Super Size Me  (2004)

I liked this film/documentary. It is thoroughly obvious what the end result will be to anyone who has indulged in fast food. I would imagine that like most vices in this world, it is great at the time, a sense of fulfilment and wellbeing follows and then the inevitable 'come down' from whatever high you were own. Also, all vices are inherently bad for you - that sort of goes with the definition of the word??!! Unfortunately, due to the fact that this is an American film, that message seems to need explaining throughout. The damage that the guy does to himself is simply amazing as are some of the facts that come out of the experts. The sheer amounts of Fat, sugar and calories that are consumed in your average Macky D are frightening. And that is what you get from this film, facts that deep down you know, but don?t really want to hear. This film could have been about smoking, drugs, extreme sports etc, but he chooses fast food. And boy, do the yanks like their fast food. You hear about 1 guy that has only eaten big macs for the last three years. It is good, but this really could have been condensed into an hour long documentary. It is filled out far too much to give it movie length status, but I would recommend that you rent this. The changes that happen to this guy, both physically and mentally are amazing!!

This film doesn't contain anything that will surprise you; ie eating McD's a lot makes you fat and having a vegan for a girlfriend is annoying. Morgan however is really good on the camera and seems a really nice bloke. He also really likes eating McDonalds. Any commentary on McD's is done by various pundits and experts who he travels round the country to see. Very enjoyable

A fascinating insight into just what MacDonalds thinks of you and what its food does to you.

Corporate greed and consumer ignorance gone mad; this film is an ideal companion-piece to Eric Schlosser's excellent book, "Fast Food Nation" (indeed, Mr Schlosser is interviewed in the extras).

If you really want to scare yourself silly, be sure to watch the extra titled "The Smoking Fries". You'll never be able to look at a MacD's fry the same way again (cue scary music). Make sure you're not eating at the time either !!

A program about a man who eats fast food for a month and then gets sick. Go figure. I'm not a fan of McDonalds, but I think it would have been nice to have some sort of balanced argument. You would have to be very naive to take this seriously as a documentary. The complete lack of integrity is captured in the scene where the public are asked if they know what a calorie is. There is much confusion and nobody seems to know. Then the camera turns to a nutritionist for the correct answer. Her definition of a calorie is 1000 times too large. I cannot believe that this huge mistake wasn't picked up during editing. Silly bint.

Sat open jawed for the hour and a half this movie lasts...a wonderful journalistic experiment that has truly put me off McD's for life. Morgan's narrative is cutting, funny and superbly written.

If you are carrying some extra weight from eating too much fast food (like me) this documentary is the only incentive you'll need to put yourself straight.

America's largest corporation gets disenchanted in the most embarrassing way. The documentary is shocking, funny and I'm sure in many cases; life altering. If you still eat fast 'corporation' food every week (and feed it your kids) after this movie, then you quite clearly don't care about being an NHS burden, or being in pain. You have to watch the DVD extras. They are just as good as the documentary itself. Especially the description as to how they get the meat for McDonalds burgers. 100,000 cattle wading in their own excrement in a 'feeding lot' get ground down and mechanically recovered to feed you. 1000 different cattle parts can be found in 1 burger. It gets worse... This is not heavy on the science of nutrition, and Morgan Spurloc does not measure the effects in any more of a scientific way than a series of blood tests and health checks. But then, he doesn't need to. It's obvious! A movie that tells you the facts about one of the worlds greediest companies and makes you laugh at the same time. It is one-sided, and rightfully so. One hell of a warning as nutritionalists in the UK warn we are only a step behind the US when it comes to eating habits and food trends. That's what this movie, coupled with the extras, is all about. Bon apetite.

Good documentary on the harmful effects of eating fast food for 1 month, but Morgan Spurlock only really scratches the surface with this film. If you want more insight into the fast food industry read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, obviously a book can deliver much more than a 90 minute film so it would be unfair to compare the two. But the book is better ha ha ha. This isn't a Michael Moore film. Morgan doesn't go after the corporate bosses or try to convert people to vegetarianism and/or buddhism. He eats McDonald's for 1 month and makes himself ill.

What healthy boy hasn't dreamt of living on nothing but burgers? Well don't. Just one month of Maccy Ds is enough to screw Yank director Morgan Spurlock's liver. Shock-doc of the year.

This was a facinating insight into the fast food business world and how it only cares about making money and NOT about its customers. Ok-so the exercise undertaken by Morgan Spurlock-eating nothing but McDonalds for 30 days is a little pointless in the fact that no one would eat purely McDonalds for Every meal every day and secondly the consequences of that would be obvious from a health perspective.However the point of the film is to make you aware what a massive industry it is and that people are just 'blind' to the dangers of being overweight and obese in todays society.It manages to do this brilliantly and certainly made me think about what i eat, whats in it and whats it doing to me? It also embarassed McDonalds into scrapping their super size menu!! A great film!

Coming from the same corner as Eric Schlosser's eye opening book 'Fast Food Nation', Morgan Spurlock's documentary is less in your face and more humourous in its presentation but equally as shocking and damning in its expose of the fast food industry. Although humourous - and in some places cracklingly funny - the message behind the film does hit home, right from the opening scene. As a nation we are getting fatter and more out of shape. Fast food sure looks to be a major factor in this trend. Super Size Me shows just why. And just what kind of damage - and how much - fast food does to your body. The fast food companies know this and market their products cynically. Last time I went to America you could get a hamburger for 39 cents! Many years ago I ate McDonalds products and then threw up copiously a short time later, so it is kind of reassuring that this happens to other people too. Check the extras for an interview with Eric Schlosser, how Morgan Spurlock got the idea for Super Size Me and how McDonalds products decompose. You won't believe the decomposition feature! The message in Super Size Me is one I completely agree with. It is serious but well presented in a humourous way. Companies like McDonalds may not have started out as inherently cynical and driven towards profit, but that appears to be how they are now. And we are paying for that with our wallets and with our health. You will never eat another chicken McNugget, burger or french fry ever again.

Shocking to say the least but what did we really expect..? I think the most profound part of this film was the bit were the doctor advised him 'if you were an alcoholic, I'd advise you to stop drink immediately'... fascinating stuff, and what a nice bloke? To paraphrase a recent comment I read? I bet Michael Moore is kicking himself he didn?t film his last 200 visits? Annoying soundtrack though?.

We all know it isn't healthy to eat a lot of fast foods, so why do people do it? Supersize Me explores the fast food culture of the United States whilst investigating the effects of a 30 day McDonald's binge.

Morgan Spurlock must endure 3 square McDonald’s meals a day for 30 days, tasting everything on the menu that McDonalds have to offer. Doctors were apprehensive when Spurlock sought medical advice prior to the experiment but no one expected such devastating results.

Presented similarly to a Michael Moore documentary, Supersize Me is fried full of facts and bursting with flavour. Try it yourself but be prepared for some shocks as you try and savour.

What fat people are like in America, gross but interesting. Full of facts and a person who eats about 2 big macs a day. If your screamish about watching needles and operations some things you need to turn away at. Thought it would be another boring documentary, was I wrong, watch it and you may want to watch it again, its so good being addicted to macdonalds is not an addiction you have to watch out for anymore. it doesnt put you off fast food neither!!!

Hooray for this film, as a die hard Mc Donalds fan I cynically ordered this film.

I have to say that it has certainly made me think about my eating habits and most certainly my patronage of McD's.

I am ashamed to say that I am one of the obese mentioned in the film, gorging on burgers doing no exercise and quaffing gallons of Coke.

This film will do you more good than any Carol Vorderman detox garbage.

being an ex McD's employee, i wanted to see what all the hype was about when it first came out. personally i though that it was quite boring as the whole point of the film was to tell you that McD's was bad for you. I am sure everyone knows that fast food in large quantities with no exercise or work will make you a bit bigger!! why pick on one large company like McD's?? How about KFC? Surely all that chicken deepfried in oil is worse than a small piece of meat cooked between two slabes of metal for 12 seconds??!!

I WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE AFTER SEEING IT ADVERTISED.IT IS AN INTERESTING DOCUMENTRY BUT ITS ONE YOU WOULD ONLY WATCH ONCE.I WOULD GIVE IT 6/10 .ITS NOT RELLY ONE FOR SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A PIZZA THOUGH MORE MIDWEEK WATCH

The film just proves what we already know: junk food is bad for you. But I believe it's always good to have a reminder because knowing is not enough: we also need to act on it!

This film/documentary is amazing. Morgan Spurlock appears to be a really nice bloke trying to get a very valid point across to the world. McDonald's is just an 'obese-human' factory and as soon as you watch this, you'll never want to step foot in that disgusting place again.

This inspired and amusing documentary on the pros and cons of a fast food lifestyle convinced me never to pass through the Golden Arches again. Morgan Spurlock's arguments are insightful and well balanced. He doesn't simply let the film descend into a diatribe against the world of fast food. He allows the facts and the experiences speak for themselves.

I would strongly urge you to watch all the extras. I don't normally plough through them, but this lot are brilliant including an excellent interview with 'Fast Food Nation' author Eric Schlosser.

Great film that may just change the world, even if only by a very little bit.

What a documentary, it certainly opened my eyes to what used to be a quick tasty bit of heaven and what it did to my body. But other than putting me off my quarter pounder with cheese, it was actually good watching so definately worth a look.

Don't miss the extras, especially 'the smoking fry', if it doesn't make you stop buying fries from McD, you're hopeless !!

This is a must see. It contains all the essential elements of a classic documentary. It's incredibly informative, with real juicy bits of trivia. The maker/subject and his girlfriend are quite likeable. Funny and charming, not annoying. And the overall pace of the doco is superb. Will he have a heart attack before he finishes the test? Will he take the doctor's advice and quit before he finishes? Will his liver combust in an almight fit of rage? Will definitely see you wanting to never eat take-out again and begin fighting the corporate powers that be.

Spurlock's take on Micky Dee's fat-laden mechanically-recovered sh*t is nothing eye-opening, but amusing nonetheless. Wouldn't have imagined just how lethal a 100% McD diet could be though

This film is really good, it has changed my view on Mac Donolds completely. The guy presenting the film Morgan starts off at a normal weight and is very healthly, has you watch the film you can see how he goes down hill, on his diet of Maccy D's! Morgan tells you what goes into the nuggets and it really shocked me, I swear i will never eat another Mac Donolds again! Morgan really made the film interesting and added lots of humour to an otherwise very serious topic. The super sized meals were enough to feed three people, Morgan even threw up because he had eaten so much. So if you enjoy your Mac Donolds now after watching this film you will not!

The premise of this film is pure simplicity, after a court case ruled against two girls who sued McDonalds for damages from eating it's food, the reporter Morgan Sperlock decides to test how healthy a McD's diet really is. The really fascinating thing about this documentary is how badly many americans eat, which can easily be reflected back on most of the world. Sperlock goes through periods of nausea and mood swings and pushes his body to it's limits whilst on the diet. He also put's lots of weight on as you would expect. The problem with this film is that he also limits the amount of excercise he does and refuses the medical advice offered by his doctors. This then makes the film more of an attack on the american way of eating rather than on the fast food giants he claims to be after. Once finished I was left wondering that maybe if he had excersised and taken the supplements advised maybe he would have enjoyed the experience rather more, although the film would certainly have been less dramtic. If you like Michael Moore and really want to take a good long look at the underlying causes of obesity in America (and ways to avoid the fat trap) then rent this film. If you want to see McD's being toppled from it's mighty pedestal then this is the wrong place to look.

Well what can i say that everyone else hasn't already said? Top film that is hard hitting and funny in places. Its a well known fact that McDonalds, amonst other fast food giants' 'food' is a danger to your health. Everybody knows it, but people choose to ignore it.Thats the problem in America, ignorance.It ain't called junk food for nothin' you know!! Americans are dumb,they fool themselves into thinking that they are far too busy to eat proper food or to cook a meal for their family.The truth is,they are probably the laziest people on this planet,and it shows in the obesity levels in the USA. Morgan Spurlock risked more than he intended to highlight this issue, and hopefully America, and the rest of the world will take notice.Oh and somebody shoot that tree hugging, vegan rake of a girlfriend of his!! All in all, a good docu-film highlighting a serious issue.It had an effect on me,and I will think twice about eating McDonalds again.

Ok. Firstly, I like eating McD's. Not all the time - occassionally (when hung over usually). So in wondered what this film might offer me? Surpisingly it is very very watchable, Morgan Spurlock is engaging- a cool guy (with worried vagan girlfriend) who really does illustrate what happens if you do eat McD's all the time. Facinating stuff. Not angry like Michael Moore, just informative. Recommended.

For a documentary, very entertaining and quite fascinating, although not very scientific. Our subject was a likeable chap which had this not been the case, would have resulted in a lower rating. Shows MacDonalds in a very poor light, although the rest of the fast food joints are equally bad. At the end of the day, it's not MacD's fault, or the advertising, it is parents not exercising control over their offspring.

Guess who's never visiting MacDonalds again! Well - maybe only as an occasional treat! Really enjoyed this - can't believe how short a time it took him to get fat and such a long time to get thin again.

I did enjoy this film, although it was a bit slow and very documentary in its style, as thats the only way it could have been done. Interesting facts shown and plenty of questions raised.

Don't watch if you love Mcdonalds and eat it regularly !!

Who would have thought there would be this much to say about MacDonalds?! This is a film which changed the way I think about the world. Morgan's girlfriend, the vegan chef was an inspiration in healthy living and I was shocked to see how much the fast food culture dominates American life. Although it left my boyfriend craving cheeseburgers, we were both hooked from the minute the DVD began. I actually watched it three times.

