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Super Size Me
2004
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Morgan Spurlock |
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| Director | Morgan Spurlock |
| Genres | Documentary |
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Super Size Me
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.
| Starring | Morgan Spurlock |
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| Director | Morgan Spurlock |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 37 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 10 Jan 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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The other top documentary of 2004, Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me is very 'school of Michael Moore'. Which is no bad thing. More than anyone, MM has laid to rest that... read more »
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63 out of 67 people found this review helpful
Fast Food Frenzy!!
I liked this film/documentary. It is thoroughly obvious what the end result will be to anyone who has indulged in fast food. I would imagine that like most vices in this world, it is great at the time, a sense of fulfilment and wellbeing follows and then the inevitable 'come down' from whatever high you were own. Also, all vices are inherently bad for you - that sort of goes with the definition of the word??!!
Unfortunately, due to the fact that this is an American film, that message seems to need explaining throughout. The damage that the guy does to himself is simply amazing as are some of the facts that come out of the experts. The sheer amounts of Fat, sugar and calories that are consumed in your average Macky D are frightening. And that is what you get from this film, facts that deep down you know, but don?t really want to hear. This film could have been about smoking, drugs, extreme sports etc, but he chooses fast food. And boy, do the yanks like their fast food. You hear about 1 guy that has only eaten big macs for the last three years.
It is good, but this really could have been condensed into an hour long documentary. It is filled out far too much to give it movie length status, but I would recommend that you rent this. The changes that happen to this guy, both physically and mentally are amazing!! -
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9 out of 10 people found this review helpful
An amusing and very watchable documentary/film.
America's largest corporation gets disenchanted in the most embarrassing way.
The documentary is shocking, funny and I'm sure in many cases; life altering.
If you still eat fast 'corporation' food every week (and feed it your kids) after this movie, then you quite clearly don't care about being an NHS burden, or being in pain.
You have to watch the DVD extras. They are just as good as the documentary itself. Especially the description as to how they get the meat for McDonalds burgers. 100,000 cattle wading in their own excrement in a 'feeding lot' get ground down and mechanically recovered to feed you. 1000 different cattle parts can be found in 1 burger. It gets worse...
This is not heavy on the science of nutrition, and Morgan Spurloc does not measure the effects in any more of a scientific way than a series of blood tests and health checks. But then, he doesn't need to. It's obvious!
A movie that tells you the facts about one of the worlds greediest companies and makes you laugh at the same time. It is one-sided, and rightfully so. One hell of a warning as nutritionalists in the UK warn we are only a step behind the US when it comes to eating habits and food trends. That's what this movie, coupled with the extras, is all about.
Bon apetite. -
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