Super Size Me (2003)
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Reviews Counted: 170
Fresh: 158 | Rotten: 12
Entertaining doc about the adverse effects of eating fast food.
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 3
Entertaining doc about the adverse effects of eating fast food.
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First-time director Morgan Spurlock takes a look at the subject of obesity in the United States, specifically zeroing in on the business and culture surrounding the nation's fast-food industry in this 2004 documentary. In addition to studying the marketing of fast food to American children and unsuccessfully attempting to gain an interview with McDonald's executives, Spurlock attempts to become one of his own subjects by documenting a one-month binge during which he survived only on items from
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As entertaining as Super Size Me sometimes is, I'm not sure what Spurlock's escapade really accomplishes, except to emphasize that eating 5,000 calories a day, and exercising little, is bad for you.
Top CriticA well-crafted comedy.
Entertaining and informative.
Although Spurlock's movie is thought-provoking and downright funny, he doesn't exactly play fair.
Super Size Me can be frivolous and slightly smug, but it certainly puts the question of America's health squarely on the table -- and in a wonderfully entertaining way.
A film that's every bit as tasty as junk food but without any of the refined flour, processed sugar, sodium overload, saturated fats or potentially lethal calories of your average fast-food meal.
Fascinating documentary on American fast food.
May affect how you eat and will serve as a rude awakening...
I'm willing to believe Spurlock's hypothesis ... but someday I'd like to see a well-researched documentary as lively as this one on the harmful effects of pseudo-science in the media.
Through the use of quirky art work, animation, a barrage of facts and figures, plus an incredibly dry wit, Spurlock shines a light on America's attitudes to weight gain.
The 'What Would Jesus Buy?' project, broader than digestion issues, is the brainchild of Morgan Spurlock, who in a less spiritual frame of mind, lost the junk food battle of the bulge against McDonald's with this high calorie investigative documentary.
Underscores the need for individuals to take responsibility for their own health, and it does so in a frequently humorous and self-deprecating way. Plenty of food for thought.
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Might help shake the Mcfaithful out of their special sauce stupors.
It's rare the film that changes someone's life; Super Size Me may indeed change many.
...it's unfortunate that the place of pride belongs to Spurlock's self-mortification.
...invaluable, putting the hard truth in our face like never before
Spurlock's adventure in not-so-fine dining may be extreme, but it makes its point in a shocking way...
One of only a handful of select films that I can recall as being as important as it is entertaining.
Instead of making a calm, reasonable case, Spurlock dazzles us with sensational details. [But] most of his arguments are properly persuasive.
It goes several extra miles to interview nutritionists, educators and media experts about the epidemic of obesity.
The movie delivers loads of facts, food for thought and a heaping serving of laughs.
Absolutamente deliciosa.
It's the film and its hero's honest approach that make the package so persuasive.
Every schoolchild should be brought to see it - with no popcorn during or burgers afterwards.
Super Size Me is, on one level, a cinematic stunt in the tradition of Michael Moore's populist, anti-corporate crusades.
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