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Super Size Me
2004
Comedy
Drama
1h 40m
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. (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
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Super Size Me
2004
Comedy
Drama
1h 40m
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Rated 15 Feb 2010
2
15th
And for his next documentary, Spulock will stare directly into the sun in an experiment to determine why some people go blind.
Rated 15 Feb 2010
Rated 12 Sep 2015
70
53rd
I don't like this as a documentary: I just really like looking at McDonalds. Oh man, Jared Fogle scenes. "My big vice was food "No it fucking wasn't.
Rated 12 Sep 2015
Rated 12 Jul 2007
45
44th
On a technical level, "Super Size Me" is okay. It looks nice and the pacing is good. However, I don't think it really told anyone anything that they didn't already know. "So, you're telling me that if I solely ate McDonald's food for 30 days, I'd experience ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS?! No shit, Spurlock!" (Heh, like what I did there? God, I hate myself.) If you're interested in take-downs of the fast food industry, you'd really be better off reading Eric Schlosser's "Fast Food Nation".
Rated 12 Jul 2007
Rated 17 Dec 2006
64
42nd
Am I the only one who went out for some McDicks after this? Just thinking about this film is giving me a Big Mac Attack!
Rated 17 Dec 2006
Rated 05 Nov 2010
40
12th
The first time I saw this movie, I enjoyed it. Yes, eating nothing but fast food is obviously bad for you but I thought the concept was solid (I still do). Watching it a second time, you see how mean spirited and self righteous Spurlock can get. Instead of trying to dig deeper and get the whole story behind the problems with fast food (and why we as a culture are driven towards eating it), he spends that time blatantly making fun of overweight people. That's not a documentary, its just childish.
Rated 05 Nov 2010
Rated 20 Mar 2009
1
5th
Wait a second, so this movie is saying that MCDONALD'S is UNHEALTHY? I don't believe it! I am stunned! Holding my breath in anticipation for Morgan Spurlock's next documentary, which turns the harsh light of truth on the sky, revealing that it is, in fact, blue.
Rated 20 Mar 2009
Rated 19 Jul 2010
35
13th
Eating McDonalds every day is unhealthy. Shocking.
Rated 19 Jul 2010
Rated 18 Apr 2009
0
1st
Hardly a documentary in the first place. The amount of bias is even ridiculous for the usual documentary. Its also utter garbage. Spurlock should be punched in the face.
Rated 18 Apr 2009
Rated 20 Aug 2016
78
39th
Watch Fat Head instead. That movie at least has some actual science in it.
Rated 20 Aug 2016
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
12th
Eating fast food for a month solid is bad for you. SHOCKER
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 25 May 2008
43
14th
I did not get anything out of this that wasn't common knowledge. Though he addresses this at the end, how would anyone who ate McDonalds 3 times a day for a month, buying the worst items on the menu not get some sort of deficient health status? This just seems like attention whoring to me. Yes, people eat Fast Food and it's bad for them. Yes, if you eat too much of it, you'll be unhealthy. Yes, gravity exists. Yes, 1 1=2. What a garbage documentary.
Rated 25 May 2008
Rated 13 Feb 2009
43
16th
If you eat McDonalds for 30 days straight...you get sick?! No way! I couldn't have guessed.
Rated 13 Feb 2009
Rated 27 Jul 2008
0
0th
Everybody's going to gain that kind of weight if they eat 9 Big Macs per day, you fucking twat.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
Rated 19 Dec 2009
50
18th
I will save you the time of watching this idiotic movie. If you are stupid enough to eat at McDonalds everyday for every meal, you'll get fat. This claim has been proven by the University of Common Sense.
Rated 19 Dec 2009
Rated 06 Jan 2007
50
17th
Not exercising and gorging myself on McDonald's three meals a day is unhealthy? You're shitting me. Anyway, that experiment is stupid and pointless, but some of the "documentary" stuff is kind of interesting.
Rated 06 Jan 2007
Rated 07 Jan 2009
11
7th
this movie made me extremely hungry for micky D's. Immediately after watching this movie I went to grab a large fry
Rated 07 Jan 2009
Rated 30 Jan 2007
2
21st
Morgan Spurlock is a douchebag. It's not even a documentary. I mean doesn't something have to be informative to be a documentary? Did he really need 2 hours to make a point that fast food makes you fat? God.