A very good documentary that really made me think about my own eating habits. The results of his tests were shocking, especially for me as I weigh more now than he did at the end. I have more resolve now to shift the pounds and eat a lot more healthily.

Well worth watching, if not just to see how unbelievable his findings were!

Being one of the lucky ones who doesn't frequent the Golden Arches, I was looking forward to this movie after such positive reviews. Am I glad I did. The movie was a joy to watch (apart from the operation, gruesome yet you can't help but watch through your fingers).

Spurlock took a lawsuit against McD's and turned it into its logical progression. The effects are staggering, not only on Spurlock's health but on the senses. His easy going narration and general fun to be around demeanour hide the pain he went through to make this movie.

A definite movie to watch with all the family (especially teenagers). No Michael Moore style objectivity just plain old documentary making. Try it and make up your own mind.

Super Size Me is a brilliantly researched and compiled documentary into the outrageous lifestyles we lead as the western world. Using McDonalds as the core of his study he brings to life the seriousness of the issue of our health or lack of.

Sheer brilliance.

This documentary is a little unbalanced but ultimately well made, well explained and interesting.

Of course, we all know that fast food is bad for you and in that respect this film, and Morgan's downward spiral into obesity and depression, should contain few shocks for most viewers. Although perhaps you will be shocked by quite how much just one month of this food affects him.

Morgan uses interviews and his experiences to raise a number of questions in the viewers mind. Is obesity entirely down to people lacking personal responsibility, or should some of the blame be shouldered by fast food outlets that allegedly target children as young as possible, to try and get them 'addicted' to the food? Should more money be devoted to nutrition education, school meals and advertising the benefits of a healthy diet?

An excellent documentary presented in an engaging way. While the main ‘theme’ may appear to be his 30 day binge, that is really just a frivolous hook to hang the more interesting aspects of the documentary on. And after all, it makes the documentary a bit more fun.

An interesting look at the effects of gourging on Macdonalds. There are some clever moments and information that I haven't heard from other sources. Morgan Spurlock is a charismatic enough subject for an hour and a half, but is not super-witty or confrontational enough to make a brilliant documentary maker. That said he doesn't hector the audience too much and does have an everyman feel to him. However there is nothing in this documentary that is revelatory to most people, but it will do a fairly good job of putting you off McD's for a while. Rent if you like your documentaries in smaller portions.

Sounds simple. Eat three square meals a day for 30 days. Only, three 'square meals' at McDonalds??? Firstly, let me state, I am no fan of junk food. My four year old daughter has not stepped foot inside McDonald's and after watching this fascinating movie, I hope she never does! The movie itself is just a fly on the wall type documentary. Shot in Manhattan, where there are over 80 McDonald restaraunts alone, the focus is very much on the way the American people seem to be obsessed by the need for their food to be processed and fast and makes for compulsive viewing. Make sure you watch it with your children as I'm quite sure they will be put off eating burgers for a while! The makers of the film take a good pot shot at themselves and the American culture and offer an insight into the terrible health issues junk food is creating. This film will leave you with a desire to change your eating habits and lifestyle, and won't fail to leave a huge impression on you. Well recommended.

A documentary proving what everybody already knows is true. Most people don't need to be told that eating fast food morning noon and night is bad for you. So what is the point of this documentary ? The documentary attacks McDonalds almost exclusively and seems to miss the opportunity to educate the general populus as to how fast food should be consumed in today's society. Should fast food be excluded from our diet ? What is classed as fast food ? The list of questions are endless. This documentary will make you reconsider wether you should should have that burger you really fancy, but after a couple of beers who cares...

Nothing surprising here... McD's is not real food, it is an evil corporation, american suburban kids are fat, etc, etc... Tell me something I dont know. Some interesting tidbits, and some funny parts, but overall its nothing special. Worth renting if someone you're watching it with is obsessed with fast food and needs to be set right. But if you didnt eat this rubbish to begin with, its merely just a few chuckles.

To me the power of this film is not the actual 'experiment' itself but the underlying features. Mainly the amount of money going into brainwashing and addiction creation. Especially targeted at the under 5s. The most telling part was when it was pointed out that a sensible parent who sat down at the table with their child every meal time and reinforced the value of nutrition would give out 1000 messages a year. Compared to 10,000 messages sent out by advertising. To repeat what someone said earlier. if you hate the main feature at least switch to the extras and watch 'The Smoking Fry'

In Short, this movie has made me think twice about entering a fast food resturant. With it's very informative and sometimes funny facts about the BAD and well BAD that goes with fast food. Highly recommended and very educational not to be watched whilst eating though. Will put you off fast food for life. Rating 10/10

Funny, informative, and a joy to watch! My girlfirend has a habit, of still doing the junk food, and not even from small independent, so this was a sort of double whammy, we both enjoyed the poor guys 30 days of junk food, with the DVD extras this is worth the time out!

Thought it was very interesting, funnyish and scarey. The whole thing may have been slightly bias but it still seems fair if you simply take into consideration his physical and mental health before and after the diet. The fact a doctor tells him 'Your gonna' die' is quite scarey and amusing at the same time. But he carries on despite this minor set back, what a trooper. I can safely say this has put me off Mcy D's for life. If it doesn't do the same for you then you have a death wish.The simple act of finding a pubic hair in your burger can not be enjoyable. Lovely!

An inventive documentary, on an extremely worthy subject - how fast food is killing us, and our children. Well worth watching (in fact, I think it should be compulsory viewing in schools!), and I challenge you to ever eat fast food again without thinking of the consequences after having seen this film. However, it is an ultimately depressing picture of modern life, so I would not recommend this if you are after a bit of life-affirming entertainment.

This film /documentary offers no real surprises. It follows a healthy man of above average fitness who suddenly stops all exercise and eats three meals a day at MacDonalds, supersizing it if offered. Although you expect him to gain weight, it is alarming how his body and health begin to suffer. The changes in the size of portions over the years is a shocker as is the amount of food some of the obese subjects interviewed put away. An entertaining hour at the expense of others and a good incentive to start a diet but I doubt it will effect the profits down at the Golden Arches.

A good watch - probably not the most scientific of documentaries. He tries to prove (successfully) that McDs is not the healthiest of places by eating nothing but McDs food. He has 3 basic rules: he has to 'Supersize' when asked, have everything off the menu at least once a week, have 3 meals (b'fast, lunch, dinner) at McDs. Makes for a great viewing - bit like Dave Gorman's stuff in a way. Some really interesting ideas. Strangely made me want to eat McDonalds afterwards. Double quarterpounder with cheeese...sweet, bring it to the UK!

Its a horror movie, you sit and watch in horror and amazement and afterwards you vow never to eat another fast food meal. You throw all the junk food out of the fridge and buy healthy food. You start to feel better for eating proper food and after a while you think one fast food meal won't hurt you, but then you hear that little voice in your head...'Supersize Me' and that's it...! I'll never eat another McDonalds, Burger King, KFC and Jamie Oliver is a hero for putting kids meals first.

while this is a documentary based film it had me engaged from start to finish. The transformation of Morgan throughout the month long experiment was shocking.I would recommend that this is shown in schools and is viewed by parents of teenagers who are given money for lunches on a regular basis. I can't help thinking that if the government's obseity campaigns including warnings of liver damage as well as impotence a few more people would take notice. It made me stop eating the bar of chocolate that I had in my hand!!

Good to see a film made about the effects of 'fast food' on the human body. Morgan Spurlock seems like a good guy so well done him for taking the risk of turning his liver into pate in just one month! Some bits will make you not want to eat fast food ever again. Keep it real people.

I'm not a big McDonald's eater anyway but this film has made me both me and my husband rethink ever wanting to eat fast food again! If you're a lover of horror movies, you need to rent this. It is a documentary first and foremost, but it is immensely watchable, hugely informative and above all - scary!!

I enjoyed watching the documentary style film, but it didn't really give a lot of new information than the trailers. Basically, eat loads of macdonalds and get sick. logical, didn't need 96 minutes to watch it happen. Some interesting facts included however. I'd say enjoyable, interesting and well filmed, but no suprises. Once you've seen the trailier, what you expect is what you get. not one for emetophobes but they will already be well aware of that!

Thought I'd seen all there was to see on the trailers for this film, but the results of the experiment are quite shocking and thought provoking. The brave chap eating all the Big Macs is a likeable character, certainly not the brash attention-seeker that I expected. It might put you off your popcorn in parts, but it's worth it.

This tells the story of 30 days in the life of one guy trying to proove a point....that whilst you can live on fast food alone there are medical reasons why you shouldn't....the film is very well put together in documentary format (like M.Moores Bowling for Columbine and Farenheit 911) but the subject matter is much more to peoples understanding...burgers and fries a plenty! I really enjoyed the film and think that the facts will make people think twice about their diets!!

WHAT CAN YOU SAY OTHER THAN___YOU MUST WATCH IT!! IT REALLY DOES MAKE YOU REALISE WHAT RUBBISH FAST FOOD JOINTS GIVE TO US OVER THE COUNTER......AND HAVE THE CHEEK TO CALL IT EDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Michael Moore esq documentry on the awfulness of Fast Food. A guy lives off McDonalds for a month to see the effects on his body. Its really gross as you watch this guy put on weight & grow more and more miserable. I still have'nt gone to maccies yet since watching this so he has won me over. Really interesting but I found myself a bit bored about half way through. To save yourself 2 hours I will give you a brief synopsis: Man eats too much Maccies. Man gets fat. Man doesnt eat maccies again.

I thought this would be in a similar style of hard-hitting, ironic documentary drama that Michael Moore uses to get political messages across but it wasn't, it was more subtle and easier to watch. Unlike Moore's stuff, it flowed naturally but was also eye opening and harrowing and still managed to get the message across. My one critisicm would be that the medical tests and stuff at the beginning could've been editted a bit more, there was too much detail and I found myself getting bored and wanting him to get on with the main story. I'm not a massive fan of fastfood anyway but probably visit once per month, it will be a while before I visit again and only at my 8 year old's persistance but I will NEVER eat another McChicken nuggest again!

This is not a film I would ever have gone to see at the cinema, as when I pay me ticket price, I want a really enjoyable watch, but this documentary REALLY brought home the extecnt of the Fast Food Culture we live in today. Seeing kids on the street who say they would eat McDonalds every day, was bad, but seeing the Doctor telling this guy that he was as much in danger of liver failure as an alchoholic, REALLY brought it home to me that this food harms! As an ex-McDonalds employee in my student days, I used to eat a medium McDonalds meal every day in the holidays for lunch, but I never had any real weight fluctuations, as I was still eating balanced meals at home. Seeing him put on 27lbs in 4 weeks was a scary reality in this world of obesity we now live in. My boyfriend will not even CONSIDER going for a McDonalds now - and that's a big deal for him. I am pleased however that since the movie has been made, McDonalds have taken (for whatever reason) more responsibility, and cut the Supersize option from their menu's. Who needs a full 2litres of coke to wash down a meal anyway!

This guy eats Mac. We watch. Feel smug. The end. WTF?

Director/star Morgan spurlock seems a very personable character, and has made a worthwhile film here. Although the subject matter hardly breaks new ground, it is presented in an original and entertaining way.

Morgan should go down in history for this. Brilliant documentary...telling you things you already know, in ways that make you think about them anew. This film had already influenced McD's to change their ways in the US and Europe. It also majorly influenced Jamie Oliver into making his School Dinners programme, which has resulted in the government improving things in UK schools too. They should both by knighted.

Whilst this film raises a valid point, being that McDonalds does have a big part to pay in obesity levels, it fast runs out of steam. Morgan Spurlock is clearly intent on showing us how evil he think McDonalds is, but after only a short time I began to find him overbearing and quite irritating. There is some shock value when you see the statistics and hear the doctors talking about the health problems he?s starting to develop, but I felt many other parts such as the interviews with kids on the street were pretty pointless really and just served to span the film out. There?s certainly a point there, but the film doesn?t half labour it.

Well worth the watch. I very rarely eat McDonalds, but will probably never eat it again after watching this. A real eye opener!

And hopefully his cows are a little healthier than those selected for the bun filling at Maccy Ds. People hear me, I shall never ever eat at McDonalds again, in fact I might not even walk past one in case the kitchen extract fan blows fumes in my general direction. Please God, don't allow any more films like this to be released otherwise my selection of post beer appetisers will be seriously depleted. Even rotating kebab skewers look suspicious in my eyes nowadays! PS Before vegetarians get all uppity and find the energy to raise a smile without any protein intake, please note, your salads are buggered as well!

I'll never eat another burger again ... A fact-filled documentary which is easy to digest and very enjoyable (unlike the Big Macs). Hard-hitting investigative reporting helps to explain why this generation is fat and unhealthy (blame it on our obsession with fast food). But the facts aren't stuffed down our throats - the bad news comes with a smile, although the last laugh is on anyone who ignores the evidence. This film graphically demonstrates that Just one month spent eating exclusively at McDonald's can seriously damage your health. A cautionary tale, indeed....

The book Fast Food Nation tackled this subject far more effectively. Spurlock doesn't touch the wider effects of McD's assualt on the world. However, a very watchable film.

Promise you that this will be one of the most entertaning documentary you've watched! Very educational too, albeit very basic information is provided- but Spurlock stressed that a majority is still oblivious to the consequences of fast food. Imagine lying on the couch gomping on big macs for a month? I couldnt imagine, but I can always see the results! Gave Maccy D's a run for their money, so this show must be significant, right?

Just watch it ok? Its really interesting and shows just how disgustingly dangerous fast food is.

