30 second historical reenactments of said claims |