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Super Size Me
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Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, rejected five times by the USC film school, won the best director award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival for this alarmingly personal investigation into the health hazards wreaked by our fast food nation. Under extensive medical supervision, Spurlock subjects himself to a steady diet of McDonald's cuisine for 30 days just to see what happens. In less than a week, his ordinarily fit body and equilibrium undergo dark and ugly changes: Spurlock grows fat, his cholesterol rockets north, his organs take a beating, and he becomes subject to headaches, mood swings, symptoms of addiction, and lessened sexual energy. The gimmick is too obvious to sustain a feature documentary; Spurlock actually spends most of the film probing insidious ways that fast food companies worm their way into school lunchrooms and the hearts of young children who spend hours in McDonald's playrooms. French fries never looked more nauseating. --Tom Keogh
Release Date: 2003
Director: Spurlock, Morgan
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Mouth Shutting, October 25, 2006
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Pros:
Intelligent yet Funny
Cons:
McDs
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It'd never occurred to me that McDonalds could kill me. Not in 50 years, but imminently! Or at least that's what this film has got me thinking. There is a comic appeal when Morgan begins his adventure by downing his first supersized meal after months of living with his health conscious girlfriend. Without giving away the punchline or the rest of the film, I can only say this is a mouth shutting film and that the world would be a better place if we all hooked up with health food nuts. If you don't believe me, try it. This film might change the way you eat and the way you date!
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