This highly informative look at the dangers of fast food is of course a TV-style documentary that somehow seems strange being watched without adverts, but then maybe the whole thing is really just one big long advertisement. Now... where did I put that Big Mac?

Just found this film not very interesting, would have been if it had lasted half an hour!, very repetative, would'nt recomend.

Didn't make an interesting film - too obvious, and I just fell asleep.

Morgan Spurlock eats junk for 30 days. He gets fat. He gets sick. No surprise, right? What makes this a very funny and informative documentary is Morgan's personality and affability. He's genuinely enthusiastic and likeable, and so it's not a problem that we see him stuff his face and complain it's making him fat. We all know it will! Except - apparently - the fast-food companies. They all say it won't. But then again it's in their financial interest to say so. So what we get is Morgan travelling the US talking to people and discovering how we think about food. He asks 'regular' people about their relationship with food and consults scientists, nutritionists and doctors on the ill-effects of a 'Fast food' lifestyle. While the results aren't really surprising, the reactions of the fast food companies are. They say it can't get you fat if eaten moderately, then go all out trying to convince us to buy as much of it as possible. Morgan examines how our lifestyle and our complicit nature conspires to keep us in a constant state on 'Un-health' all the while the big junk companies get richer and richer. There's a REASON we're all getting much fatter as a species. In fact there are several.

This was all i expected and more. Great to watch if you`re starting a new year diet, it will really spur you on! Everyone who eats (or whose kids eat)junk should watch this.

As a McDonalds lover, I've always known that something tasting so good can't be healthy. This was a good eye opener, highlighting the dangers of fast food. I will think twice before taking my son there again! Worth watching!

A thought provoking look at the fast food industry. Although he takes the experiment to extremes it really goes to outline the rubbish that passes for food that these establishments dish out. Next time my kids ask to go for a McDonalds i'll have to be prepared for the tears as the answer will be a 'no'.

Morgan does a good job of combining humour and politeness with the disturbing facts of eating too many of those McD's....What starts as a bit of a laugh suprisingly rapidly turns to concern. How can those Americans drink so much soda?

am I eating McNuggets. Entertaining first hour starts to run out of steam (much like he does) later in the movie. Found the part about school diets the most interesting and the damage he is doing to his liver is truly astounding. Think everyone should see this. The portions in the US are mad and I can see the UK going the same way.

This is really worth a watch, its suprising just how bad for you these things are. The thing that got me the most was the actual size of the super size meals. I have never had one but i am sure the supersize meals were not as big here as they were there. The guy could barely finish the burger! Deffo watch this if you are a fan of fast food!

Did'nt put me off eating at McDonalds. Just wont order their Chicken McNuggets again.

Excellent - Puts you off fast food for life!

Junk food - well suprise me it does you harm! Entertaining viewing - unabalanced and more a rant than a documentary. A man with an agenda. Well made though glad I saw it, bit over hyped in its claims........... Well worth a watch if you are hungry!

Although the film highlights how bad fast food is, I will still eat it, but not as often

this film was great - purely fact based and to the point - fast food is bad for you, we all know it but didn't care, now there's real proof to see.

Interesting and entertaining but ultimately left us wondering what the point of it was. The conclusions drawn at the end do not seem to be logical deductions based on the evidence and there is an all pervading thought that niggles during every second... 'no one is supposed to eat McDonalds for every meal' It's obviously not going to be good for you and I question the shock value of testing the theory. And don't get me started on his melodramatic vegan girlfriend...

Entertaining documentary with a serious message.

I thought this was a really clever idea. It was incredible to see the changes through the movie to the narrator/guinea pig. I was disgusted by McDonalds, but like anything it isn't lasting! Worth watching because it is thought-provoking. Its scarey what we are feeding kids these days...

Watch this film and you'll never look at fast food in the same way again! Interesting experiment and scary to think what is contained in the chicken mcnuggets!! Definitely recommend this to everyone!

A top quality docu-film from start to finish, the DVD extra's are just as good as the film as well

This isn't a documentary, it's an incendiary device! If you've ever wondered if fast food is bad for you, you just have to watch this documentary.

One way of stopping you eatting another mcdonalds or subway. Interesting and easy. A good documentary to watch a nice change from dull predictable films.

interesting up to a point, but i would have prefered to have had a more indepth look at the impact macdonalds has had on the enviroment and the growth of factory farming. as it is, it just states the obvious realy.... eat alot of fat..... get fat!

After watching this you can be in no doubt about what you are putting inside yourself when you eat fast food. Very scary.

Was not that keen on McDonalds in the first place but now even less keen revealed them for what they really are welldone.

This a really good, interesting documentary, but a little annoying if like me(rightly or wrongly)you blame the lazy, greedy customers who get addicted and not the marketing people. Either way, whatever your opinion, you'll be entertained one way or another.

I hate to say it but despite everything in this documentary I really fancied a Big Mac afterwards! Informed, well made, funny and frightening. We should have healthier food options, better education, provision of nutritional foods in schools and less temptation but ultimately, the FAT PEOPLE are to blame for their predicaments! They should put a fat tax on unhealthy foods, make 'em pay for being offensively obese and then there might be a forced financial incentive to stop being a porker! I loved the excuse of the chubster who couldn't afford the subway diet (!?) so there's 'no way she can get slim' because obviously she can only eat crap. Hilarious yet depressingly ignorant.

This wasnt bad but it totally would put you off McDonalds although in saying this I would still have one haha! Can be rather boring, depends what your in to!

Well, he ain't no Michael Moore! Spurlock does an OK job of showing up the fast food industry and telling us stuff that we already knew. This documentary is fairly interesting, even if just for the shock value (check out the supersize drinks in the USA!) but doesn't really break any new ground.

its a good easy to watch and interesting film, although I wouldnt watch it more than once, worth watching all the same

Okay, so America is a nation that has a weight problem... 'So what!? some people might say, but you know, when you take a look at the UK... Oh yes, McDonalds are here, there and everywhere, along with many more Burger King's, KFC's than we have ever had! But unlike the general American consumer, we the British public, have kinda have figured out a bit quicker, just how BAD their products are for you. We know how bad they are for us, we just have to take a look at any home made holiday video of America, take a look in the background... it's always the same large butts wobbling about in any state in the US. Oh problem stems from ignorance really, we still seem to buy this rubbish, not bothered about ourselves, we even feed kids on this 'stuff'! I despise those billion dollar corporations that feed us such low-grade stuff?! So what does this film say... well first of all the outcome of eating this 'stuff' for thirty days, is going to be fairly clear... This stuff is bad for you! We know it, but I can guarantee nearly a half of the Americans who consume these products, who watched this film, they didn't! And one half of those would have just driven to McDonalds after the curtain went up on this film and ordered their Big Smacks in a SUPER SIZE order? While the other half (about 25% of the films audience) would turn around and say... 'They suck big time! No more Big Mac's kids...' (In a bad American accent) That's what makes this film so important the more people who stop buying their inferior products the less there will be on offer to damage us. Morgan Spurlock's thirty-day personal journey comes across at times very funny... (The Jesus / George W link is hysterical) but at times also a little drastic but so's the situation of obesity, DRASTIC! These drastic measures are essential for American audiences to realise there is a serious problem with what they eat. Super Size Me is an important film for the one country that really needs to see it, the USA. And an important reminder to Europe, to stop eating this 'Garbage-ina-Wrapper' we should know better. 'I guess that would have to be supersizeeee...'

An interesting documentary, but still finished the film feeling a little disappointed. Not much was made of the worldwide impact of mcdonalds as an industry. It was watchable however, made so by the endearing victim.

...'cos you can't deny what is being depicted. An original idea, and the guy makes his argument without getting overly-passionate about it (which makes it more compelling). Now I have to admit to all this the next time I get McDonald's dammit...

I watched this DVD twice as there is so much detail in it. Little pieces of info like even the salads are laden with sugar. Found it facinating if a little one sided and would recommend to everyone.

This film was more of a long documentary, but kept me watching as it was so interesting. It showed what fast food can do to your health, although a bit slow in parts I stuck at it and it picked itself up...well worth a watch but the start will make you hungry-get the apples out!

Good doc. on Mr D's and some other fast food companies food, funny in places aswell as some facts you didn't know, well worth a look.

I was a bit of a Big Mac fan before, but will think twice from now on. I was starving the other day, passed McD's, but kept on going. Must admit I love McD's response in saying that 'If you ate carrots all day for a month, you'd turn orange' - is that true?

This film does not inform us of anything we did not already know, It started to get quite boring after the 1st 35 mins. I would not recommend renting this title

Fantastic!!! A Massive eye opener. I won't be visiting McD's any day soon. Spurlock is brilliant and at times very funny!! A must see film.

They say you are what you eat & this film would seem to confirm that [Jamie Oliver would love this film !]

Food for thought indeed! Although this peach of a doco doesn't really tell you anything you don't already know (if you have common sense that is) it reinforces what we all knew or suspected all along, whilst giving us a first-hand look at what happens to people who over indulge in poor quality food. The odd thing was though, after watching the film, I had a craving for a Quarter Pounder with Cheese. No really. So I rolled up to the local Maccas (they're SLOW and FILTHY here in Scotland by the way!) ordered a SMALL 1/4 Pounder meal and munched away happily. I think I'll still eat fast food now & then (but I wish it WAS 'fast') but I'm not going to eat it more than once a month! PS: A lesson for the Brits... McDonalds is pronounced with a 'Mc' NOT a 'Mac' It's not, and never was, 'Mac'Donalds OK? ;-)

Very interesting. I thought this was a film based on real life. I didn't realise it was an actual documentary. Some very interesting thought provoking information, makes you think about what we are really doing to ourselves and our children

This is frightening any body who eats like this,take heed.It makes you want to never set foot in a fast food,fat food eat in or take away ever again.I admire him for putting his health at risk for this film.

Excellent documentary with some unvbelievable facts .... watch the extras and see what mac fries are really like!!!! Well worth watching - definitely rent this one!

The thought of eating McDonalds 3 times a day to some would be a dream but as Morgan Spurlock shows it ends up as mission of pain. Well worth watching especially if you like Mc D's more than once a month.

Well, this dragged a bit in places, but if you are going to watch a guy eat McDonalds every day for a month, of course it would! However, the results are interesting, and this made a good change from the usual DVD we rent. I ashamed to say I have eaten at McDonalds since, even though I vowed not to at the end!

Dont watch it if you love McDonalds on a Sunday, after a night on the town, because this could scar you for life.. It's sick what food you are getting..

This should be compulsary for schools. Never mind sex education they should show food education films like this. I haven't eaten from a 'fast-food' outlet for many years and this docu-film has helped me prove to my son that i've been right in avoiding them. Now if my son wants a McDonalds toy he will pay for one rather than order the kiddies meal. Excellent!

Funny, informative, and a joy to watch! 30 days of junk food, is enough to put anyone off McD! With the DVD extras this is worth watching!

An enjoyable, enlightening documentary

but still enjoyable to watch. Might give the kickstart someone needs if they are thinking of starting to eat healthily. Scary when you think how we just take our kids to McDonalds just to keep them quiet!

After watching it you probably won't eat fast food again. While Spurlock's experiment wasn't scientific, it was obvious the effects that it had on his body, almost to the point of causing permanent damage! While anything in excess is bad, this experiment does serve up some scary facts, excellently conveyed with wit. The extras are definitely worth watching too.

Very informative documentary which is also a little concerning when you look at what happens etc... worth a watch!

Wasn't that interested in this to be honest. Sure, it makes you think about what you eat, and it amazes you how many McDonalds there are in America, but it's not worthy of making a film about it.

Very good reportage on a sad side of American people who sue anybody for making them fat. Anybody that eats burgers more than once a month, should be worried.

if you like this type of film then worth a look.full of intersting facts and makes u think twice about having macy d's

Fascinating insight into the world of fast food. Yes, his research may be flawed for many reasons, but still shocking how it effects him over a short space of time. It must have been hell for his vegan girlfriend! Rent it! I dont think I will every buy a burger again!

this as got to be the worst thing i have ever watch stay away

After 6 attempts i finally managed to watch it all. Highly recommended for those of you suffering from insomnia. How can you watch sb eating burgers for 2 hrs?

WORTH A WATCH.MOR OF A DOCUMENTARY BUT AFTER WATCHING YOU WILL NOT ENTER A MACDONALDS AGAIN! I HAVEN'T NEITHER HAVE MY CHILDREN.. SO LITTLE CAN DO YOU SO MUCH HARM,WATCH AND DIGEST,LIVE LONGER.

I thought this was brilliantly done - it actually SHOWED you the effects of constantly eating fast food, rather than just saying how bad it is for you. You'll not see me in McDonald's ever again!

This film impressed me throughout. To tackle someone as massive as MacDonolds is an impressive undertaking. The documentory was informative and interesting. All the extras are worth a look in to.

Absolutely brilliant, a must for anyone who has ever enjoyed a bigmac and not felt guilty...

good subject and informative but just like fahrenheit 911 this could have been half the length and hit with twice the impact.

This film/documentary is an eye-opener to what McDonalds and any other fast food does to your health. This is well filmed. Highly Recommend. WARNING: Don't watch this if you plan to watch it with a takeaway!

Important stuff about fast food conveyed in an easy to watch, enjoyable manner.

if you have a week stomach dont watch this.macdonalds is poison!!!!

This is a splendid look at what eating junk food can do to your body and although the topic in question was McDonalds it would hold true for any of these types of fast food, as they say in the film these are just 'Fat, Sugar and salt' laden meals which in the end will kill ya!

