I work at a McDonalds to pay for my living expenses at college, and having seen information that 99% of people will have ignored (and that Spurlock will have ignored as well) - it would have been possible to have breakfast, lunch AND an evening meal at a McDonalds without being over the recommended calories and recieving a fairly balanced diet. That's why there's healthy options, for balance. With obesity being such a serious issue, Morgan Spurlock only comes over as a complete idiot for making a mockery of a serious issue, and rather than being a fair documentary is purely something to please the "Blame McDonalds" brigade. The people with intelligence will not be fooled.… Expand

I thought it was decent but it simply proved what we all already knew - That fast food is bad for you. Morgan did a decent job at putting it into film but it simply wasnt that interesting.

And only 3 bc it was a good idea done wrong. none of the facts suprised me, nothing was really shocking at all, maybe if you're a vegan or something. and i REALLY hate MacDonalds, but they just really did a halfassed job with this doco.

The main reason that i didn't like this movie is well for one i love McDonalds and second is because i am doing a report on McDonalds and because of this stupid movie and other fatfree freaks made it so that i can't even find any real information the only information that i do find is writen by some bias freak who doesn't have enough of a life accually go out and do something rather than worry about how much fat is in the McNuggets. … Expand

It's a 3 because this movie: www.BowlingForMorgan.com completely discredits "Super Size Me." It was a 5 until I watched Bowling For Morgan.

And only 3 bc it was a good idea done wrong. none of the facts suprised me, nothing was really shocking at all, maybe if you're a vegan or something. and i REALLY hate MacDonalds, but they just really did a halfassed job with this doco.

The movie is garbage because what it's really selling is a howardsternish/jackassy freakshow prank--look at someone pig out, get fat, and feel sick--while pretending to raise our consciousness. michael moore started this trend by taking serious issues and dumbing them down. this guy takes a dumb issue and seriouses it up, and many critics are actually swallowing this bullsh.t faster than happy meal. anyway, at least we know why michael moore has a fat ass. one of the victims of evil corportation macdonalds.… Expand

Extremely overrated. Americans just need a way to find a scapegoat for their bad habits, so they blame it on a international super giant: McDonalds. Do people actually think that all Americans eat McDonalds all day? Not enough accuracy to be called a documentary.

Amusing but absurd. Gorging yourself with McDonald's is bad for you? shocking. This filmmaker is a frustrated actor who decided to cast himself in a feature. the idea that you'd take the super size every time it is offered is absurd. that's like accepting every sales pitch you enounter for a month. duh.

If I wanted to see a Discovery Channel show on obesity, I would've stayed home, not payed good money to see it on the big screen. So boring, I walked out not even halfway through and walked into Napoleon Dynamite- much better.

Given the urgency of a truly great documentary like Fahrenheit 9/11, it would be tempting to be a bit underwhelmed by the prospect of watching Morgan Spurlock blow the lid off the Big Mac. Having said that, one could also make a valid argument that America's fast food consumption kills a lot more people every year than Al Qaeda terrorists (let alone Saddam and his mythical WMD's.) Sure, the results of Spurlock's now-famous (or infamous) experiment are pretty predictable - thirty days of exclusively eating Mickey D's three times a day make him fat, sluggish, and unhealthy. Alert the media! But many of the points he makes along the way are genuinely provocative and disturbing, and some of the characters he meets along the way are intriguing and even endearing (like the guy who's been eating two to three Big Macs EVERY DAY for the last few decades and still can boast of a trim waistline and low cholesterol count.) Spurlock as a documentarian is guilty of many of the things that Michael Moore's detractors criticize him for - he is highly selective about which footage he uses, makes certain connections that don't always seem to exist, and places himself squarely in the center of his own story. But also like Moore, he makes too many powerful and valid points to simply dismiss him. And while Fahrenheit 9/11 is by far the superior of the two films on every level, the bottom line on both is the same: ignore their messages at your own risk.… Expand

It's a real wake up call to all of us. I am off to the gym because of this film... I will still go to McDonald's but not eat as much as i normally do.

