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Super Size Me

2004

Morgan Spurlock

Documentary, Self: Morgan Spurlock

6.6

35,864

Documentary 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. Morgan Spurlock hit the road and interviewed experts in 20 U.S. cities, including Houston, the "Fattest City" in America. During the journey, Spurlock also put his own body on the line, living on nothing but McDonald's for an entire month.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"An idea so brilliantly and horribly simple, an idea of such gonzo genius, that it's extraordinary no one's tried it before."	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"It's a hugely enjoyable descent into epic gluttony (...) Spurlock avoids Moores heftier rhetoric. Consumption will lead to possible nausea and certain amusement (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"An entertaining, and occasionally horrifying, statement of the obvious (...) Its message is certainly worth the loss of your appetite."	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Trout BBC	"Compelling and hilarious (...) The results, of both his experiment and investigation, are astonishing (...) A surprisingly interesting visual experience (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Nathan Rabin AV Club	"An irresistible combination of muckraking activism and populist entertainment (...) Morgan Spurlock employs humor and truth as blunt instruments for change"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"The results are predictably horrific, superficially entertaining (...) [It] is effective muckraking, but as with junk food, two hours after you've seen it you're hungry again"	NEU
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"An entertaining gross-out, cautionary tale (...) Affable, amusing and attractive"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"Entertaining if not exactly eye-opening (...) Spurlock is a funny guy and he means to keep us entertained (...) [but] ignores or misses important associations (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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