This is a good documovie, it is full of info and really will make you think before tucking into your next hamburger! This is a movie that tells us what we already knew about the americans, they are fat, they eat lots of crap and basicially tells us the science behind a burger! sounds a littler boring but it is a good sit down and watch after work movie! i have seen better!!

If watching the effects on the human body of one month of nothing but McDonalds consumption doesn't scare you then nothing will. Putting on a whole two stone is one thing but the other effects on Morgan Spurlocs health are very scary.

We'd heard about this and were keen to see it. Very well made, entertained and enthralled us here for the whole DVD.

just watch. fab just watch. fab just watch. fab just watch. fab

Ok but thought the guy was exagerating a bit towards the end and hamming it up to support his case. Can understand why there are some many fat nackers in the states

Wasn't really looking forward to this film, but very pleasantly surprised. It examines the working of the fast food industry and the way it has exploited changing lifestyles with a medical slant in an interesting and original way. I don't eat fast food, but wouldn't fancy the film maker and his girlfriend's usual diet of quinoa and grains.

A very well presented 'docufilm' frightened the hell out of me and I would never eat chicken nuggets again if you paid me. Whilst very American the film was well presented and definately relevant to Brits!

This documentary style film definitely makes you stop and think about the fast food industry and the damage they are doing to society. Well worth taking a look at this!

Quite interesting to see the effect that these so called burgers have on the people who eat them, every meal for a month man no wonder he was ill, a good watch to see this volunteer who put on less weight than I first imagined I give this a 4 star.

Really enjoyed this docufilm, worth having a look...........

This is more like a documentary, it was interesting however, even if I have a craving for a McDonald's, I find that once every six months is enough. I don't know how he continued to live on their food alone - crazy!

A bit unfair as I don't think many of us think that McDonalds three times a day would be a balanced diet - although unbelievably the film shows there are a few out there - but the bit where he is violently sick as he forces yet another Mcmeal down will stay with me for a while yet! Should be showing this in schools as part of their health education

But no surprise. Very informative, very real. Not very entertaining but must be seen.

Fairly interesting documentary style film which had some key points. I would recommend this to anyone interested in what they eat. However this could have been condensed into a very interesting 45 minutes.

I suggest having fast food only if its the last resort.

Feeling hungry? just wanting something quick? Fast food perhaps, think again! Not one for kids, but if you have children this film may make you think twice about taking them out to MacDonald's, Burger King of KFC, ever again. Watch a man do more damage to his body in a month, purely by living on fast food, that an alcoholic could do in the same amount of time....scarey.

thank god someone had the balls to expose these rat basXXrds for what they are . utterly compelling viewing

enjoyed watching a single american doing what most of the population over there do.......pass the beer and pizza.

A man, who lives with a VEGAN chef, decides to do nothing but eat three MacDonalds meals every day for a month. Of course it will make him ill and put on weight. I am starting to feel sorry for MacDonalds as they seem to take the flak for obesity in general. There were some scarey points made by this film, such as the terrible school dinners (hmmmm, I wonder where Jamie Oliver got his ideas from), but it was too long and I got very bored.

Much better to see this startling and scary film on DVD than at the cinema - if only for the bonuses and extras. They really make you want to change your (bad) eating habits, and if you know any junk-food junkies, invite them round to share the DVD with you.

Saw this one about 2 months ago. Having never been a great fan of McDonalds I didn`t eat any for a while after seeing this. Had my first Mac last week and was probably the worst I ever had. If there is anything like a life changing movie/documentary,this is high on that list. At times funny,other times shocking but all the time interesting.

What a good dvd. Very hard hitting and political without being a Michael Moore type of partisan film. A mix between doc and experiment, follows on the long tradition of scientists to perform self-experiments with, in this case, pretty dire consequences. Very good humour, much better entertainment than I expected, and it actually made me crave for a decent burger - go figure.

Well, I kinda thought this would be a really good documentary. I expected to be surprised but unfotunately it turned out to be just that very average film that comes out if someone has a good idea and desperately uses number crunching, general prejudice and a seemingly unbelievable stupor of the general public to get its hang of importance. I was glad to see it was over and i could send the DVD back to get a better one.

this is a very informative and intelligent approach of what not to eat too much of this is a very amusing and enjoyable movie even if you dont like fast food

Pretty good - worth thew watching. No more macdonalds for me!

Excleent docu-film on the real threat of fast food

A very informative and interesting peice of entertainment, no more will be the macdonalds meals for me... You must all know what this is about and my god the effect on his health is some worse than a beer lout on a night out drinking nothing but stout x30...

Interesting and informative. Wouldn't want ot be McDonalds after seeing this !

Nice idea - but goes on far too long! Any educated person will know that eating McD's for a month is really going to do you harm.

Very interesting to watch, you really dont realise what you are eating.

Strongly recommend this film. I used to eat at McDonalds a lot but now I will never eat there again.

this films really makes you stop and think what junk food is doing to you.really easy documentary please send much more like this. we both enjoyed this one

Well....what can i say? Having lived in ignorant bliss for so many years, this had me gawping at the screen in open-mouthed disgust...even though as a supposedly 'sane' person with 'common-sense' I should have known better anyway. Ah horrifying indictment of junk-food...simple and utterly compelling!

Very good with funny bitts. Recommend you watch this

There has been so much talk about this documentary that it was one of those ones I wanted to see. Really worrying how too much of one type of food can affect the body. Certainly made me think twice about my next fastfood meal !

We all know McD's is bad for us, but did we know just how bad? An excellent eye opener and a needed commentary on capitalism.

very, very scary but very, very funny

Find out just how disgusting fast food is - particularly the golden arches. A bit stomach churning in parts (especially where you see him vomiting after one meal) but so intriguing. Morgan Spurlock damaged his liver by eating this stuff for every meal for a month and his doctor became seriously worried he was going to die. I was fascinated and haven't eaten McDonalds (or any of the others) since...

Firstly, if you are a normal person, this film will irritate you; another whingeing whinger, whinging about nothing (DO NOT compare this film to Bowling For Columbine, different league).My advice is don't watch the film on an empty stomach, my wife and I (average size people) couldn't help but feel hungry every time the guy tucked into a delicious looking burger. Secondly, as an advert for being an omnivore as opposed to a vegan, the film could not have made a stronger case. One look at the guys' pale, ill looking vegan chef girlfriend that served him a roasted vegetable tart as his 'last' meal would surely convince the hardiest of anti-meat campaigners that maybe an ounce or two of the good stuff (meat!) once in a while might be good for you. All in all the film is interesting, the evolution of the supersize portions, the advertising revenue and sheer volume of McDonalds stores worldwide. However by the end of the film my opinion was unchanged, on this subject as with many other targets for the whingers; if you don't like it, don't eat it/watch it/read it/listen to it/buy it/look at it/wear it etc. No-one is forced to go into MacDonalds, they choose to, if someone offers to 'Supersize' your meal, look down, if you can't see your feet, politely decline and go for a regular or maybe even small portion. And with regards to taking companies to court for supplying a product, if one store, once refused to serve an overweight person a deafening cry from around the world would erupt 'MACDONALDS IS FATTIST!!' Your damned if you do and your damned if you don't. Overall I would recommend that you watch this film, but take a cuddly toy with you to punch when the whingers begin to whinge.

Very interesting documentary but does not hold the pace through to the end, and the conclusions are obvious from the beginning.

Well,who'd have guessed it? Too much junk food makes you fat.Also,America has loads of fatties.There you go,no need to watch this somewhat tiresome film now.Fair play to Spurlock for putting his health on the line,not to mention his relationship with his vegan girlfriend,but,hey,so what? Shock revelations about MacDonalds are not forthcoming in this trite piece of 'documentary' filmmaking.As a vegetarian for nearly 20 years I do feel somewhat superior to these fat Yanks guzzling Coke and troughing Big Macs like thy're going out of fashion,which they seem not to be.Sadly.

It does not take a genious to work out what will happen to your body if you only eat junk food for any given amount of time. Still, its watchable without being patronising.

Very informative and may change your views on your fast food intake. Definitely worth a watch.

If there was ever going to be a movie that will make you give up fast food this is it............

Every parent should watch and make their children watch this film. It will frighten them into eating sensibly. jamie Oliver must have watched this film to make him go on his crusade about school dinners. MacDonald's will never be the same once you have watched this.

Extremely well made film of what could have been an exceptionally boring subject. Skilfully made and my attention didn?t waiver at any point. If you?re going to watch it while eating ? just make sure it?s something healthy though!

I think every body should watch this everybody I know has watched this film. It is a real eye opener to fast food. Watch this and you will really think twice next time you go to order Mac Donalds. If you love Mac Donalds and have no intention of giving up fast food give this film a miss

Gives you an insight on what happens if you eat to much junk food. you will not want a burger after this, quite an intresting documentry.

Worth watching and a bit of an eye opener

Is just me or is it practically impossible to get Priority 1 titles I don?t know why I bother reserving New Releases - I?ve never yet received one!! I?m certain the ?awaiting allocation? times are getting longer too!!

This is a documentary about a reporter who ate nothing but McDonalds for a month. He was testing the McDonalds claim that its food was not harmful and not responsible for the ever-increasing number of overweight and obese people. He had fitness and medical test before he started and during the month and the film goes through day by day. It is broken up by interviews and documentary data about fast foods and the demographics of America. At the time, McDonalds were fighting a compensation case brought by two obese children that their health had been damaged by the chain and also were offering ?super size? for an even larger portion size in America. At an hour and a half it was very long and I don?t think you would watch it twice but there was enough going on to keep you interest going.

The main crux of the film might be on about Mcdonals but as Morgan Spurlock says himself that he is on about the bigger picture. As he explains in his very interesting UK interview (included in the extras) it?s about lifestyle change. It about Choices we make. He also touches on a very relevant subject in how we feed our kids at school. Remember Jaime Oliver a few months back and his campaign to get kids to eat healthier and for schools to cut out all the processed food? The Film is funny and amusing and is not overlong. It's a great piece of filmmaking which holds your attention throughout (including the scenes with his Vegan chef girlfriend). It's a cracking documentary and if it?s your sort of thing then go rent.

quite scary. just shows how imbalanced your body can be if you stick to only one food group. Well worth watching especially if you have kids who are mad for McDonalds. !!

I didn't finish watching this film as l got so bored halfway. Interesting in a strange way but l don't know anyone out there who eats only McDonalds everyday all day - and l bet there is no-one in the world who does. If you ate chicken salad sarnies or carrots for a month you'd be just as sick. Everything in moderation, including McD's. The concerning thing with these sort of takeaways is what is really in the food, fat and bits of animal you would never eat, that is what the unhealthy thing is!!.

A thought provoking movie, i am a vegan already (for 30 years) so preaching to the converted, but the kids watched it over and over and i think have amended their eating habits a bit! This has got to be a good thing, they market McD to kids and they do not know what they are eating, now they do! Shame that it was not presented in surround sound, but otherwise excellent and even the extras were worth watching.

A documentary rather than a film - not something you'd laugh and relax to. However as a documentary and layman's scientific experiment - sobering, fascinating and frightening to observe what fast food can do to us! Not an experiment I'd care to repeat ... let's hope our children, through this film, will appreciate the importance of a healthy, balanced diet....

Truly interesting film too watch about the potential damage Cardboard food can do too you. Granted the guy took it too the extreme with only eating McDonalds but hey its turned me off Maccies from now on.

really well made with a solid message

Supersize Me has had enough press coverage to hype it up... but it didn't need it. A superb and engaging documentary-style movie charting the nutritionally collapse of a man set to surviving a single month on a McDiet. I had the whole family watch it and it made the right impression. Fast food deserves a place only as an emergency, last option addition to the annual diet of the common man... eaten as a rarity and not as a staple. Watch this movie to understand why and to appreciate that however many pieces of lettuce and gherkin you throw on a burger, what you have in the end still doesn't amount to anything healthy.

After watching this film, I don't think I could stomach McDonalds again!!

Don't think it is going to be fun every minute, it is a documentary! Don't think it is as stupid as 'you get fat when you eat at McDo', it is a Good documentary. There are 2 aims to this documentary: - the main experiment, which is useful by itself since it proves scientifically that junk food is truly dangerous for your health The point is not that the guy becomes fat, the point is that this food doesn't provide what a human body needs, thus EVERY aspect of his health is concerned: he even becomes depressed! So the comments like 'of course if you eat only MacDo you become fat, this movie is stupid', are comments from people who didn't watch the movie, or are severely dumb. - A broader view on American ways of eating. For example, I have been one year in an American high school, and I have seen what is described in the movie: kids never drink water (never), don't eat meat everyday (in the movie they all take fries only), and for desert have... a big candy bag, or a big candy bar !!! So: 1) not eating too much because of a diet but finishing the meal with a bag of candies, 2) not drinking coke because of the cafeine but always drinking sugary, 3) never eating dairy products... How do you expect kids to be healthy if you don't force them, if you actually encourage the opposite ? These schools are very hypocrite, I know, I lived it. So you have to see this movie, but you have to listen to it, unless many people who left ratings here, obviously.

Entertaining film with predictable outcome. The phrase 'everything in moderation' does not feature in the film as the Director sets out to imitate the worst excesses of the American population - entirely fast-food diet and no exercise. The effects were startling in such a short space of time. Two stone increase in weight expected but the effect on internal organs was startling. To see the amount of sugar consumed from the soda drinks was eye-popping. Interestingly, one contributor eats at least two McBurgers every day but didn't look too out of shape. He did state that he never ate the fries and I bet he doesn't take the half-gallon (yes half-gallon!) soda drinks. Luckily I'm not a food fascist but his girlfriend would soon have you back on the red meat anyway, can anyone tell me of a good advertiser for all things vegan? Very interesting contributions from a variety of people along the way which helped pace the film. My biggest surprise was that he was only offered super-size 9 times within the month - how big would he have been if the McWorkers had been more on the ball?

