The Grab

A globe-trotting documentary. I found it illuminating and fascinating.

A longer or more episodic version of “The Grab” might have been able to accommodate tangents about pirates and jetpacks&#59; this version of “The Grab” doesn’t even have an unhappy ending.

A lot of the film’s dot-connecting is illuminating, but some of it fails to convince.

The Grab makes a clear choice to conclude not just with doomsaying, but with a call to action and a look at the things that can still be done to avert a global crisis.

The "Grab" is indeed a grabber, and puts on the front burner an important, spilling way over the place issue that's been on the back burner for too long.

The "holy sh*t" documentary of the year.

...makes the case that protecting agricultural land and water should be considered a national security issue since they may play a larger role than oil in future wars.

Narratively, The Grab inevitably loses itself as it goes on. The more you watch it, the more it feels like the movie is trying too much: its intent is ambitious and admirable, but can it really work?

The Grab is a riveting documentary that chronicles a searing investigation of geopolitics. It's a vital look at how international competition to control food and water should be taken as seriously as the competition to control weapons of mass destruction.

This is a deeply disturbing but essential film. The journalism is first-rate.