Super Size Me

Super Size Me

The first ever reality-based movie ... everything begins and ends in 30 days!

Rating

3.0 (1)

Release Date

1/17/2004

Runtime

100 mins

Overview

Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or obese. He submits himself to a complete check-up by three doctors, comparing his weight along the way, resulting in a scary conclusion.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$65,000

Revenue

$28,575,078

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A provocative self-experiment that turns the act of eating into a alarming physical and moral reckoning, revealing the hidden damage of normalized excess. It's designed to unsettle you and make you examine what you consume.

Mood

UnsettlingAngryDread-soaked

Themes

AddictionCorruptionPower

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Documentary-likeHandheld

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Addiction

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