I have told everyone about this movie - it is an eye-opener! It ought to be shown in public and private schools. What an insight! After this movie is shown, everyone should then watch "30 Days-Minimum Wage!" Morgan Spurlock has really touched some key issues with wisdom, compassion, and humor - if he doesn't reach us, we've got even bigger problems! Keep up the great work!

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen, do yourself and your kids and your body a favor and go see it as soon as it opens!

Will scare and make you laugh all at the same time.

Super Size Me isn't just a muckraking documentary, it also happens to be entertaining as hell. That's a good thing because what you learn from this documentary could easily make you cranky, whether you're fat or fit, a fast-food junkie or a vegan.

Outstanding, in its simplicity.

George W. ALMOST has as much of a chance of getting "fair and balanced" treatment in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 as Mickey D. has of getting "a fair shake" (pardon the pun) in Morgan Spurlock's clever, entertaining, often persuasive but also dishonest, deck-stacked hatchet job on The Golden Arches, fast food, and the American way of eating. Spurlock DOES make some very valid and persuasive points, especially concerning the way that junk food is marketed to children in and outside the public school system to "get them hooked" (the drug analogy is heavy-handed but effective and not entirely off the mark), but ultimately he's either too insecure to let his arguments speak for themselves or has too much of an ax to grind against McDonald's to approach the subject with anything resembling...oh, forget objectivity or balance, I'd settle for simple perspective. He photographs Big Macs in as disgusting a manner as possible (while making his girlfriend Alex's vegan treats look like five-star haute cuisine; he turns up the volume so we can hear irritating muching and smacking noises while he gulps them down, all the while TALKING WITH HIS MOUTH FULL...and if all else fails, he pulls the old "there's a hair in my food" bit. (I'm not totally convinced Spurlock didn't implement the non-CGI-enhanced visual we get after his body rejects his first McGoodie with a feather.) While Moore, even after several years and worldwide notoriety, still maintains a genial, avuncular interviweing demeanor that tricks his subjects into shooting one foot off while the other is firmly implanted in mouth, Spurlock comes off as smug, supercilious, and smarter-than-you...the kind of Politically correct figure that gets moderates to vote in Newt Gingrich to avoid proliferating. (I liked Alex a lot, though...she'll never convince me that "ham is heroin", but she's genuinely sweet, clearly loves and cares about Spurlock, and has such an adorable smile that it's obvious that Spurlock's diminished sex drive is the casualty of his incredibly foolish, ill-advised 30-day-McDiet that he most painfully regrets.) In other segments, Spurlock seems to call for the public ostracization and shaming of fat people, and in an interview with an intelligent high school girl discussing her inability to reach supermodel standards seems almost to endorse anorexia and bulimia! Worst of all is this movie's effect on history and legal precedent; let's face it, I enjoy a Big Mac or a Burger King Whopper about 3 times a month, usually don't have a soft drink, and NEVER supersize, but we still live in a free country (which includes allowing its citizens the right to make mistakes or dumb choices), and I resent Spurlock's crowing about how he bullied McDonald's into eliminating their customers' right to do so. Call me old-fashioned, call me short-sighted...but to me the sight of a few bellies flopping over beltlines is a whole lot less threatening or offensive to me than the first stages of Quarter Pounder Prohibition.… Expand

More Americans are likely to watch a movie rather than read Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation", so Morgan Spurlock deserves a pat on the back, because "Super Size Me", if nothing else, is a public service announcement of paramount importance. As an objective viewer, however, you need to question Spurlock's tactics, like if he induced vomiting to entertain us. Also, Spurlock resorts to the cheapest trick in the book when he tries to get a McDonald's representative to do an on-camera interview. He must already know it's a foregone conclusion that the chances are slim-to-none. You put up with the Michael Moore school of documentary filmmaking for the same reasons you put up with the zaftig one. Their films say something, and are the headliners of a new breed of entertaining, albeit slightly dumbed down documentaries, therefore populist, so people will see it. McDonalds changed their policy, but couldn't a customer just buy two large fries to match the super-size? … Expand