Rated 30 Jan 2007
Rated 04 Jun 2010
25
18th
So someone eats nothing but fast food for 30 days straight and becomes fatter? What a surprise! Not only that, but he also exaggerates the results completely. Other studies that utilized the same experiment discovered that their results weren't the same as Spurlock's, thus it's likely he completely bullshits the result for the sake of dramatization. For that, among other fallacies, he gets a low score from me.
Rated 04 Jun 2010
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
22nd
While a lot of the information was eye-opening, the apparent surprise that a non-caffiene-addicted health food eater would get sick and fat from eating McDonald's every day is not exactly a revelation. I would have preferred seeing something a bit more scientific. I specifically remember him commenting how he felt "down" until he had his first meal, insinuating that he was somehow "addicted" to McDonald's... as he chugs his super-sized Coca-Cola that he drank every meal. Hello? Caffien
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 18 Nov 2011
10
5th
You eat fast food for a month, don't exercise and you get fat? NO SHIT? This shouldn't be taken as half serious as it is.
Rated 18 Nov 2011
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
56th
Entertaining and well-made, but really just extrapolated the oh-so-popular theory of "FAST FOOD MAKES YOU FAT!"
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
35th
Morgan Spurlock's 2004 watermark documentary is essentially the cinematic equivalent of what its lampooning: this is fast food film maklng. Easy to swallow, but leaves little food for thought.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Feb 2009
2
39th
Super Size Me 2: A guy watches Super Size Me three times a day for a month and he gets fat. Whoda thunk?!
Rated 14 Feb 2009
Rated 07 Aug 2012
65
38th
It's one of those documentaris where I'm inherently split. For one I'll give it credit for enlightening the genral public (to something that should have been as obvious as water making you wet, but well, common sense is neither) but one the other hand it's not really a great watch.
Rated 07 Aug 2012
Rated 10 Aug 2008
70
76th
Although the message seems obvious, it's very interesting to see what happens to a guy who only eats at McDonalds. I found it actually very scary (the health problems). I used to eat at McDonalds a lot and I experienced some of his problems too (like the headaches). Yes, eating cheeseburgers makes you fat, but I didn't think it can actually make you sick too.... For me it was an eye-opener.
Rated 10 Aug 2008
Rated 07 Dec 2009
3
14th
Fails to account for calories eaten, incredibly biased, not funny, and plainly fucking obvious, but I'll give it a score of 3 for making me hungry. Spurlock is a terrible filmmaker, by the way.
Rated 07 Dec 2009
Rated 28 Jan 2014
20
4th
So a guy that was previously on a vegan diet starts eating meat (fast food at that) for a month straight and gets sick? Durrrrr!
Rated 28 Jan 2014
Rated 14 Mar 2014
40
9th
Guy nearly kills himself to prove McDonald's is bad for you. It'd get a lower score, but Super Size Me is surprisingly entertaining for a documentary and it has a decent message. But if you need it, you also need a better brain.
Rated 14 Mar 2014
Rated 08 Mar 2007
2
15th
Entertaining; I was just underwhelmed by the actual information. Fast food is unhealthy, of course. But how many people actually eat it every day? Well, actually, a surprising amount eat it a lot more than they should. But I doubt they think it's good for them, either. So it's kinda "Duh." Fun to watch, though, even if Spurlock strikes me as a bit of a douchebag.
Rated 08 Mar 2007
Rated 30 Jul 2009
80
79th
Sickening, but well-done. Ofcourse everyone knows McDonalds food is bad, but here it shows how bad it is to a healthy human-being in a few weeks. I already hated fast food, but hate it even more after this documentary
Rated 30 Jul 2009
Rated 11 Mar 2008
60
2nd
Some amusing parts, but I'm not so sure it's fair and unbiased.
Rated 11 Mar 2008
Rated 22 Apr 2007
2
21st
The first time it's somewhat entertaining watching a guy slowly murder himself. The second time you realize how pointless it is.