This flim was very interesting to watch and has put my partner & I off Macdonalds. I would recommend you watch this flim.

Definately worth a watch. This film is about eating habits and not just about MacD.

Scary insight in to the world of McDonalds - certainly put me off eating a Big Mac for the foreseeable future!

This funny but worrying documentary follows Morgan Spurlock as he spends 30 days eating nothing but McDonalds. The film focuses on the US's growing obesity rate and how the fast food chains are potentially responsible.

The subject of this film, the unhealthy nature of fast food, is superb. However, I have rarely seen such an obviously good idea squandered. Although entertaining, the film left me wanting more; more details of the medical effects, more on psychological effects and more on how the experiment affected the narrators’ personal relationships.

Very very interesting documentary.....you will never eat fast food after watching this....

A well made indictment of McDonalds. Some fascinating facts about the impact of too many burgers but loses pace in a few spots.

I defy anybody to watch this and not come away swearing that they're gonna change they're eating habits forever! Its plain to see that the whole experiment is hammed to maximum effect, but Morgan Spurlock is wonderful as his own hapless guineapig. His girlfriend, a vegan chef, has the skin and complexion of an angel, and is an advertisment for turning vegan if ever I've seen one. The extras include a great interview with Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation, and a UK restaurant that will deep fry anything people want...usually Mars bars!

very thought provoking!! def well worth seeing!

this is good haven't been to MD yet after watching this

Here's the idea...let's eat one type of food, from one type of retailer, get on the 'healthy' eating bandwagon and surprise everyone by pointing a big finger in one direction.....get a grip and stop whinging...get out a bit and make choices which you can live with. A documentary with a dubious slant and an even more dubious research method. An almost personable way of making a moan an art form. Give it a miss and go to a nice restaurant instead.

Morgan Spurlock spends a month eating only food and drink from the McDonalds menu, and deliberately cuts back on the amount of exercise he has. His medical team are taken aback by the immediate health problems he suffers. Once you see this film, you'll think twice about eating fast food ever again! American portion sizes are incredibly enormous and as a result so are an increasing proportion of US citizens. The film brings home how powerful the food industry is and shows how US children are suffering, many selecting just fizzy drinks and chocolate for lunch in the school cafeteria with little or no supervision of their diets. They definitely need Jamie Oliver over there for a while! I'd really recommend this film but if you are going to have a TV dinner, I'd suggest a very healthy salad that night!

A must see for all those who like fast food and Coca Cola

If you're a bit of a soft touch when it comes to fast food, sometimes struggling to maintain or lose some weight, then this movie / documentary provides something of a wake-up call - and should serve to shock you into cutting back on the big-macs and other fast foods. The worst comments from my perspective came at the end when (without wanting to spoil the film too much) it showed how long it took Morgan to lose the weight that he had gained...

this was interesting but after a while i got bored of the same things over again it was interesting about how ill he got and what really goes into chicken nuggets!

This documentary will make you revise your attitudes to junk food in a radical way; a real wake up call for the promotion of healthy eating.

You wouldn't wanna' watch this whilst eating your tea but it is interesting and enlightening.

This film did the unthinkable and put my 10 year old daughter off eating McDonalds any more than once every 6 months. It really makes you stop and think.

Really did not think I'd ever come across 'experts' as stupid as these ones, who at the beginning said 'he'd only get fatter & higher cholesterol'!!! DUH!!! Also, in response to the person who cannot tell the difference between a calorie & a Calorie (the latter is really a kilocalorie), I think that should state the obvious. Love the toy collectors (extra features), the school putting an effort into PE for once, & the Big Mac fan. otherwise extremely glad I am vegetarian, as this movie also shows how animals are made to suffer all their lives to make food that is not even healthy!!! Oh, & check out the features, there are loads of gems there too. Do not eat fast food while watching - you will (like this lad) be sick. PS:- the girlfriend is not a whinger ok.

scary documentary about surviving off junk food,enough to put the biggest junk food junkies off junk food for life

America is a fat country & its getting fatter. Blame McDonalds!!! No, take responsibility for yourself, Ronald doesn't run around at lunch time pinning people down and forcing Big Macs down their throats. McDonalds is bad for you and Americans like to see themselves as innocent & righteous victims of corporate super-powers. Nothing I didn't know already. This documentary is saved by the funny & likeable frontman Morgan Spurlock & the opportunity to ogle the gross size & stupidity of members of the nation we most love to hate. (Much respect to Spurlock for sticking out his month long MackyD diet, he's braver than me!)

Expected a film and not a documentary, but all the same worth a watch. I once was a manager at McDonald's and I spent the best part of 10 years working there and eating the food on most days. I chose not to have loads of sauce, and would try and eat the healthier items on the menu. To think that 2 people could try and sue McD's because they got fat is absurd. Everybody has the freedom of choice if they want to eat in McDonald's or not - so on that note I was glad that the case was thrown out of court. On the flip side though, this film as well as pressure from other areas has seen McDonald's really try to change it's image over the last year or so, so personally I think the film was a good thing if it opens up peoples eyes about how bad things can be if we over indulge. But surely this has always been the case. E.g. Salt is good for you but only in small doses, and this applies to many things we eat every day. I'm overweight and eat McD's occasionally (probably once or twice a month) - it's probably the takeaways that do most damage - at least I gave up smoking last year!!.

We know the premise by now as it made the headlines worldwide, with McDonalds taking out whole pages in the newspapers trying to show that they also sell salads and stuff and that eating burgers 24/7 is not a balanced diet nor was it ever meant to be. Thing is: we know this already. The other thing is: a lot of Americans possibly don't, so this film may have been an eye-opener for those people. It certainly teaches you about junkfood, but to be honest, you'd need to have an IQ of about 50 not to realise that eating MaccieDs and all that stuff and nothing else for a period of time is going to be bad for you. So that's what this is about: it's a documentary about Morgan Spurlock who decides to 'prove' that eating junkfood is bad for you if you eat nothing else, which he does manage to prove by way of onscreen medical tests etc. Where this film really comes into its own is when it goes deeper, into the psyche of the fast food industry - and the contents. Where it fails is that most people watching this, in this country at least, are already well aware that it's all McGarbage anyway. But it was nice to see the big conglomorates squirm when the film unexpectedly became a blockbuster worldwide. So for this reason, hats off to you Morgan old chap.

My husband didn't really believe McDonalds could be all that bad. We haven't eaten any fast food since seeing this show. You just knew what was coming but it was great!

Could be better, alot of it is very interesting and funny, meeting the various 'characters' that dwell in the fat cities of the US, however, this is somewhat let down by the scientific background to the documentary- which really does cement this as a documentary and not really much of a film. OK for something to watch- but a tad boring after a while.

its amazing what some people will do for money. i guess its what i expected to see, but its still very amusing none the less - dont miss this cult film.

Very well produced, no exaggeration, straight to the point. 'Touche!'

Found this documentary very entertaining. It showed up some very important issues regarding the fast food economy, and gave a further insight into the terrible state of america's waistline. Right, i'm off to the gym now to work of that super size coke!!!!

I was intrigued by the release of Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Shockumentary’ Super Size Me. I began to wonder why anyone would embark on such an experiment while nominating themselves as the guinea pig. My initial thought was whether or not this documentary come film could captivate me enough to hold my attention for over an hour and a half. It’s fair to say Spurlock succeeded. Spurlock when we are first introduced to him, is a happy, incredibly healthy individual, seemingly content in his life with an adoring partner. A few check-ups and tests later also reveal that he maintains a praise worthy level of fitness for his age. Little does he know how this self imposed experiment is going to send him spiralling continuously downward for the next 30 days. I was gripped from minute one. Spurlock took a very light hearted, almost ‘cheery’ approach to this experiment from the outset, but things soon change when just a few days in, a ‘Super Sized’ drive through meal turns into a stomach churning vomit through his car window. Things were already getting out of control and Spurlock continues to abuse his body for the remainder of the experiment. As each day passes, the once fresh faced American soon begins to look tired, blotchy and frankly, a mess. This begins to impact upon his relationship as his partner begins to harbour serious concerns about his health and safety. Spurlock has check-ups and blood tests throughout the film and also at the end, the findings of the professionals are jaw-droppingly startling! I’ll spoil nothing further by bringing this review to a close. All that remains to be said is that although this is not a DVD worthy of your home collection, it is well worth a look. Enjoy!

very interesting to watch how eating too much junk food has an efect on your body.i was not put off these things but i dont eat much of that stuff anyway but worth a watch.

This is both informative and funny at the same time. Morgan Spurlock definitely has an agenda when he starts his experiment of living on nothing but McDonalds food for 30 days. However he goes on to show quite a lot about the way Americans eat and how the public are manipulated by big business. He has a light-hearted tone but it does become quite serious as we see the toll his diet is taking on him. The DVD is packed with many extras and well worth catching .

I enjoyed it, not sure if i'll ever feel the need to watch it again but worth watching if ya fancy something different. TIP: buy your last big mac before you watch this!!

This is a very interesting in depth look into junk food culture, not just McDonalds. Its great to see someone as brave and intellegent as Morgan Spurlock taking on the so-called untouchable corporations like this. It was funny and very educational, as well as brilliantly made.

Very interesting. Pretty good but can get a bit boring in some parts. Very brave of the guy to do this, may put you off McDonalds for some time!

I knew fast food was bad for you and that American's can be a bit thick, but this really proves the point. Definately worth a watch, I used to have the odd BK or McD but even that won't be happening any more!

A very disturbing look at fast food diets. The experiment has shocking consequences on Morgan's health. Would recommend.

I struggled to stay with this film. Morgan Spurlock makes an engaging narrator, but he clearly establishes all his anti-Mac points within the first 30 minutes, rendering the rest of the movie a bit superfluous. The premise is a bit shaky anyway in that it should be fairly obvious to anyone who's ever read a newspaper or watched TV that a Mac-dominated diet is bad for you! I also felt a bit sceptical about whether he had actually followed the diet as the final shot of his 'new' body shape gave every impression of a man deliberately sticking his stomach out. Overall, a nice idea but extended too long.

If you didn't think Americans had diet problems, wait until you see this film!

This is an excellent documentary but, on writing this review a few months after having watched it, I can honestly say my visits to fast food places have substantially reduced. Morgan Spurlock takes you through a month of his life whereby he has to eat McDonalds meals three times a day. If they offer him supersize, he must take it. And in the US of A, supersize is a helluva lot bigger than here. The effects on Spurlock's health is extreme and frightening, and whilst you would think this is all an unnatural scenario, it is clear that many Americans diets aren't too far away from this. Spurlock's presentation makes this entertaining, but by the end, like his girlfriend, you're willing it to end. Not because it's a load of rubbish, far from it, but because you just want him to have a nice healthy salad and mineral water for his own sanity!! If you've not seen it on telly yet, well worth a rent.

This is fantasic, funny and enjoyable documentary which shows McDonalds in all its greatness.

After this documentary following a crazy guy who carries out an experiment to discover the consequences of eating three square meals a day at McDonalds, I'm not sure I ever want to eat fast food again. If you love fast food don't watch this....or then again maybe you should. Mind you I'm sure kebabs are still just fine when you're skull f***ed.

Everyone should watch this, they will never eat junk food again!

It stands to reason that scoffic McD's everyday is not going to do you much good. This merely proves it. However some interesting info relating to the feedback from McDs makes for good viewing. The current crop of sandwiches will in some part be attributable to this film.

This is a very good documentary analysis of the fast food industry. It sets its sights on McDonalds, but the industry as a whole is implicated. Spurlock is an amiable, likeable chap who experiments with, (and risks), his own health in an attempt to get to the bottom of the biological impact of constant fast food consumption on the human body. The results are shocking! One suspects though that the people in our society who should be watching this film will not see it or indeed, watch some or all of it, and be in complete denial of the facts presented. This is a timely document and will be held in greater regard in the coming decades as the tsunami of obesity threatens to engulf us all. 'Super Size Me' was long overdue but somehow feels less than the sum of its parts. It does not have quite the same impact as Moore's 'Bowling For Columbine' or Fahrenheit 9/11'. Still, on the whole, it is very good. Recommended.

this is a real eyeopening film come documentary, you`ll never see mcdonalds in the same light again. Good education for kids.

I understand the reasoning for this guys little experiment and he did a good job at showing the dangers of what eating fast food every day can do to you but I found that despite desperately wanting to see this documentary for a long long time, once I actually had it on I was not very interested, as though I was reading a book but had sneaked a peek at the ending already. Probably best to watch it if you've never heard of it before I'd say, otherwise it's just 'yeah, yeah yeah....'

If you'd like to see a ginger yank force himself to vomit to cause shock and badly attempt to make this dross seem more dramatic - this is for you. A boring pointless (I wouldn't call this a documentry as learnt nothing from it) film about how sad the USA really is.

pretty enjoyable and interesting view of fast food in the US. not as great as i thought it would be though!

makes you want to stay of the burgers big time,lol....

If your reasonably well informed this comes as no surprise. Morgan Spurlock is very likeable if insane, how he managed to eat that filth for a month is beyond me. I hope his health has recovered since. Children should be made to watch this at school...

Brilliant if not disturbing documentary you've all heard about though you really have to watch it to believe it..has kept me out of fast food stores ever since!

