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Dancing_P [ 7.0 ]
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A lot of criticism was directed towards this film because it's obvious that eating McDonald's 3 times a day for a month is bad for you; you don't need to try it out. However, these people neglect to mention one thing, the actual reason why Morgan Spurlock committed culinary suicide: McDonald's dismissed a lawsuit because there was no concrete proof that their diet was what made the plaintiffs obese (the fact that the lawsuit is pretty stupid is a whole other matter). That's the entire basis for this movie; most people seem to think that Spurlock went ahead and decided to pick on a big corporation because that's the in thing to do these days. The film does not consist of 90 minutes of Spurlock downing hamburgers, either; Super Size Me is also an exposé on the growing problem of obesity in the US. Granted, very little of what is presented here comes as a surprise; a walk down a main city street should tell you all you need to know. But Spurlock is a funny, personable guy and his film is a enjoyable experience even if you learn little in the process. There are scenes that were, however, pretty shocking to me: seeing Spurlock chow his way through a super-sized double cheeseburger meal and suffer pretty much the same effects as if he would've ingurgitated several shots of hard liquor (he sits around dazed, then nauseous and almost immobile and finally ralphs it up) or watching schoolchildren fail to identify a picture of Jesus, for example. Super Size Me is a funny, interesting documentary even if it's not the most shocking of discoveries. Besides, it uses Wesley Willis' awesome Rock N Roll McDonald's on the soundtrack; it's worth seeing just to hear that masterpiece set to footage of kids playing in the McTunnel and the McBalls.
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kcremer [ 9.0 ]
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An impressively provocative, informative and funny documentary from unknown filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, focusing on his 30 day, McDonald's diet-experiment.
At the beginning he is seen going to several doctors for various tests and physicals. After finding out that he's in better than average health, he goes thirty days eating nothing but McDonald's food three times a day, to see the impact it would have on his health. The rules are: he can't eat anything that's not from McDonald's, he has to eat everything he orders, try one of every menu item, and super size his meal when offered.
The footage of this experiment is broken up by interviews of various people, like Spurlock's spacy, vegan girlfriend, a man who has been eating nothing but Big Mac's for years, totaling 19,000 (and surprisingly is in good health) and an overweight girl unsatisfied with advice given to her from Jared the Subway Guy (who I've always thought was full of shit).
If I ate at McDonald's three times for even one day, I would have the shits for a week, and it would feel like two people took turns kicking me in the stomach and the balls. So needless to say, Spurlock's health really declines.
On the special features section of the DVD there is another disturbing experiment, where Spurlock places a burger and an order of fries from an unknown sub shop and fries from McDonald's in separate jars and records how long it takes for each item to break down and get moldy. After a few days the burger and fries from the sub shop were moldy. As far as the McDonald's fries? After 10 weeks they showed no sign of anything, which has convinced me never to eat fast food fries ever again!
Who am I kidding? I'll eat them again. They're too damn good!
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gamer27 [ 8.5 ]
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I was really shocked by this film. I knew that fast food was really bad for you, but not really really bad for you. I really thought that Morgan would be close to death after eating McDonalds for a month. I believe so far that this is the best documentary this year so far and I hope it wins best documentary.
***1/2 out of ****
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jeff_v [ 6.5 ]
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Not unlike Dogville, this is a film in which the director tests a (suspiciously foregone) idea by subjecting it to an absurd extreme. But at least Spurlock's film is entertaining along the way, even if its case is hampered by its rigged structure. The stunt is supported half-heartedly by Dateline-style factoids about America's obesity problem, but this let's admit it --this is a stunt masquerading as a feature-length documentary.
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| Weighted Rating | : 7.0 |
| No. Ratings | : 11 | |
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