Super Size Me **** (2004, Morgan Spurlock) – Classic Movie Review 1380

Crazy but canny film-maker Morgan Spurlock puts his fit body to the test on a 30-day burger binge at McDonald’s: three Big Mac meals a day, always taking the Super Size if offered.

The doses of salt, sugar and fat upset his liver, heart, weight and blood pressure big time, as Spurlock scares his doctors Daryl Isaacs and Lisa Ganjhu and girlfriend Alexandra Jamieson, a healthy chef. Spurlock’s documentary is hilarious and informative, hitting the Mactarget bull’s eye. Fat chance you’ll eat anything but salad after!

Spurlock gained 25lbs body weight, which took a year and a half, the first month on his girlfriend’s strict vegan diet, to correct and get him back to his usual 185lbs. She published her diet book in 2005.

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary feature, Super Size Me cost $65,000 and took just under $30million at the box office.

Spurlock got the idea when he was at his parents’ house for Thanksgiving, and saw a news item on TV about a lawsuit by two teenage girls alleging that McDonald’s had caused their obesity.

© Derek Winnert 2014 Classic Movie Review 1380

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