Everyone knows you should not eat that much junk food.The film its self was very entertaing and i recommend highly as my knowledge on mcdonalds and burgers is now amazing.

just gose to show how dumb we all are suckered by advertising but i felt this documentary proved nothing but moderation in all things would be a reasonable rule of thumb to live by not really mind bending just polntless jounolistic hype

this a worth while watch, not put me off Mcdonalds, the irony is i am writing this review in a Mcdonalds internet cafe!!

I think I've been put off McDonalds for life. As a few of the other reviewers have also said, I always knew that too much junk food was bad for you and I'd heard loads of stories about McDonalds in particular, but this doccie was quite an eye-opener.

40 SPOONS OF SUGAR IN 1 SUPERSIZE COKE!

this was quite a good documentry i expected it to be really boring but i was alrite some facts were really scary only watch it if you really dnt have ne thing to do its really scary how much damage you can do to yourself by eating junk food

A good and effective look at the world of Amercan 'Fast Food' and 'supersizing'. I have wanted to see this movie for a while and I thought that this did not disapoint. A full mix of facts, thoughts and observations. A good film if you wanna give up McDonalds.

If this don't make you think twice before going to another McDonalds restaurant then nothing will. Basically this guy eats nothing but McDonalds food for 30 Days just see the results ahhhhhhhhh

I wasn't sure what to expect from Super Size Me and I was eager to see a well executed demolition job applied to McHell. The subject is undeniably riveting, the revelations shocking, the health aspects well handled and easy to understand and the human story engrossing. However, much in the same vein as Michael Moore's films it isn't exactly a well executed piece of film making which sadly marks an otherwise excellent idea down as an average film. There's also a slight feeling of preaching to the converted and while the ideas and issues presented are difficult to disagree with, I thought it was a bit of an easy target in the end. Well worth a watch, but unless you're an avid fast food junky or have been hiding in a processed food bubble don't expect any earth shattering revelations other than Macdonalds food is bad for you. Still, the potentially life threatening condition of Morgan's liver after 22 days does stay with you.

I have never been a McDonalds fan, and was thrilled when this came out, wanting to see the truth behind Ronald McDonald's smile. I thought Morgan Spurlock made this a fascinating and shocking depiction of one of the most successful businesses of all time. Definitely a must-see, it will make you think about your Big Mac totally differently!

Well, if there ever was a way to put you off fast food for life, this documentary will do it! Loved the bit where he ate his first super sized meal and then vomited the whole lot up because his stomach couldn't cope with the copious amount of food he'd eaten! This is definitely worth a watch. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Eye opening film. Won't find me eating at McDonalds after watching this!

Eye opening film. Won't find me eating at McDonalds after watching this!

Well it's an easy to watch documentary, and Morgan Spurlock is an amiable guy. However there are no surprises in store. Maybe this is because I watched it after Jamie Oliver purged school dinners. Morgan's girlfriend is super annoying. This passed a happy hour or so, but I wouldn't watch it again

Morgan Spurlock is sickeningly healthy but has decimated that through his masochistic experiment to eat only McDonald's food for a month. Through it all he makes observations about corporate America, health, social issues and addiction which can all be discussed and seen through a Big Mac. What was most interesting was the control of the individual through the proliferation of fast food chains. It might seem hysterical but he has a valid point: this documentary can open the door to a wide dialogue about signs in society and our own attitudes to ourselves and others. He loses points for being too much in debt to Michael Moore's style but gets a positive review for the first super size meal scene alone: NOT good publicity for McDonald's!

Makes you think twice before having a Mcdonalds!

The movie has great potential,it could have been much more powerful like 9/11 but it was a bit like you can have a conversation with friends while watching it.

WOULD YOU EAT ANOTHER BIG MAC???????THAT IS THE QUESTION.

Entertaining and informative. certainly makes you think about what you eat.

It was fasinating watching this film and seeing just how obese America is really getting, and the amount of fast food that is consumed is really shocking. Fair play to Morgan Spurlock for risking his life to prove a point about what junk food can do to you even if it was extreme. Overall though a very well made and funny documentary.

Initially I thought wow now that would be nice macdonalds for a month. Then when I watched it . Reality kicked in yaakkkkk no way . Its a good documentary .

Call me weak-minded, call me silly, but this film has put me off McDonald's possibly for life. Spurred on by on recent documentary-films, Spurlock decides to do nothing but eat food from the wonderful menu of McDonald's for 30 days. Before long, his health takes a nose-dive, the scales start creaking, and the girlfriend starts getting annoyed. This is the first documentary-film I have seen thus far, and what is immediately clear is the effectiveness of such media. It's trite but true that pictures speak more than a thousand words, and even allowing for clever editing and a little truth-bending, the thought of eating just made me feel ill for hours afterwards. Perhaps almost laughable too is the sheer arrogance and frustrating aspect of dealing with the PR office of the company with the golden arches. Of course, one has to take everything in with a pinch of salt, but if the point of the movie is to make people sit up and notice the amount of junk we are ingesting, then Spurlock has pulled of a rousing success.

Good documentary, discover how much worse a maccy D's is for you then you thought.

Really enjoyed this film, very informative. Although, unlike a lot of my friends who have also seen the film it didn't stop me eating McDonalds!

Director Morgan Spurlock who also stars in Super Size Me deserves full marks for his efforts, and for the courage to take on food industry vested interests. It's not too fanciful to say that this film has triggered a process of transformation in the food culture of the US and other 'advanced' countries. This documentary of Spurlock's gamble with his life in subsisting exclusively on MacDonald's fare for a whole month is a powerful message illustrating the disjunction between the needs of a healthy diet and the fast food reality. For a $65.000 budget, Spurlock has managed to reach areas which no other media had succeeded in reaching - for the good of mankind. A tremendous movie, both for its back story and for its style and content.

It surprising just what crap we put into our bodies!! What i found really interesting was that the medical experts were even surprised at what was happening to him medically whilst eating all this 'junk'. Still quarterpounders with cheese are nice though!!!!!!!!!!

Certainly makes you want to cut back on fast food. Conclusions a bit exaggerated as non-one in their right mind would want to eat nothing but McDonalds for a month, still interesting as to the effects of such a diet.

Interesting for a documentary all about a bloke stuffing his face with Big Mac et al; didn't put me off I must say1

Great stuff, interesting and informative. This DVD stopped me from eating McDonalds (well for a couple of weeks anyway!)

This was a real eye opener, I thought this documentary was good although just eating mac donald is or was a stupid idea.

This documentary really gives you a different perspective on fast food. Quite amusing to watch and really brings out the dangers of eating fast food on a regular basis. Deffo worth the watch and also i reccomend watching his other documentarys on channel 4. A+++

Class. Makes you think twice about tackling that extra cheeseburger - but it tastes soooo good man!

Although it would have been nice to be about Britain as we all know that America is the fast food capital of the world, this documentary is truly eye opening. Everything is so proffesional and it really exposes the fast food chains for what they are. We get clear facts and figures so we are left in no doubt about how much sugar is in a coke and fat in a burger. Brilliant from start to finish.

Spent the last 2 years in California so understood the eating mentality! Great programme.

I hate americans and their total lack of culture. It was a very refreshing to watch a program telling the truth behind what they stand for, Profit. This film should be shown to all parents and also viewed in schools

Eating junk food 3 times a day, of course you are going to expect serious health issues. Just Giving Mc Donalds more promotion.

A valuable insight to why eating less fast food is a good move !!! Well done Morgan Spurlock on this superb documentry !!

Ok, so he eats McDonalds food for a month and becomes fat and lethargic. Fancy that!A fair point I suppose, but I get the feeling that a 30 second slot on the news would make the point just as well as this rather overlong film. Worth a look though, if only to watch one of the few remaining slim americans turn himself into a slob!!!

I watched this based on the hype and I have given it 3 stars based on its directorship and the fact that he really does try to get to the bottom of all the facts. BUT.... This film is exceptionally biased and does not distinguish between fast food companies in the US (who are not really regulated) and the rest of the world, where food controls are much stronger. Please don't watch if you work in the industry. I did and it made me livid.

This film was excellent, but a bit gross at some points. Me and my brother will never eat McDonalds again!

I was looking forward to seeing this for a while, but it was actually even more entertaining than I thought. Some of the facts and figures about Macca's, and what the guy eats during the month, will blow your mind!

But do not watch while you're tucking into your junk food, this is NOT a feel good film, however it is very interesting to watch!

How did he manage to get all that publicity is what you wonder on seing the film. As a film we have seen better crap and they don't get a mention anywhere.But the thing is that he really gathered a lot of publicity for a film which doesn't have a tight script. I guess we liked it because we knew it and he did not have to press home a theory of relativity kind of thing. What was nice was that this person doesn't attempt to make a cinematic epic or a piece of art. It was a story of scandle and every thing was done to draw the picture completely ( helped by scary cute haunting illustartions ) in that fim . I'll remember this film with nausea and a feeling of choking on a spongy burger.

I thought this was brilliant entertainment. You gotta see him eating his first 'Supersize', really funny.

this movie is exactly what i expected - it had so much hype and there had been so many reviews that when i watched the movie - no new evidence was brought to me. The concept was and is still good though.

A very good documentary, even though we all know fast food is bad for you but sometimes when things are explained better it will stick to your mind.

I am not over weight, but still I found this film is very educational.

Although a documentary, this film was excellent viewing!! Very watchable, loads of facts, but no boring bits. For anyone who eats 'fast food' it is a must-watch so that you can understand why you feel so good after a quarter pounder & fries, and so bad when you go without.

Anyone with kids should watch this too, and start avoiding those 'Maccy-D' parties and treats!!

One of those DVDs you should rent and not buy, because you'll never watch it again. Mcdonalds is bad for you is the not very surprising message. How bad it is is the eye-opener.

Choice piece of trivia: a super-sized coke is 1/2 gallon. This has 49tsp of sugar in it.

Supersize me is hilarious, disgusting and a real eye-opener! It certainly made me put down my bag of kitkat cubes (for a minute anyway!)!

Watch out for the super-irritating vegan girlfriend!

There’s not really much to be said about this really as it pretty much does what it says on the tin. It provides an interesting insight into the hazardous world of fast food in a way that provides as many shocks as it does laughs.

The big sceptical question beforehand was…”well nobody would eat McDonalds three times a day for thirty days anyway, so where’s the relevance in this thing?” …and that is a fair question, but it is also one that is answered in this documentary.

Many areas are covered such as the effects on the body and mind, the law-suits against McDonalds, and the way in which fast food is promoted.

I was gutted though when I heard what went into Chicken McNuggets! I used to really enjoy them as well…never again…

A really great documentary and for those of us who are partial to the odd McDonalds it'll make you think twice. The poor guy's whole appearance changed over the course of 30 days - how he stuck it is anybody's guess!

Definitely worth watching.

If you are a fan of docu-films, then you will enjoy this. That said, the DVD format is perfect for a film like this because it plays like an extended TV documentary with, perhaps, a little more money.

Lots of interesting stuff and the featurette certainly provides further insight into why the director / star did it in the first place! Not one for MacD fans!

An interesting and educational look at the fast food industry focusing on Mcdonalds.

After watching this film I have cut down on the amount of burgers I eat and have had second thoughts about ever eating chicken nuggets again! If you love Mcdonalds and don't want to give up then don't watch this, otherwise it's a good watch.

I hate Macdonalds and have never understood the appeal of eating in a grubby, unaesthetic plasticky dump, eating food which tastes like rubber crossed with plastic.

This film is very well made and well paced. For an amateur, it is exceptionally well directed and put together. The arguments are never preachy or wearisome, the tone is engaging and compelling throughout. I defy anyone to watch this and eat in Macdonald's again!

This is a documentary style account of the dangers of fatty fast convenience food... it very much in the style of Micheal Moore and is worth watching. It highlights a lot of health issues and although some parts of the film are quite gross it is definitely worth watching... especially if you have the odd McDonalds, Pizza Hut or Burger King!!!

Confirmed my conviction that clowns are evil. Eating whilst viewing this film is dangerous and the viewer does this at his or her own risk.

I found this film left me a little bit confused really!

In it you see a regular, probably healthier guy than most go from being very healthy to almost at critical levels in terms of health problems due to eating Mcdonalds constantly for 1 month solid. This shocks you and his deterioration really makes you think about what is in fast food.

But yet at the same time it didn't really shock me enough to never eat another McDonalds again (I had a big mac 2 days later). From a relatively early age I've known that eating junk food isn't any good for you, and that if you eat a lot your more likely to die quicker, so the film didn't really tell me anything new, apart from don't eat Mcdonalds for every single meal of every single day... which I don't anyway.

My partner vowed never to eat it again, but she has been saying that before we watched the film as she doesn't really like it anyway. It has some funny bits throughout the film and I recommend watching it whether you eat fast food or not as it certainly is an eye opener. Trouble is you will have probably already made your mind up about Mcdonalds before you've watched the film anyway!

What a welcome surprise this film was. Not expecting too much from this it turned out to be great. At times it felt like a documentary and indeed was yet in another way was very compelling and interesting. Would recommend this to all. Very entertaining and informative in an amusing manner, so too was it eye-opening.

A good movie to slip on when don't want anything too deep or too action-esque.
Very different and very watchable!

Don't get me wrong, this movie is well worth watching ~ it is informative, entertaining and user-friendly in its colloquial style but a mammoth feature it is not. Perhaps not personally being a consumer of fast food, it had less impact on me (bar Morgan throwing up for the first time).

So definitely a must for all you burger fanatics out there!