Rated 22 Apr 2007
Rated 12 Sep 2013
20
13th
Generally pretty bad. This man takes needless risks to show something that should have been already in the forefront of the American zeitgeist: when you eat a lot of fatty, highly processed foods, your body hates you! Wow! Who'da thunk it?
Rated 12 Sep 2013
Rated 18 May 2007
37
32nd
Reasonably entertaining, but lacks anything informative. Really more of a mockumentary than a documentary, so it basically misses the mark before it even begins.
Rated 18 May 2007
Rated 04 Jul 2008
82
76th
While many people state that the film's fault is that it doesn't provide enough numerical and scientific evidence to be a great documentary, I disagree. In the health field there is now a large push for how people feel in relation to their health and how quantifiable data is not the end all be all of personal health. This documentary does have a decent amount of quantifiable data but focuses far more on how Morgan feels, and that is very, very important when concerned with personal health.
Rated 04 Jul 2008
Rated 25 Sep 2010
67
57th
I don't feel the point of the film was to enlighten people to the fact that fast food is bad for you (if you don't realize this you are a bit of an idiot) but to show how utterly insanely bad it is for you. I didn't fact check the results by completing this challenge myself (cause I don't want to die) but the data gathered from his experiment (and the concern of the doctor) were compelling.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
Rated 08 Jun 2007
80
60th
Pretty solid documentary, but didn't really tell us what we didn't already know.
Rated 08 Jun 2007
Rated 04 May 2014
42
12th
I didn't get this at all. This was some of the worst acting I've ever seen. I mean, he looks right into the camera sometimes. I don't think the director really knew what he was doing either. It felt kind of improvised, like there wasn't a finished script when they began shooting.
Rated 04 May 2014
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
27th
Fat Americans LOL!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 22 Feb 2013
50
18th
Morgan Spurlock constantly condescends his audience. It's grating. His experiment is a little too theatrical, and it's told in such a way that it's our main plot - where not much happens. He touches on more interesting things, but only briefly - such as the effect of lobbyists for the food industry on politics, body image and media studies, and a little bit of commercial interests ruling people's diets and lives. But it's gotta be all about Morgan, doesn't it?
Rated 22 Feb 2013
Rated 24 May 2017
70
56th
I don't eat McDonalds and I'm still fat. FUCK YOU SPURLOCK!
Rated 24 May 2017
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
79th
Great documentary chronicling Morgan Spurlocks descent into obesity and unhealthy living as he dared to live on an all Mcdonalds diet.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
68th
Very entertaining, but not really informative. It was interesting, but I don't think it really revealed that much to me. It's actually a fair bit of fun though.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 10 Jan 2013
10
0th
Completely fabricated and inaccurate bunk. If you eat McDonald's everyday you will not get fat, UNLESS you eat more than you need and you sit on yer butt all day and what you eat consists of the bread and sugary soda. Totally out-of-date thinking. Watch "fat head" people!
Rated 10 Jan 2013
Rated 26 Nov 2012
55
36th
Admittedly, it's very interesting, but it is not a particularly good film.
Rated 26 Nov 2012
Rated 26 Sep 2018
35
34th
Becomes a lot less interesting when you learn that no subsequent study has ever been able to replicate Spurlock's results. Not that there isn't good material in here but it really makes you question all the other facts presented in this documentary.
Rated 26 Sep 2018
Rated 28 Jul 2021
67
27th
I have a difficult time getting into most documentaries unless the topic really interests me, and I can't say I was too thrilled about this one. Additionally, Spurlock might have understandably put on weight, but he didn't need to make himself out to be such a pansy with the puking and all.
Rated 28 Jul 2021
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
84th
Very entertaining documentary. Similar to Bowling for Columbine in how it uses different techniques to present the material in interesting ways. The director/star is also a really funny guy. The movie isn't exactly eye-opening, because everyone knows fast food is bad for you, but it is kind of a shot in the arm to get so much information about it at once, and to see just how bad it can mess you up.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 16 Sep 2011
45
32nd
An interesting movie, and Spurlock is likeable enough, but his refusal to disclose the statistics and the logs of his consumption is discouraging and I'm afraid that this film has misled a lot of the public. It was an entertaining movie, good enough for me to rate it relatively high compared to other terrible movies I've seen, but I hate misleading the public with propaganda like this. Spurlock's experience would have been the same if he'd gone to a 5star restaurant and consumed the same cals
Rated 16 Sep 2011
Rated 06 Feb 2009
65
72nd
Neat documentary, although after watching it I immediatly went out for some McDonalds with my friends.
