Percy Vs Goliath
2020 · Movie · PG-13 · 100 min · ★ 6.7 · 66% critics
A small-town farmer is sued by a powerful corporation over allegedly using patented seeds. With limited money and time, he teams up with a young lawyer and an environmental advocate to take on a high-stakes legal fight that reaches the highest court.
Also known as Percy Vs. Goliath
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Details
- Original title
- Percy
- Years
- 2020
- Release date
- 2020-10-09
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (136 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like underdog courtroom dramas and stories about ordinary people challenging powerful institutions, similar in spirit to Cesar Chavez; Not for you if you want light, low-stakes entertainment.
Pros: underdog legal battle; timely corporate conflict; courtroom momentum | Cons: familiar true-story beats; limited character depth; heavy issue focus
Themes
- court case
- based on true story
- farmer
- saskatchewan
- gmo
- genetically modified organism
Cast & crew
Christopher Walken
as Percy Schmeiser
Roberta Maxwell
as Louise Schmeiser
Christina Ricci
as Rebecca Salcau
Zach Braff
as Jackson Weaver
Adam Beach
as Alton Kelly
Luke Kirby
as Peter Schmeiser
Zoe Fish
as Mary Schmeiser
Blake Taylor
as Karl Steiger
Andrea del Campo
as Brenda Kelly
Martin Donovan
as Rick Aarons
Directed by Clark Johnson