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In this hilarious yet informative documentary, debut director Morgan Spurlock makes himself the victim of a cruel experiment: he puts himself on a 30-day diet of nothing but McDonald's food. Eating three meals a day exclusively from McDonald's, Spurlock's health quickly deteriorates. The film documents the process from beginning to end, with Spurlock and his doctors making observations and monitoring the changes to his energy level, moods, liver and kidney function, and obviously his weight. As viewers might predict, Spurlock gains weight at an alarming rate, and during this process he offers a shocking lesson about the serious problem of obesity in America. Clearly McDonald's receives the brunt of the blame, as Spurlock shows how the fast-food restaurant directs its advertising at small children, who are converted into faithful consumers of the brand--and its free toy giveaways, bright colors, and Ronald McDonald clown--for life. Spurlock also examines the quality of the food itself, showing the processes by which favorite products like McNuggets are made. He also shows the proliferation of McDonald's chains both in the U.S. and worldwide. Meanwhile, Spurlock's girlfriend--a vegan chef--observes Spurlock's experiment with disgust and disdain, providing one of many comic elements to the film. Educational, fun, and at times downright gross, SUPER SIZE ME takes a different approach to illustrating America's obsession with fast food.
Quick Glance
Genre: Education/General Interest
Rating: R (MPAA)
Relase Company: Arts Alliance America
Format: DVD
UPC: 00829567014721
Well if you overlook the fact that his assertions about McDonald's are complete supposition based on scientifically inadmissible evidence then the film is only, well, a piece of crap. Mr. Spurlock makes no compelling case against McDonald's or fast food in general. He accuses McDonald's of being interested only in the bottom line, yet when his doctor's advise him to discontinue his "experiment"...
I cited this movie in my rating of McDonald's food not too long ago, so my rant toward Mickey D's still stands. But, in reaction to this movie, every one should go see it. For their health. Not that I eat much fast food, but since I have seen this movie it is unlikely that I ever will again. I have even thought of buying a copy on dvd to control my late night binges. Trust me, this movie will...
Can't give a 'terrible' because I watched it to completion, and I don't finish "terrible" movies. However, it did make me mad thinking about what p*ssies Americans have become. Some people don't care about their health - that is NOBODY'S business. If you don't like it, don't eat it. Personally, the flick just made me hungry. I'm not uninformed, brainwashed by ads, etc. McDonalds taste good, my...
I think there were several flaws with this mans experament. Its fine that he wanted to bring the "truth" to everyone and it did have a few interesting facts, but for the most part it was irrelevant. He went from an extremely healthy diet to eating meals the size that would make most people sick. He drank two sodas with every meal, which most people don't, and if you pay attention oftentimes he...
What a waste of a movie... If Americans want to eat fast food, let them eat it. This was just a stupid movie about a man who wanted to prove how bad it was for us. Anything you eat 3 times a day for 30 days isn't going to turn out pretty. What an imbecile
Just read: Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
The film makes a valuable point about overindulgence. As for laying the blame of an obese society on McDonald's doorsteps, those claims are less fair. Truth is, you can eat far too many calories in any setting, and get the same harsh results as the McDonald's experiment. Another documentary could show that cholesterol and a body fat can decrease by eating typical McDonald's food, if that habit...
"That's gotta be the fattest place in the world!" That's what I said during the part, which stated 3/5 fattest cities in America are in Texas. The funny thing was, I never meant to say that it was the fattest place in the world, but the fattest place in America. I thought my mouth had said something different from what my brain was thinking. But it’s true. America is the fattest country,...
I have to disagree that people have a legitimate case against McDonald's and other fast-food corporations for making people obese. It's just common sense to avoid overindulgence in overly-processed fast-food and I don't like the movement towards excessive warnings that seems to be taking place in this country. (You should know that hot coffee can burn you without a warning on the side of the cup,...
Entertaining doc about the adverse effects of eating fast food.
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Super Size Me (DVD - 2004)
Excessive? Yes. Alarming? Most certainly. Funny? Relentlessly. In this film, Morgan Spurlock merely drove home, in irrevocable, undeniable and not uncertain terms something those of us with two brain cells already know: that 95% of junk food is total crap (they don't call it "junk food" for nothing) and can be downright harmful to you if you overindulge. However, obviously millions of Americans...
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