This is an impressive effort for a documentary done on a shoestring budget of $65,000. The film's main message, that McDonald's food is bad for you, is hardly news. It should hardly surprise anybody that Spurlock's caloric intake from eating nothing but McDonald's food was about double what he needs in a day, or 5,000 calories. Spurlock does ere a little bit too much on the side of plaintiffs in a ridiculous lawsuit against McDonald's, claiming it was McDonald's fault they had become obese from eat their food. What I like most about the movie was his interview with Jacob Sullum of Reason magazine. If he had given more air time to Sullum and other voices of opposition to the irresponsibility promoted by lawsuits attempting to make others responsible for bad eating habits, then I would give this film a higher rating. Somebody in this comments section thought Spurlock's calls for comment from McDonald's was a waste of time. While I agree that he didn't need to call them 15 times, he did need to make a good faith effort to solicit comment from the company to protect himself from any potential lawsuits. He really only needed to make two phone calls. One to introduce himself and a second call to give the flak at McDonald's a deadline for doing an interview. This is standard journalist etiquette and it was all Spurlock needed to do. Perhaps as a low budget film maker portraying a multi-billion company in an unfavorable light, he felt the need to go an extra mile or two to solicit comment from McDonald's out of fear of legal retaliation. … Expand

This is a preaching to the choir documentary. Who can disagree that we shouldn't eat junk food except an idiot? Also not enough sly humor or irony to be compared with Michael Moore films. I was entertained but came away with little that was unknown to me.

"Bowling For Morgan" completely misses the point. His conclusions are random and baseless and only prove the depth of American ignorance and commitment to the corporate lies fed to us constantly as he obliterates the rules that made Supersize Me succeed namely exercising and always getting medium Diet Cokes. He mocks every faccet of Morgan's effort with no substance to back it up (wow, he got kids to call him a clown...impressive). The only thing it proves is that Supersize Me is the real deal.… Expand

This film has gotten a lot of unfair criticism within the realm of our own user comments. I do not find reasons that "I like McDonalds" , "this made my homework harder", or this or that website did not like it to be credible reasons. This film, by no means a masterpiece, is an enlightened look into an all too neglected area of what we eat. Yes America has problems, and yes the movie is trying to teach. If the word "educational" turns you off of a film by all means miss this film. It makes the rest of us sit down and look in the mirror and ask what are we doing ourselves. This the film succeeds wonderfully by making people do this. Ultimately, I'm glad someone challenged a large corporation with a documentary, and something to put beside fast foods propaganda machine. But one thought still lingers, what kind of person would subject themselves to permanent damage like this just to prove a point.... … Expand

AWESOME !!!

This is a relevant, coherent, well-supported, gripping and extremely entertaining documentary. Instead of pasting together a hodgepodge of thematically related snippets without a clear thesis (as often does groundbreaking documentary hero Michael Moore), Spurlock makes his point crystal clear and backs it with devastating, disgusting and thought-provoking evidence. He is really pointing out the elephant in the room (no pun intended) when he indicts America's horrid diet habits and burgeoning bodies, but who else is really doing it? This is a very good documentary about a very important topic. Spurlock is ironic and cynical without being obnoxious and santimonious (yes, Im thinking of Moore) and his tone throughout makes the movie fun and profound at the same time. A real wake up call that is sending out long overdue shock waves through its audience. First rate, commendable work.… Expand

I thought that Super Size Me was done well, but would have liked to see more focus on exercising as an agent against obesity. Morgan did touch on it, and did so at a grass roots level(early schooling), however I would have like to have seen more heat put on the school administration/gov't (no child left behind act) for the elimination phys-ed as a mandatory class in todays schools. I would have also liked to have seen more accountability put on the school lunch program for setting students up to make bad nutritional choices during lunch. Overall though, I believe that the movie was well crafted and came off pretty passive/aggressive at pointing the blame at the Golden Arches.… Expand