Although put me off wanting to eat another fast food meal ever again! This is filmed in a documentary style like that off 9/11. You watch the poor guy having to endure eating nothing else but McDonalds for a month. Sounds good for a day but a whole month?

Plenty of gritty truths about McDonalds, some interesting facts. Anyone who used to eat their food at McDonalds may struggle now.

Well done, I enjoyed this honest documentary.

I have no doubt that many people who saw this would have been shocked and surprised by some of the stats quoted and the results of the experiment, but for me it was all a bit obvious.

I yawned a lot, but then I've read books on the food industry and there are far more shocking things out there than the health effects of greasy burgers.

As a documentary it's a bit of a mess. Probably a result of fleshing out a single idea to feature length.

However, the results are amazing and I've been quoting from it all week.

The guy is reasonably likeable and his dietician is a fox.

OKay, I had been looking forward to this film for ages - I eat way too much Fast Food myself and was hoping it would put me off a bit! Unfortunately, like the Super Sized meals, this film could've done with being smaller....

I still think that this is a must-see film as the findings were pretty fascinating, but don't watch it at night or you may just fall asleep.
I would love this to be condensed into a half hour slot without all the interview type bits and shown to everyone, even as part of Health Education at Secondary Schools.

This is a very interesting documentary. Make sure you're not eating when you watch it! Definitely worth renting though.

An excellent piece of consumer education. Presented in a snappy, accessible way with witty dialogue and an important message.

It's a bit political, but I’ll forgive it.

I loved this film. I do love burgers but this is a real eye opener that being fat and eating bad food is no excuse. I must say I have stayed off bad food for 9 months now even before I saw this and I am glad I did, fat is just not nice at all.

A film that everyone, everywhere should watch. Especially the extras. Very scary. Watch out for the fries that don't disintegrate.

Wow I do feel sick after watching that! First thing is this is a documentary not a film and it's a good one too. If you like docs that push the boundaries then watch this, it will make you think twice about fast food!

Wow! This truly opens your eyes to what you eat!!!
Very educational but not a film to settle down to on a saturday night, more of a documentry but one I'm glad I watched.

Definately motivates you to eat healthy foods!!! Its a good watch, and it makes you realise just how bad junk food is...... makes you want to eat salads and exercise more!!!

Everyone loves a martyr. Morgan Spurlock almost became one making this film, but he's confirmed a fact that lots of people knew, yet have tried their hardest to ignore - that the reconstituted fat, guts, salt and meat (apparently) served up by McDonalds and other related mulch marketing machines is bad for you.

Well, not exactly. It's not the burgers that are making people fat - from what I could see from Spurlock's film, it's the comical size of portions that are being served up (did I really hear that you can get a cup with half a gallon of coke in it? That's four pints!), and the sugar that features in it. And it was interesting to hear that these meals are addictive if eaten enough. A rather well-known piece of information, but interesting to see it confirmed in front of your own eyes.

This is a good case study which many representatives of the guilty party/ies will dismiss as one-sided propoganda.

My only complaint about this film was that it seemed to target an audience who probably already knew that rubbish food is bad for you - you know, those with some common sense. Maybe it should be remade by someone who will punish themselves over the edge and actually kill themselves in order to get through those people stupid enough to think that eating McDonalds so much is bad for you.

Maybe Steve-O's career isn't over yet.

Oh my God this dcumentary made me feel so ill and put me off Mcdonalds for life...

It was unbelievable how fat this guy got in such a short time just by eating junk food.

I really do not understand how this could be classified as a film. I was looking forward to watching a film with a little humour only to find out that it was more of a documentary which would not look out of place on terrestrial tv.

Despite all of my good intentions to like this film, I have to say that it didn't move me.

It feels like is an obligatory must-see after the wave of hysteria surronding the realise of this title but to be, honest; I really didn't see the point.

You do get the shock value of the film because of what the 'Mc' culture is doing to the world but half of my mates who I watch the DVD with just ended up craving McDonald's.

Not really the point was it....

Riveting documentary about Morgan Spurlock who undertakes to eat only McDonald's menu items, 3 times a day for 30 days. The impact this has on his health, his physique & his girlfriend is all documented along with all his cholesterol and fat levels by 3 separate doctors. The figures speak for themselves and were frightening (even the doctors didn't realise how much he would be affected). The other items include an interview with a guy who has eaten over 19000 Big Macs, an interview with Eric Schlosser (author of Fast Food nation), information on the portion sizes and the amount of sugar Morgan consumed in 30 days. Excellent documentary, if this doesn't put you off fast food, then not much will.

Thought the film was great, can`t belive how stupid some Americans can be. Quite scary the damage that could be done.

Certainly makes you think and even though I wasn't a regular eater of McD's, or other fast food chains I am now a complete non-eater!

When first I heard of this documentary, I thought it to be unfairly biased against McDonalds, and I still hold this to be true.

Our documenter (Morgan Spurlock) sets out to eat nought but McDonalds food for an entire month, to determine whether or not it is bad for a person to do so.
He begins in the peak of good health, and our viewing pleasure starts moving through the gears as his physical fitness begins to deteriorate.

Spurlock is an extremely funny guy, and he meets some very interesting people along the course of his binge-month, making the whole thing very worthwhile viewing.

The conclusions to the experiment are widely known (and were largely guessable anyway) but I shan't repeat them here as this movie is a treat for everybody; regardless of whether or not they enjoy fast food.

Me? I love it, and this documentary hasn't put me off in the slightest..

Thoroughly entertaining. A well thought out film, nicely done. A serious message and a real eye opener to the people who don't know better, or who do, but pretend not to. Documentaries don't come much more entertaining than this.

With the popularity of fast food and the number of fast food outlets Worldwide, it was interesting to see this docu-film about a man who ate nothing but fast food (in this case McDonalds) for a month and reviewed how he felt and various medical tests during that time.

I guess that his agenda was to show how damaging the food was and I'm not sure that this was scientifically conclusive but he certainly did feel bad, put on weight and began to have dangerous levels of certain indicators in his blood tests. However, these began to reduce a little towards the end of the film and it would have been interesting to see what would have happened long term.

Although this movie starts out well, looking at how fast food companies have contributed to obesity levels in the US, (in that light hearted independent film kind of way), it quickly decends into one man's battle to eat McDonalds at every meal, so he can make a movie, inspite of his vegan girlfriend's hippie induced protests.

If you thought eating Maccy Dees was a harmless enough indulgence - think again.

This film shows how a healthy specimen of manhood can be degraded to an ill, overweight flabfest in just 30 days.

But you will laugh and rejoice in the quirky funfilled adventure which the films encapsulates.

The DVD extras add much to the enjoyment and extend the pleasure.

Buy some salad; rent this film.

Fascinating about how a diet of fast food can impact your life not only physically but has emotional consequences. What some people do for the sake of informing others.

After watching this film it has suddenly made me wise to the wonder of McDonalds. Yeah, sure they taste great but they ain't half bad for ya!

But I did go and get a Big Mac meal the next day so it doesn't completely turn you off forever!

Very good. Tho' his girlfiends a bit politically correct. One type of food as a diet of any type of food would gradually unbalance your health. Still who'd go back to mcdonalds after this.

I'm sure it's been said by most, but just to confirm it - I'll never eat a McDonald's again! Very interesting and disgusting all at the same time. Compelling!

I first say this in the cinema and found it amazing. Just watching how this man transforms in a month is shocking!

This film is a real eye opener to the effects of junk food. It is packed with interesting tit bits of information and a few laughs for good measure.

Makes you feel sick and repulsed by the whole enterprise - but strangely fancy a cheeseburger... yum yum gag gag!

It's a great premise. Man eats Mcdonald's every day for a month, explodes.

Sorry to spoil it, but not much of a conclusion. Nice idea, but only enough material for a TV documentary.

We all know how bad fast food is but this brings it to light in a visual sense rent this movie/documentary at worst it will help you lose a couple of pounds for summer.

Well, I wouldnt say that this film was hugely enjoyable - as described on the front cover!.

This documentry type film gave an insight into the fast food world, in which we are heading 2 obese levels at an alarming rate.

For facts and insight, or just plain curiosity then give his a go, check out some of the extras too. For fun and enjoyment.... Give this a miss!!

Yep you gotta hand it to good old Micky Dee's, when you over-indulged the night before there is nothing to sober you up better than some good old fat on a bun.

Watching this is enough to make you lay off the old stodge, but then it might be that the burgers are ten times the size on the other size of the pond!!

And yep, you can always say no..Mmmmm..maybe not?

I thoroughly enjoyed this docu-drama. Morgan's intentions were very honourable and genuine which made the point of the film very acceptable. Whilst the film was factual, it was also humourous which softened the documentary style. I'd recommend this film to anyone with an interest in health and/or fascination with MacDonald's burgers: in any event, informative and highly amusing.

This is what documentary ought really to be - and it worked brilliantly but I have to say that his ambition for verisimilitude, which was all too true, did leave me feeling rather queasy. Perhaps because the very smell of a MacDonalds outlet makes me feel unwell. I cross the road to avoid them but I recommend you cross the road to see this and never enter the Golden Arches again

Although this has no action, no romance, no blood and guts, no horror....it's not supposed to! It's a documentary about why Fast Food is bad for you. Excellently directed and produced, with some extensive research and an experiment your sure never to forget. It makes you consider what your doing to your body everytime you eat McDonalds. The facts are never forced onto you, but they are clear to see, the other side of the coin is considered but soon forgotten as well quite simply, if you think eating McDonalds is good in any way for your body, then your an idiot!

A very well written documentary with a message that couldn't be clearer.

I watched this out of curiosity and then told my husband and kids aged 12 and 14 to watch it too.

It's a mixture of facts, documentary and interviews that becomes facinating to watch.

Classically American in it's filming but it holds the knowledge that we all know really but need reminding.

Yes what he does in this is extreem - but it's a huge eye-opener to what we are all doing to our bodies - watch it and turn into a health food fanatic.

When I first heard about this film, I thought another over the top sensationalist documentary for the reality TV market. But, what a great relief, for such a inexpensively made, first time actor/crew made to tell the truth.

Much has been made about the dangers of eating fast food, but if you can watch this and see how not only this persons physical side changed, but also the mental change in his body so severely effected him in just 30 days and you can just shrug it off, your heading for the triple bypass table.

While I think it's a positive thing to chart the effect that a high fat diet will have on the human body, the length to which Morgan Spurlock went, revealed more about his hunger to get some media lucidity then about the medical pitfalls of a complete Maccie D diet.

He didn't allow himself any exercise, which contradicted his normal existence (this was his body he was testing the effects on after all) and he didn't allow anything past his lips, that wasn't purchased in a store: Even water!

I found the eventual demise in health shocking - as expected - but I feel that it would have stood a lot stronger if he tested the effect without changing his lifestyle.

Interesting the wave of documentariees criticising the American wave of life. Presumably this is because no criticism of the corporations is permitted on the TV or in the press.

Whilst everyone knows that burgers and chips make you fat, equally people are weak and lazy and will take the easiest available option. Corporations look to make the greatest amount of profit for their shareholders becuase thats the way capitalism works. The answer is to either sue the corporations so that feeding us junk is no longer profitable, or boycott the "restaurants".

Unfortunately because of the double income long hours lifestyle we all lead there is little time to cook properly at home. It was commented in the film that there is no need for fast food to be poor quality or expensive. Perhaps a market now exists for an alternative provider.

Also a great film to watch before embarking on a diet!

Although a good concept, the film does drone on and on. Flashing back to hear the 'Experts' made me think it should be 'Super bore me'.

The issues he raised were pertinent but being a vegetarian and then eating a large amount of meat would obviously have detrimental effects on your body.
Eating burgers, fries and consuming a coke would affect any body’s weight. You heard nothing of the problems of wheat allergy and if I recall he did not see if he was intolerant to any of these symptoms.

Overall, I think it raised issues regarding the western world’s pure consumption, no matter if it is food, oil, meat or fur. I imagine that the American average Joe would not have watched this so I suspect it missed the audience it should influence.

For veggies and anti capitalists it was no other justification to get some new t-shirts printed and smash up more McDonalds.
I think that if you chose most consumable products you too could make a film regaling the detrimental effects on your body and health.

The shocking mental and physical transformation after a month of non-stop McDonald's food (with a weight gain of over 30 pounds one wonders if it might have been 60 pounds after two months, etc!!) plus the statistics about what a diet like this can do to us should make sensible health-conscious people start picketing the place!

This movie should be obligatory in every primary school and parents should be forced to sit down as well - after all, they're the ones who got hooked first. Unfortunately these fast food chains have so much clout and appeal that most people block out or disregard the negative effects and happily continue munching through the stuff, super size and all....

At times it was a bit tediously repetitive but hopefully it will make people more aware of the dangers of fat and cholesterol and direct them to fresh fruit and vegetables rather than the Golden Arches.

This is a film that has been so well documented that it is hardly worth watching.....Synopsis: relatively fit man eats fast food for a month and gets quite ill...The end!

Top film. Thoroughly entertaining, if a little disturbing. Certainly will make me think twice before popping into McD's for a Big Mac. Truly eye-opening.

Fairly interesting viewing. However predictable this may be, it is educational and actually funny at times. With it obviously having a serious message.

Wouldn't rush out to see it again, but worth a look.

What you learn in this movie must must must, put you off eating fast food. There are some funny parts you will laugh at, but this really isn't a get together move to watch. More factual than anything. Dieticans say, you should only eat junk food, if.... there has been a nucleaur wipe out and there is no other food to eat.

It might sound like an odd idea for a film but this entertains just as much as it informs.

