Who you gonna believe, me or your lyin' science?

Merchants of Doubt

Crit

1. corporations are evil
2. people are dimwits
3. what else is new?

Angrymaking documentary whose well-argued premise is that many merchants of illness and death, particularly Big Oil, studied their public relations strategies at the feet of Big Tobacco: use pseudoscience and outright bullshit to sway a public eager to be reassured that our bad habits are harmless at worst, maybe even beneficial.

Trailers

• Beyond the Reach--Michael Douglas is the baddie in yet another riff on "The Most Dangerous Game."