Engaging, well-paced, and chock-full of factoids. Ironically, while far from a perfect documentary (or perhaps not truly a documentary at all), the film has broader appeal than most in its genre, and maybe that's exactly what the public needs. Because it is entertaining, more are likely to watch, and more likely to react. At first I thought the completely unscientific approach may be a liability to the cause. On further consideration, a visceral representation of the subject is probably more effective for those (the majority) that don't understand statistics or psychosomatic effects.… Expand

This excellent indie film could have been called "Burgers of Mass Destruction!" I eat fast food usually once a week. This intelligent, indie film opened my eyes to just how harmful fast food can be. The creator of the film subjected himself to three medical examinations and visited these three doctors throught the one month he ate nothing but McDonald's. He gained 25 lbs in on month, and put his liver at serious risk. His girlfriend is a vegan chef and maanged to put him on a detox diet,which got him back to normal after 9 months. I won't give up fast food. It's usually tasty and convenient. But I will moderate my intake of it. I'm really happy that a film like this was shown at a mainstream theatre like Grant Park. Hopefully, it will reach a large audience. Yes, it also very funny.… Expand

Best indie film of the year so far!!

I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO SO SO SO MUCH.

Go see this one. It was worth it. It shouldn't surprise you but it will disgust you.

I love this movie.

Full of laughs and crammed with so many scary facts that u will be telling ur mates for weeks. very informative in a funny american style.

This is absoltely funny, and just plain sick at the same time. But one question remains: Why do this? Well, it's not so different than what people really do. Like that Big Mac eating dude. But yes, the gastric bypass scene was sick and slightly unneccesary.

Amazing movie, especially the dvd extra "the smoking fry"! I never want to eat those fries again!

This is yet another self featured documentary where the maker is the star of the film. He goes around, and the cameraman documents everything he does. And yes, this movie is made in "Bowling for Columbine" style, which is a mixture of humor, factiods and statstics, and some animation with a little bit of scary images. I like these types of documentaries. As a vegeterian, I think Spulock's movie is a blessing, which can only make good to our world. McDonalds is a huge coorporation and is corrupting our life in many ways, which most are not mentioned in this film. The film focuses on McDonlads' affect on people, and Spurlock blames McDonalds and the cybling fast food companies for fattening America and ruin the public health. This is known to most people, however, most of them try to close their eyes and pretend it is not true. This movie will help those people change their behaviour. The movie is well edited, and is orginized to the understanding of the average man. 8/10… Expand

Hilarious and informative. Be warned, burger lovers: you'll never eat fast food again. Those who are giving this a zero need to move beyond what's called the "denial" stage of food addiction.

I weighed 345 lbs amd now i am weighed at 200lbs i didnt eat fast food for 2 years and i worked out every day for 2 hours. it was great.

Great documentary! Morgan Spurlock makes his points without becoming preachy or condesending. Most of the negative reviews can be attributed to the fact that this documentary hits a little "too close to home" for some viewers to handle. Americans need to face the fact that obesity IS one of our most important health issues in this country. This documentary succeds in creating controversy; which in turn spurs debate about the rise of obesity in our country.… Expand

"Bowling for Morgan" is crass, inept nonsense which hardly discredits "Supersize Me." Nice try.

There's a lot more to it than just "McDonald's is bad for you." It also goes into the exercise habits of the average American, condemn the fast-food style menus they serve at high-schools, and also note the behavioral changes caused by eating such food. McDonald's is not to blame for the obesity problem, and Spurlock notes that when he talks about the frivolous lawsuits against them. I admit, I have eaten at McDonald's since eating this movie, but I visit such restaurants much less frequently and have also strongly changed my day-to-day eating habits for the better; and that is the ultimate goal of this film.… Expand

A very good service to public health, while entertaining and funny at the same time. Good nutrition is so simple and so obvious, with a minimum of education required. And nutrition has an impact on every area of health (aside from obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc., which are obvious, the film forgot to mention mental health). The film raises awareness to the fact that unhealthy food is marketed agressively everywhere from children's schools, to hospitals, and it is far easier for most of us at this instant to buy a soft drink as opposed to a banana. The film makes an example of McDonald's, but really the problem is shown to be much broader than that. It leads one to wonder how, for example, cigarette ads can be limited, yet advertising of extremely unhealthy foods can aggressively target children and yet be tolerated freely as a norm. … Expand

