British working class activists Helen Steel and Dave Morris were branded "the McLibel two" when they were sued by McDonald's for libel over allegations made in a pamphlet they distributed in 1988.
Refusing to retract their statements, they defended themselves against the best legal talent fast food money could buy with little more than grassroots support.
It became the longest trial in English legal history and a PR disaster for McDonald's.
What Armstrong's succinct, unshowy film adds to the debate is its portrait of corporate power and intimidation and the draconian British libel laws that turn the presumption of innocence on its head. Steel and Morris are simply a couple of ordinary citizens who stand up for their ideals and their rights in the face of intimidation. Which is what makes this
underdog story matter.
Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

 A stirring and sometimes funny film, strengthened by dramatic re-enactments of court testimony as well as incisive interviews.
A powerful reminder that the average citizen can sometimes throw an Egg McMuffin in the face of big business.
John McMurtrie, San Francisco Chronicle.