"Super Size Me" (with "super size" used as a verb, not an adjective) is an obviously agenda-driven and skewed documentary all about its creator and his one month fast food binge designed to prove that McDonalds food is not all that when it comes to health. Indie maker Spurlock spends one month chucking down nothing but Mickey D's chow all around the U.S. while serving up heaping helpings of fat statistics, man-in-the-street interviews, info about his progress from doctors and nutritionists, and repeated attempts to hear from the other side of his war on obesity, the McDonalds corp. If you don't know that eating at McDonald's is not healthy eating, this flick is a must see. Otherwise you might want to give it a look just to see what happens to Spurlock as he pukes up the fast food, packs on the pounds, and, according to him, suffers from a vast array of symptoms. In short, take Fahrenheit 911, substitute Morgan Spurlock for Michael Moore and McDonalds for Bush and Iraq and you have "Super-size Me". Not documentary film making at its best but a fun watch anyway. (B-)
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