Rated 06 Feb 2009
Rated 27 Dec 2006
60
40th
It was a little over the top. This guy is a pussy. He couldn't finish a supersized meal without puking? Granted, fries that look the same after a year probably aren't good for you, but they taste pretty damn good.
Rated 27 Dec 2006
Rated 06 Mar 2008
85
18th
I watched this after being on a clear-liquid diet for over 24 hours. It was probably better that way, because this movie made me quite happy that I wasn't eating.
Rated 06 Mar 2008
Rated 07 Feb 2007
61
31st
Interesting, but all the science of a Ladybird book. And bugger off, veggie girlfriend.
Rated 07 Feb 2007
Rated 25 Feb 2007
77
48th
A fun documentary about the unhealthiness behind American fast food chains.
Rated 25 Feb 2007
Rated 15 Jul 2008
85
76th
I have to steal a line from the front cover of the DVD..."I'm Lovin' It!"
Rated 15 Jul 2008
Rated 21 Apr 2007
55
23rd
A vegan alcoholic eats a ridiculous amount of burgers and then blames his damage from the alcoholism and a major diet change on the food he's eating, without mentioning any of this until years later. Look, of course processed food isn't good for you, but this is nothing more than an ego trip on Spurlock's part. It also doesn't hold up even if you don't know this, as there's a guy in here who eats McDonald's every day and seems to be in decent health! Why did we watch this in school?
Rated 21 Apr 2007
Rated 10 Jun 2009
65
41st
Disgusting look at what a diet containing of only McD-menues will do to you.
Rated 10 Jun 2009
Rated 17 Apr 2011
79
39th
Pretty funny documentary!
Rated 17 Apr 2011
Rated 09 Jun 2007
5
45th
I wanted to stab this fucker's bitch of a girlfriend.
Rated 09 Jun 2007
Rated 26 Jul 2008
26
7th
The only reason this film recieves a score so high is that it was presented in an entertaining enough style to be watchable. The science of this film is laughable. The only reason Spurlock gained so much weight and felt sick was that he was force feeding himself over 5000 calories a day. McDonalds food may be rubbish, they may have no corporate ethics, and I may never eat there, but there is no valid biological reason why their food can cause liver damage. See Skeptoid.com for more info.
Rated 26 Jul 2008
Rated 02 Aug 2007
90
83rd
Funny, interesting movie with an innovative premise.
Rated 02 Aug 2007
Rated 09 Aug 2007
80
75th
As disgusting and fascinating as this movie was, I still eat at McDonalds once in a while. But still a very good documentary, especially at a time where waistlines are expanding at a crazy rate.
Rated 09 Aug 2007
Rated 17 Nov 2010
73
46th
Saw this in my English class in year 11 and all my class-mates just felt hungry after watching it. Kind of a failed documentary in that regard.
Rated 17 Nov 2010
Rated 15 Dec 2008
80
52nd
Fun, but the ending note ends up being more about it being restaurants fault rather than lardasses.
Rated 15 Dec 2008
Rated 12 Jan 2009
50
13th
It's really hard to believe so many people consider this to be a great documentary. If you don't know based on common sense that eating McDonalds every day is a terrible idea, you don't deserve to be told any different. It doesn't help that Spurlock is annoying as fuck.
Rated 12 Jan 2009
Rated 14 Aug 2007
84
67th
It's the special features that got me.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 06 Apr 2009
86
82nd
A lot of people said, that the effects of eating fast food is obvious. Is it? Is it REALLY expectable - to get 10kg in 30 days? Uechh! I found that disgusting and unexpectable. And a fact, that most Americans don't know what calory is? Well, I am from Europe and I know it. My 15 years old sister knows. This is not only about fastfoods, but also about the twisted way of "American dream".
