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The Beautiful Truth (2008)

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Reviews Counted:14

Fresh:7

Rotten:7

Average Rating:5.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Nov 14, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: Is it possible the cure for cancer was discovered in the 1920s? After the death of his mother, Garrett becomes disaffected with life. But a research assignment on a controversial book by Dr. Max... Is it possible the cure for cancer was discovered in the 1920s? After the death of his mother, Garrett becomes disaffected with life. But a research assignment on a controversial book by Dr. Max Gerson propels him on a mission that may offer humanity the ultimate gift--life. [More]

Director: Steve Kroschel

Director: Steve Kroschel
Screenwriter: Steve Kroschel
Studio: Cinema Libre

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  • In THE BEAUTIFUL TRUTH, a 15 year old boy goes on a mission to determine whether or not what Dr. Max Gerson's wrote in his controversial book is a legitimate, alternative cure for cancer. After numerous interviews with doctors, skeptics, members of Gerson's family and cancer patients, it became abundantly clear that a cure for virtually all cancers and chronic diseases does exist - and it has existed for over 80 years.
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    It's Michael Moore without the truculence, PBS without the pretension, CNN without the commercial grandstanding.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    01/09/09
    Jonathan Curiel
    Jonathan Curiel
    San Francisco Chronicle
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    Comes off mostly like a hybrid of retro-style educational film and late-night infomercial.

    Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
    11/26/08
    Gary Goldstein
    Gary Goldstein
    Los Angeles Times
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    [A] condescending, manipulative film.

    Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
    11/26/08
    Tim Grierson
    Tim Grierson
    L.A. Weekly
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    A powerful documentary that offers both a chilling expose of the toxins in our food that are causing so much disease and an affirmation of a plant-oriented therapy that has cured cancer in many individuals.

    Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
    11/21/08
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
    Spirituality and Practice

    An unusual and sobering documentary which turns conventional wisdom about health matters on its head.

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    11/18/08
    Eric Monder
    Eric Monder
    Film Journal International

    Boring like a one-note school lecture but nevertheless is credible as it makes its case about the need for alternative medicines.

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    11/18/08
    Dennis Schwartz
    Dennis Schwartz
    Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The Beautiful Truth is a documentary about contemporary health hazards and alternative treatments.

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    11/14/08
    Nathan Lee
    Nathan Lee
    New York Times
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    There may be truth in what Kroschel says, but you won't find it in this pedantic film, which has all the veracity of a late-night TV infomercial.

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    11/14/08
    V.A. Musetto
    V.A. Musetto
    New York Post
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    The picture carries an element of nostalgia and yet thunders down too hard with a lot of one-sided perspectives.

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    11/13/08
    Matthew Nestel
    Matthew Nestel
    Boxoffice Magazine

    The director’s suggestion that big pharmaceutical companies have no interest in actually curing cancer is credible, but the film itself unfortunately makes Kroschel’s beliefs come off like just so much hippie propaganda.

    Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
    11/12/08
    Drew Toal
    Drew Toal
    Time Out New York

    While docu's claims and criticism yield nothing especially new, the form of their exposition seems singularly ingenious, stylistically falling somewhere between a 1950s educational film and some sort of Norman Rockwellian infomercial.

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    11/12/08
    Ronnie Scheib
    Ronnie Scheib
    Variety
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    Kroschel positions The Beautiful Truth as a sort of instructional video for young people on the merits of eating healthy, but its creepy messianic vibe is far more toxic than all the pollutants in all the processed food you could ever consume.

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    11/12/08
    Tim Grierson
    Tim Grierson
    Village Voice
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    The end result not only constitutes an uncomfortable--dare I say, inorganic--collusion of fact and fiction but also suggests we're being indoctrinated into a cult.

    Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
    11/10/08
    Ed Gonzalez
    Ed Gonzalez
    Slant Magazine

    Quack or saint? Dr. Gerson, whose work in allegedly curing cancer by alternative means, is highlighted in a light, even convincing way.

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    10/31/08
    Harvey S. Karten
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