Synopsis
Percy Schmeiser, a third-generation farmer, gets sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their patented seeds. With little resources to fight a legal battle, Percy joins forces with up-and-coming attorney Jackson Weaver and environmental activist Rebecca Salcau for a monumental case that leads all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Cast
- Christopher WalkenPercy Schmeiser
- Roberta MaxwellLouise Schmeiser
- Christina RicciRebecca Salcau
- Zach BraffJackson Weaver
- Adam BeachAlton Kelly
- Luke KirbyPeter Schmeiser
- Zoe FishMary Schmeiser
- Blake TaylorKarl Steiger
- Andrea del CampoBrenda Kelly
- Martin DonovanRick Aarons
Recommandations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Still, this is an involving and inspirational tale, highlighted by a Christopher Walken performance that is remarkably free of any showy tics or mannerisms and is a reminder Walken is a great actor first, a lovable caricature second. - 63
Movie Nation
Percy vs. Goliath is dramatically flat, predictable in its pluck at times. But Walken is magnificent, and the other casting — on the nose as it is (Ricci can still pull off the young activist willing to sleep in her car for the cause) — works. - 63
RogerEbert.com
Frustratingly poised on the knife's-edge of "pretty good but not as good as you want it to be," the movie might've benefitted from a more leisurely but focused pace that would've allowed the characters to breathe more, and the legal and scientific concepts to be explained with greater clarity. - 60
Wall Street Journal
Percy Vs Goliath has a solid sense of place—the Canadian prairie—and Mr. Walken gives us a solid sense of Percy, a man whose instincts are so contrarian he sometimes seems unsure whom to disagree with, or what to refuse to do. - 60
The Guardian
Walken keeps you watching thanks to his inherent charisma, still undimmed in his late 70s. - 50
Variety
While well cast and plenty compelling (including feisty turns from Christopher Walken and Christina Ricci), this reductive farmer drama deals in emotions more than explanations as it seeks to convey what it means for a little-guy grower like Percy Schmeiser to go up against Big Agro. - 50
The New York Times
Sentimental and a little corny in parts, “Percy” is protected from bathos by Walken’s proudly minimalist performance as an intensely private man reluctantly drawn into an uncomfortably public fight.