Rated 06 Apr 2009
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
67th
Let's be honest...Spurlock exaggerated several scenes in this documentary, but that doesn't change the results. We all knew it to begin with, but Spurlock confirmed it in a dramatic way...McDonald's food is unhealthy. In college, I was a 3-4 times a week, #3 supersized with a Dr. Pepper guy. Before this show, I was a monthly user. After this show, I can only think of one trip to McDonald's.
Now if Spurlock would move on to other food health issues like HFCS-me or Sucralose-me...
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
85th
Seems like he did his research. I learned a lot.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
80th
eye opening information.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 08 Jan 2009
65
21st
Good idea and good standpoint, but kind of annoying to watch.
Rated 08 Jan 2009
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
73rd
Pretty original, entertaining. Kind of turned me away with it's poliical beliefs.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
76
44th
The big thing about this film is supposed to be Morgan Spurlock's stunt of eating nothing but McDonald's for a few weeks, but once you get past that gimmick.....there's a rather interesting documentary about the fast food industry at large that's certainly worth a watch.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 18 May 2008
75
48th
Sort of an obvious premise, but reasonably well done.
Rated 18 May 2008
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
77th
Although it seems a little one-sided, it's fun to see what this guy will do to himself to get his point across.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 14 Aug 2007
87
43rd
Really changed my mind about fast food - for good!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 21 Jan 2010
90
38th
The documentary equivalent of fast food: cheap and entertaining but man it'll kill you.
Rated 21 Jan 2010
Rated 12 Jan 2008
60
49th
Over-dramatic inspiration for Jamie Oliver. Some reasonable points but ultimately somewhere between entertaining and shrill.
Rated 12 Jan 2008
Rated 14 Aug 2007
25
8th
Idiotically obvious. Wow. I really learned something here.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
Rated 05 Aug 2012
70
31st
While the film is a fun watch, thanks in part to Spurlock's humor and his ability to make a captivating film, it suffers because of its uncompromising nature. Truths are revealed about the nature of fast food, but the fact that he exclusively eats McD's for 30 days requires an explanation of its own. It would be similar to someone smoking cigarettes every day for a year, facing health problems, and blaming it on the tobacco company. The behavior seems a bit extreme, even if the problems are too.
Rated 05 Aug 2012
Rated 24 Jul 2010
75
58th
This film, however predictable the outcome may be, had a massive effect on the industry. McDonalds, posturing as a family restaurant where their menu catered to all the meals you needed a day, was shaken to its global core by Super Size Me. Not only was this film a revelation for that specific chain but all fast food outlets soon clamored over each other to get aboard the 'healthy' bandwagon. This whistle-doc has had the largest noticeable effect in regards to its subject that I have seen.
Rated 24 Jul 2010
Rated 11 Feb 2009
90
39th
*WARNNG* do not eat Mcdonald's before viewing!
Rated 11 Feb 2009
Rated 28 Sep 2008
80
34th
People gotta know...
Rated 28 Sep 2008
Rated 22 Aug 2007
80
64th
un reflejo del estilo de vida del norteamericano promedio... una formula peligrosa y adictiva para el organismo... COMAN SANAMENTE
Rated 22 Aug 2007
Rated 30 Aug 2007
95
84th
Interetsing and informative. Everyone should see it.
Rated 30 Aug 2007
Rated 16 Jun 2014
76
50th
Although I think the experiment is a little over the top, this movie is interesting. I found it informative and really deserves to be watched by everyone at least once.
Rated 16 Jun 2014
Rated 25 Aug 2019
75
65th
Top badass moment? So that's why so many people are scared of clowns? This is another PR nightmare for McDonalds à la London Greenpeace. I didn't learn much watching it, as I already knew that McDonalds will eventually destroy the human race in an orgy of stomach pain and sonic branding, as we die horribly beneath an avalanche of cheap plastic toys in a wasteland of dead Amazonian tree stumps, whilst listening to the tortured cries of motherless calves. No cats, chainsaws or decapitations.
Rated 25 Aug 2019
Rated 26 Sep 2007
2
33rd
Way over-hyped. I understand the point Spurlock was trying to make, but did he really need a two hour movie to do it? Gee, I never knew eating fast food was unhealthy. Thanks magic movie! Man, I just read all of the other reviews here and they're all exactly the same as mine.
Rated 26 Sep 2007
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