Super Size Me

Name: Super Size Me
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Released: May 7, 2004
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Daryl Isaacs, Morgan Spurlock

2004

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Roadside Attractions | Release Date: May 7, 2004 | PG

Starring: Daryl Isaacs, Morgan Spurlock

Summary: Why are Americans so fat? Find out in Super Size Me, a tongue in-cheek - and burger in hand -- look at the legal, financial and physical costs of America's hunger for fast food. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)

Director: Morgan Spurlock

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Documentary

Rating: PG

Runtime: 100 min

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Owen Gleiberman

A deliciously amusing socio-culinary prank. Read full review

Connie Ogle

Clearly an important film, if only for such disheartening reminders that a McDonald's salad with ranch dressing has more calories than a Big Mac or that Miami is the 15th fattest city in the country (Houston is No. 1). Read full review

Mark Caro

The movie is zippy, laugh-out-loud funny, persuasive and at times horrifying, as Spurlock undergoes his unpleasant changes with good humor and bad tummy aches. Read full review

James Adams

Watching Morgan Spurlock commit slow suicide in Super Size Me is rather like watching Nic Cage do the same in "Leaving Las Vegas," except here the "preferred" instruments of destruction are hamburgers and vanilla milkshakes instead of booze and cigarettes. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Super Size Me produces more laughs than a man's gastrointestinal distress should. Read full review

James Greenberg

The results are as entertaining as they are sobering. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Insofar as one can distinguish the investigative research from the career move, this Sundance prizewinner is effective muckraking, but it lacks much of a political program apart from the message that we're poisoning ourselves. Read full review

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TanikaG.

Aug 28, 2006

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.

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nathanr.

Oct 11, 2005

I love this movie.

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Andremax

Sep 14, 2018

What Morgan Spurlock had done in name of truth and information is at minimum applause worthy. Not forgetting this documentary is very clever and smooth watching, even more than once. It's also highlighting worth that in all of this has a low budget.

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Zeph

Jan 13, 2011

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,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.

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BB_Critic

Apr 30, 2015

Super Size Me is directed by Morgan Spurlock and stars Morgan Spurlock. This documentary is about a man named Morgan Spurlock who conducts an experiment which is to eat McDonald's for a month for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The pace of this documentary is jumbled because bits about howSuper Size Me is directed by Morgan Spurlock and stars Morgan Spurlock. This documentary is about a man named Morgan Spurlock who conducts an experiment which is to eat McDonald's for a month for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The pace of this documentary is jumbled because bits about how McDonald's is bad for you pop up randomly throughout it. On the bright side, it shows how fast food consumption can destroy the body of any human being. This is a truly disturbing documentary, but a pretty good one at that. 7/10… Expand

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DeeperIn2Movies

Dec 12, 2011

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 pigWe'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....

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FormicSapien

Apr 6, 2012

If your definition of a good documentary is to "mislead the layperson using manipulation of facts and half-truths" than this would be a good documentary to you. Be smart, not dumb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersize_me#Criticism_and_statistical_notes

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