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Super Size Me (2004)

While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.

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Several legal suits have been brought against McDonald's Restaurants that they are knowingly selling food that is unhealthy. Some of the court decisions have stated that the plaintiffs would have a claim if they could prove that eating the food every day for every meal is dangerous. As such, documentarian Morgan Spurlock conducts an unscientific experiment using himself as the guinea pig: eat only McDonald's for thirty days, three meals a day. If he is asked by the clerk if he would like the meal super sized, he has to say yes. And by the end of the thirty days, he will have had to have eaten every single menu item at least once. Before starting the experiment, he is tested by three doctors - a general practitioner, a cardiologist and a gastroenterologist - who pronounce his general health to be outstanding. They will also monitor him over the thirty days to ensure that he is not placing his health into irreparable damage. He also consults with a dietitian/nutritionist and an exercise... Written by Huggo

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Rated PG for thematic elements, a disturbing medical procedure, and some language | See all certifications »

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$65,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$516,641, 9 May 2004, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$11,529,368, 26 September 2004
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Trivia

The documentary premiered at Sundance in January, 2004. Less than two months later, McDonalds announced that it would no longer sell any of its menu items in "Super Size", although it officially denied that this move was in reaction to this film. See more »

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Near the end, when Morgan Spurlock says, "Why not do away with your Super Size options?" the water condensation runs up the drink. See more »

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Children: A Pizza Hut! A Pizza Hut! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! A Pizza Hut! A Pizza Hut! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! McDonalds! McDonalds! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! McDonalds! McDonalds! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! I like food! I like food! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut! You like food! You like food! Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut!
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One of the dumbest documentaries I've ever seen
15 February 2015 | by – See all my reviews

This inspires me to film a critical documentary about the birthday cake industry. My hypothesis: if you eat an entire birthday cake, and nothing but birthday cake, three times a day breakfast lunch and dinner you'll eventually die. Hopefully I'll make 11.5 million dollars too. All Spurlock did was prove that eating thousands of extra calories every day is unhealthy, demonstrating the absolutely obvious.

A more interesting film, and one that might have actually been of some value, would be to see what happens if you were to eat a diet of nothing but McDonald's but try to maintain a 2,000 calorie diet doing it, as balanced as possible using just items on their menu. This movie was just a total waste of time.


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