Super Size Me - Movie On Fast Excessive Fat & Sweet Food Corporations

July 13, 2004

Another great 'documentary' movie. Taking on the Fast (much less than

healthy) Food corporations and their predatory practices.

Great insights into what foods are served in most! schools - fast fat

and sweet foods. A great segment on a school that switch from fast

foods to real nutritious foods - the teacher noticed significant

positive changes in the students.

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Super Size Me (2004)

Plot Outline: An irreverent look at obesity in America and one of

its sources - fast food corporations. (more) (view trailer)

Why are Americans so fat? Two words: fast food. What

would happen if you ate nothing but fast food for an entire month?

Filmmaker Spurlock does just that and embarks on the most

perilous journey of his life. The rules? For 30 days he can't eat or

drink anything that isn't on Mc's menu; he must wolf three

squares a day; he must consume everything on the menu at least once and

supersize his meal if asked. Spurlock treks across the country

interviewing a host of experts on fast food and an equal number of

regular folk while chowing down at the Golden Arches. Spurlock's

grueling drive-through diet spirals him into a physical and emotional

metamorphosis that will make you think twice about picking up another

Big Mac.

Summary written by Sujit

R. Varma

Documentary filmmaker Spurlock makes himself

a test subject of this documentary about the commercial food industry.

Rigorously eating a diet of Mc's fast food, three times a day for

a month straight. Spurlock is out to prove the physical and mental

effects of consuming fast food. While doing this, Spurlock also

provides a look at the food culture in America through it's schools,

corporations, and politics as seen through the eyes of regular people

and health advocates. "Super Size Me" is a movie that sheds a new light

on what has become one of our nation's biggest health problems: obesity.

Summary written by monkeykingma

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