Anyone with a triple digit IQ knows that if all you eat are double quarter-pounders and extra-large fries with a shake and coke, you'll be on the fast track to a coronary event. Spurlock's not just stating the obvious, he's treating us like two-year-olds. I'm fat and I eat occasionally at fast food joints. McDonalds isn't coercing me to eat there, and they're not sneaking crack cocaine in their meat to keep me coming back. And if I had to eat there 24/7, I'd be having their salads, grilled skinless chicken and other items instead of the idiocy of cramming meatburger after meatburger down the hatch with fries and sugary, salty soft drinks. Sorry America, someone just super-sized their EGO - nothing more. The guy comes across more as a sociopath than someone who's looking out for our individual welfares. Perhaps in the most ironic twist, this film is the cinematic equivalent of a Big Mac - a tasty topic and lots of sauce and cheese. Don't forget the cheese. But not a lot we can really use. It's a treat for the reality-show mongers who love to watch people get put down, injured or jilted. It's sideshow entertainment at the cost of someone's health. Yuck. … Expand

Very interesting, and I'm glad I saw it, but the film was too dry for me. He's definitely influenced by Michael Moore, but Spurlock attempts to be more balanced in his presentation, and doesn't ram his political agenda down your throat. Which is a good thing.

I found the film entertaining and (at least for me) served as an effective deterrent to eating fast food. The film, however, could have done a better job delving into "the root" of the problem...it just managed to graze the issues.

Super Size Me? I'm Lovin it!

Best documentary I have seen in my life, show the real thing, fast food is now one time a year for me.

I'm so conflicted! On the one hand, it was a brave film, and a daring stunt, to live only on Mickie D's for a month, and medical results unfold like a true cinematic thriller. On the other hand, I think the net effect, which is to villainize McD.s and fast food coporate culture, is misguided and misplaced. How about a documentary that looks at why Americans feel the need to poison themselves in this way? McD.s and the others exist to fill a need. No need, no business. I'll bet if I lived on nothing but wheat grass juice for a month I'd have a whole other set of health issues. So the film doesn't quite fly as a serious cause and effect study. Even so, it stuck with me for days, like a bad burger (and I'm vegetarian), and I've rethought the effort I put into my daily meals.… Expand

i think its really had to be said and morgan did a fantstic job insaying so i worked at maccers and seeing wat they do and how many ppl eat fast food really made me realise wat ppl are doing to their body. so well done morgan and good job.

GRAT EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTARY!!!!!!!! I wish that Ronald McDonald went to jail!

This documentary serves a purpose of discovering the facts behind very unhealthy eating habits and raising awareness to the growing concern about obesity. It achieves those two goals effectively and it is what I believe is the essence of the movie. Not just about bashing McDonald's, although it did that quite effectively too. 3/4

We're talking fat, not phat. When Morgan Spurlock decided to embark on a month-long "McDiet," little did he know he would gain 25 pounds, suffer liver damage and, in general, feel like hurling each and every McDay. For 30 days straight, the New York filmmaker was his own guinea pig (emphasis on the pig), eating only McDonald's meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. With camera in one hand and a Big Mac in the other, Spurlock documented his dieting debacle. The result is Super Size Me, which might even give Ronald McDonald indigestion.... (http://deepintomovies.blogspot.com/ and on Facebook as Deeper Into Movies)… Expand

One of the best documentarys I have ever seen. Spurlock has shown us the side of fast food that none of us wanted to see and it worked out great in film form. A must see imo.

The lawyers that teamed up with Spurlock look like they've ran out of tobacco companies to sue. This documentary is just using scare tactics to kill fast food companies and pass the blame from the people WHO MAKE THE DECISION to eat the fast food to the corporations themselves because we can't handle being told that we've become too lazy to exercise or eat a proper diet. A poor excuse for muckraking; this just fuels the "let's sue everyone" fire. However, it was entertaining, so it gets a 5. If you've never seen it, skip it and see Fathead instead.… Expand