# Rotten (2018)

> A Netflix docuseries where host Latif Nasser investigates the hidden corruption behind everyday foods, from meat and produce to chocolate and wine.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/65974

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 55 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Latif Nasser, Jack Bai, Gudrun Beckh, Peter Baker
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7763662/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: skeptical, wry, unsettling, curious, investigative

## What critics say

Audiences rate the docuseries positively for its investigative exposés of food industry practices, with the second season rated higher than the first.

## Synopsis

Rotten (2018-2019) is an American investigative docuseries created for Netflix and produced by Zero Point Zero. Host and narrator Latif Nasser guides viewers through a two-season run of twelve roughly fifty-five minute episodes, each devoted to a single product from the food supply chain. Season one examines topics such as meat and factory farming, while season two turns to avocados, French wine, water, sugar, chocolate and weed edibles. Rather than following a continuing plot, each episode is a self-contained investigation that traces how a commodity is grown, processed and sold, exposing the corporate interests, lax oversight and marketing spin behind it. Interviews with industry insiders, researchers and producers, including figures such as Jack Bai, Gudrun Beckh and Peter Baker, anchor the reporting. The tone is skeptical and wry, with a calm, almost conversational narration that keeps stakes high without sensationalism. Its atmosphere is unsettling yet curious, appealing to viewers who enjoy consumer exposés in the vein of Food, Inc. and Cowspiracy, or the investigative curiosity of Blackfish. Expect a distinctly American lens on modern capitalism and what ends up on the dinner table.

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