Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Floated2 At Any Price was marketed as a father-son drama about their different conflicts regarding the personal careers of both characters (Dennis Quaid & Zac Efron). It is quite such but in regards, both the characters having different aspirations. Quaid wants to be a successful family farm owner while Efron wants to be a professional race car driver. The movie is rather odd is some parts and not as touching or sensitive as lead to believe. With not very likable characters (especially Dennis Quaid) who mails in another performance, and Efron's character of being disrespectful to those in his corner.The best parts about the film were those featuring Zac Efron with the racing stunts, as this was the better plot and should have been the main focus, instead of Dennis Quaid and his corrupt seed farming/internally business. Things that were in question were a scene where Efron crashes his car into a tree (accidentally- driving in a cropfied) then is sent to a hospital. Later once he comes out of the hospital, he suddenly doesn't want to become a Nascar driver anymore and decides to quit (this was leading up to a scene after he had a bad turnout at a race). Overall, it was a very weird and off switch for the character, where we first see his keen aspirations of becoming a great race car driver then one bad finish and an accident causes a quit of his dream.The ending last 20 minutes or so (once his character 'accidentally' kills the rival) is quite something. The thought process and characters of both Quaid and Efron didn't seem as real people, and in the very end, the truth was never set free by either character. The film just ends. Poor ending but it was understood as the writers possibly didn't want to drag on. Though another 10-15 minutes could have worked. All together, At Any Price is quite a forgettable drama with little to nothing to prove that we have not seen before.

jmreeder An excellent story about ordinary lives and what we are willing to do to preserve the security of our ordinary lives. This might be a great film; it is certainly a fine film, and I strongly recommend it. The film takes you into the world of mid-west farming, and it explains the seed business in a very human and American way, which I did not previously understand. Overlaying the seed business situation is a flawed, ordinary, heroic man who protects his family. As I said, it might be great.

Robert J. Maxwell Finally, an adult story about family conflicts and business. Sounds dull, doesn't it. But this is dull in the way "All My Sons" was dull, which is to say not so dull at all if you don't mind the absence of gore.Dennis Quaid is a farmer and popular seed salesman in Iowa's corn country. He has a lovely, understanding wife (Dickens), a rebellious son (Efron)given to stock car racing, and an errant son given to climbing high mountains somewhere in South America.The kids evidently don't want any part of farming, which is a constant source of sadness for Quaid. Everything for the family, you know, and his family has been tilling the same soil for four generations.Efron seems to be a winner on the stock car circuit and Quaid applauds him but one day, on the verge of greater success, Efron takes his foot off the pedal and rolls slowly along the track. He loses his franchise or whatever it is you lose when your sponsor withdraws support.And here the story is derailed. Efron is a handsome kid, I guess, because he looks a bit like Rob Lowe who is, I'm told, handsome. That he can't act is something of a hindrance but he doesn't really have that many lines. His main job is to stare intensely and he carries it off with aplomb.But after losing that important race, when Quaid tries to cheer Efron up -- "You ran a great race, son" -- Efron glowers and explains, "I was only in those cars to get away from you." I think we can all understand that. In fact, we could have understood it without its having been said, but let it pass. What goes wrong is that Efron switches from abjuring his father and everything his father stands for, to being even more zealous about the farm and its prospering than Quaid himself ever was. Efron kills the son of a rival seed peddler.Quaid is complicit. Instead of calling the police, he and Efron get rid of the body. A good scene follows the symbolic funeral for the boy who has disappeared, in which a guilt-ridden Quaid offers part of his farm to the dead boy's father. Condolence is one thing, but "this is business" replies Clancy Brown, doing a good job as Quaid's rival. That aspect of the tale had potential. There are echoes of "Crime and Punishment" and "The Informer." But it's not followed up.Others have commented that Quaid gives the best performance of his career but I've always thought he brings something original to almost all the roles he's given. Dickens is quietly effective too. So is Maika Monroe, who sounds like a valley girl and looks like Chloe Sevigny. Efron should find a rewarding career in some TV series.The direction is unusual in that there is a near absence of instantaneous cutting, of electronic percussion, and of reveling in violence. Bahrani doesn't seem to like drawn-out transitions between scenes. No sooner does a character say, "Why don't we go to --", than, BANG, they're speeding to the goal along Iowa's desperately lonely cornscape.It's a decent movie, overall, made for adults.

mawdawg73 I had high hopes for this movie, but the main characters commit adultery, robbery and murder, all without any consequences whatsoever, and life just rolls happily on. This is probably Dennis Quaid's worst work ever. He hammed and overacted all the way through. Heather Graham's role was completely unnecessary and served no purpose. Zac Efron was the only bright spot in the movie, giving a solid performance and showing his A-list potential. The wife's character is an ignorant and gullible fool, and either they have a totally incompetent police department in that town, or else the screenwriters are, because this script is unrealistic trash with gaping plot holes throughout. It's a shame, because so much more could have been told about the problems facing family farms today, but this movie is a total waste of time.