I watched it with my Dad who is in his 70's and hasn't enjoyed a film since "Meet The Parents" and he loved it too.

Surprisngly unsensationalist too. Highly recommended.

Very interesting & informative.

Only a brave man would subject themselves to that many McDonalds, and to continue to do so knowing the devastating effects they were having on him!

Don't try this at home!

Kind of gross but an interesting film - it at least makes you think about what you are putting into your body! Some very funny moments, some gross and overall a good film well made.

Like another reviewer, the Smoking Fries extra feature on the DVD was more shocking than the film for me, which has had so much publicity I already knew what to expect. And to think the fries are what I really like about McDonalds; and I thought the fat and the cholestrol were all there was to know. He should have put it in the main feature.

I like Spurlock's hands on style. Having a vegan chef for a girlfriend just made it all the more ironic and funny.

This documentary is stuffed full of information. Some would argue that Spurlock overcooks his gastric experiment, but although we all know fast food is bad for us, he shows us just how it affects the human body. We see him become a fat bloated couch-potato (well fried and salted) in just 30 days of eating only McDonalds. It's terrifying to watch.

Worse still - a class full of American kids doesn't know their national anthem but can sing the fast food song off by heart. They don't know who Jesus Christ is or the President - but they all know who Ronald McDonald is. Utterly shocking.

If nothing else, this veritable feast of facts and figures shows us that there's never been a better time to become a heart surgeon. Entire nations are being served up to the operating table courtesy of America's clown-faced in-house chef.

My compliments to Spurlock for cooking up this brilliant film. There's certainly a lot to chew on - but I won't be frequenting a McDonalds again.

As a vegetarian i am always going to enjoy a slag at McDonalds.
I thought this film would be very thought provoking for all the average consumers of Mac products.
I found it very entertaining as well as staggering in the health affects the guy sufferred in just three weeks.

This film totally shocked me! Morgan Spurlock is a genius, showing that all those things we hear about how bad junk food really is are TRUE!!! Great if you want to kick start a New Years detox, after watching this you will either crave a hamburger or never want to see one again!!! Also a good critical view of a society in which food is becoming just as lethal as alcohol and drugs. I think this film should be shown in schools and to parents.

This film is essential for anyone who has ever eaten McDonalds.

The results are shocking, and it just proves how bad McDonalds food is for you.

we all know how bad it is for us but this film visually highlights how quickly it can take to effect you. I couldnt imagine eating it everyday... the reason gave a three was it was just a little bit too long for me but good film other than that.

I think this documentary was interesting. It makes you believe all the hype you shrug off -its true!

It was so simply done, yet it was educational for anyone anywhere. I laughed and even nearly cried at some points...this is happening everyday. If you still havent seen it yet, why on earth not? This deserves and gets 5 stars!

This film gives you a great insight in how junk food effects your body. It has put me off mcdonalds for a while. In fact I was sitting in the food court today and was looking and people tucking into their mcdonalds and wondered how they could eat that rubbish!

The basic concept is brilliant, and the message is sound - avoid fast food like the plague unless you want to ruin every organ in your body. Unfortunately, at least for me, this film went on far too long with a lot of repetitive diversions, and frankly, I got bored long before the end, particularly as I knew what was going to happen next. Why did he need three doctors? One would have been enough. Why did he have to keep mentioning that obesity is bad for you? Most people either know it, or choose deliberately to ignore it. This DVD ought to trimmed down to 45 minutes and made compulsory viewing for all school children with a body mass index over 25 (and their parents)!

This film was really overhyped for what it was watching some eat mcdonalds 3 times a time is to be honest really boring. I don't it needed to be as long as it was especially to see him be sick did we really need to see that I think we could imagine without actually seeing him be ill. I really wouldn't bother.

Definitely one to watch – and even own as far as unbiased, objective journalism goes, don't expect much, but if you like a rather healthy, virulent and aggressive media retaliation against the most ruthless industry on earth, then this is for you setting an (almost) vegetarian to a month long junk food only diet, and using results to prove junk food is just that, is probably not the most scientifically accurate (or objective) method - hence only 3 stars not 4 however there is an otherwise well sustained argumentation, with food facts and interesting declarations from the junk food industry representatives themselves one to watch with your kids - chances are they won't fancy a burger any soon

This this a very eye-opening documentary that really makes you think about the world that we live in today, and how we are destroying ourselves through over-eating! It is a very well put together piece of film, cutting nicely between Morgan daily intake of McDonalds meals, his weekly weigh-ins and blood test, to interviewing numerous 'experts' and members of the American public. And to top it all off, its message is a very sound one! I would strongly recommend you to see it.

Mmm - not sure. I don't eat fast food myself, for many ethical, health reasons, so was open to any anti-fast food message. The extremity of the film's approach, however, was not useful or helpful in trying to prove anything. The snippets of 'other' information were excellent but really I would have preferred a more scientific exposure of this pernicious industry.

This is the wake up call many people in this country need! This documentary is presented in an interesting, factual and humourous way and it suceeds in delivering the message that JUNK FOOD IS BAD. You will shocked at some of the facts and figures about US diets! Can't these people cook?!

Spurlock's Super Size Me is a fantastic insight into a fast food nation and ticking timebomb of obesity in America. Many people I've talked to, who have seen this, say the same thing - who eats McDonalds 3 times a day? In my opinion, this is an ignorant reply - they may not eat McDonalds 3 times a day, but meals and snacks of high calories day in, day out. This experiment isn't as extreme as some people think - there are many people (not just in America - Britain is also suffering) who are doing this to themselves. McDonalds and other fast food corporations have a responsibility to promote healthy eating and reduce portion sizes - their marketing tactics over decades have led to this crisis, after all.

I loved this!! A real sit back, relax and watch someone screw up their body! I'm a fan of docu's anyway so found this very informative and also very entertaining! If you haven't watched it, I'd make the time! I'd watch it again.

Just for the gore factor and the power it has to turn you off fast food forever!!!

Brilliant, if slightly one-sided, view of Mcdonalds - it would have been interesting if he had also brought in other 'fast food' outlets to the spread the guilt a bit. it certainly made the point - well worth a watch!

Very good and informing documentary, we all knew that by eating this much Maccy D's everyday for how long he did was going to be bad but here Morgon Spurlock set out to prove that a normal fit and healthy man can be brought down by over indulgence on fast food very quickly! Although McDonalds seems to be the biggest target here I wouldn't just place the blame solely on them as there are still hundreds of other places churning out fast food everyday!

Can't help those trips to fast food establishments? Even if you don't frequent Mac D, Burger King, and so on then maybe you are still a bit lager than you would wish? Maybe you just can't help eating those chocs and crisps!!! This documentary will scare you slim! Fun, witty, and informative detailing the dangers of fast food and obesity.

...easy to watch and understand the importance of eating well

A fun and entertaining movie to watch, which will undoubtedly make you laugh sometimes. Don't expect any in-depth exploration of the fast food industry, though. This is pure commercial entertainment of the kind you'd see on MTV.

This is a documentary that really opens your eyes to the damage fast food can do. The size of the portions, the unhealthy, healthy options, the lack of knowledge by the staff and the lack of information displayed in these restaurants is really put under scrutiny by this movie. I know for sure I haven't eaten at a fast food restaurant since seeing this movie....it will put you off!

Would recommend this film,it was alot more entertaining than I expected. A man in his 30's becomes a human guineapig and lived on Mcdonald's for a 30 day period.I was amazed at how many Mcdonalds there were in America and how huge the super sized portions were . He was advised to finish the experiment early by his Dr,but wanted to continue on till the end.At one point he felt really unwell and gained weight but stuck it out till the end. I'd definetley watch it again.

I watched it with my 6 years old who was very interested and it triggered a lot of conversation on healthy life style, fast food, sport, culture etc ... To watch with the whole family I'd say !

A very informative but sickening documentary which shows the damage fast food can cause to your health. Morgan Spurlock puts his health on the line for a one month Mc Donalds binge with three meals a day with funny but also disturbing results. Very good and accurate accounts from experts and definetly worth a watch.

I love a Maccy D's every now and then. Especially on long trips or just when I can't be assed eating anything else, but this film was really though-provoking! When I saw how bad things are in America with the amount of McD's and incredibly obese people it was amazing! And it's true what he says about kids getting into it young - what's unappealing about going to eat a burger and fries, getting a free toy, and a muck about in an awesome play area? I couldn't believe that the first time he went super-size he threw up. That's unbelievable! Clearly too much food in one go! What was the Coke? One gallon! That's 48 teaspoons of sugar in ONE go! It makes you realise how bad it is that nowadays, heaps of people eat fast food, and go back what, 30 years and people were so healthy, thin and cooking their own healthy meals! Now 'rents just take their kiddies down to Maccy D's and buy them a Happy Meal because it's easier! It's fine on occasion but every 2/3 days? It's cruel! Something needs to be done or we're going to end up as a Fast Food Planet!

i found it not to be to my taste, sorry

An interesting idea and well made film. The results about burgers and fast food generally were very worrying.

Super Size Me is a documentary film based on a 30 day period, during which the writer, producer, director, actor Morgan Spurlock subsists entirely on food and items purchased exclusively from McDonald's. His health and weight drastically change throughout the movie, decreasing his overall living wealth. It's a nice documentary, although its hard to believe at times... I, myself, eat from McDonalds daily and ok, I may not be fully fit, but I can't say I'm as bad as Morgan became in his Documentary. Yet, I've been feasting on McD's over multiple years! This movie is also headlining £1 Stores (Bargain Shops). I'd suggest pick it up there! Rent: It's a regular documentary, funny at times. Worth renting. Buy: From a Bargain Shop? Saves a spot on you're rental list! Go for it... ~Eskae

I loved this film although I did find it somewhat naive in its efforts to spur people on to doing exercise and not eating junk food.

From a purely 'traincrash' point of view I watched it eagerly waiting for him to turn into a big ball of lard and keel over.

However, I did expect a lot more hard facts about the industry such as those in 'Fast Food Nation' written by Eric Schlosser.

A thoroughly entertaining, thoughtful, gut-wrenching, informative and well-presented documentary. Always funny while presenting serious dietary information and global consumer fare in an impactive and min-boggling way. I found this well made, contemplative, unassuming and yet tightly produced. The frightening results are quite literally dreadful and disturbing and anyone contemplating a fast food diet needs to see this first.

Was really interesting and made me think about how what we eat effect us. Also was interesting to learn about how Maccy D's target kids to become customers.

The idea was good and you have to hand it to Morgan Spurlock, he certainly went through the mincer in this, putting his health at risk in the name of research. I know it was a documentary, but I found the pace very slow and long winded and found myself dozing off now and then and having to rewind the film to see where I left off! It has had one good effect though, it has put me off hamburgers and I hope my waistline will benefit! Its food for thought and a wake up call as to why obesity is on the increase.

This is vintage stuff, lots of food for thought and will keep you away from the golden arches for at least 6 months

Nothing new, nothing exciting, i didn't want the guy to turn into a 30 stone blob and explode into a million pieces and then get abducted by aliens, i wasn't expecting an adventure movie, but its just that 30 days wasn't long enough to actually get any entertainment or new facts or real change of heart / mind out of the movie. Some interesting bits of info but absolutely nothing that an average 11 year old with a bit of street sense doesnt already know.

Entertaining enough but the main character never explains why he feels he has live off McDonalds for a month. I'm sure fast food addicts will love it though.

a real eye opener...v enjoyable

I thought this film was excellent. Really interesting, especially from a chefs point of view, which i am. It's basically a documentary about how bad eating lots of fast food is for you. Beleive me, i'm not a fan of fast food joints except perhaps when i'm blootered after a heavy drinking session. After watching this and seeing, not only what over use of Macdonalds and other similar fast food 'restaurants' can do to your insides and overall health. But also learning (what i already knew) what goes into these pieces of TLA (tongues, lips and ar..holes) i think it's safe to say i'll never buy a MacDonalds again. This is my cup of tea though for a film, really interesting and shocking, like 'An Inconvenient Truth' but different subject matter, although in the grand scale of things, not that unlike as multi-national companies like MacD chop down thousands of acres of rainforest each year in order to grow grass. They do this to raise cattle on, fatten them up so they're massively over-weight and kill them for burgers. So, not only do they destroy a sure fire way of plants eating up the massive over amounts of CO2 in the atmosphere, but they spray pesticides and , in general, in my opinion contribute to the destruction of the world. But hey they're an American company so money comes first, before having a planet to live on to eat these chains TLA burgers. A happy viewer but an annoyed citizen of the world.

Don't get me wrong, I am no lover of the food or business practices of McDonalds and would like nothing more than to be able to believe this film. It IS convincing but fatally flawed. For a more scientific and dispassionate critique I can highly recommend Skeptoid dot com. Listen to Episode No 88 'Super Sized Fast Food Phobia'. I would highly recommend that you watch the movie AND listen to the podcast and then make your own mind up.

This is dietry information and research taken to the extreme!! Watch it if you need a good old kick up the bum to make you eat better and truly think about what goes into your mouth. Disgustingly fascinating.

i quite liked that. it wasnt just about him eating mc donalds constantly for 30 days and that there was plenty about the power the fast food industry has in washington and i also quite like fattys

interesting and shows just how little the big corporations care about public health. i personally found it a little slow but it's made me think twice about eating fast food so perhaps it did its job!!!

its a really interesting doc which lets us see what it wud really be like to go through that for our selves. We have all thought how bad the food is and from this we find out. One of those films you have to watch so u can say u have

Great!!!Make us think twice before go for junk food!!!!

I hope that the average viewer of Super Size Me knows that fast food is bad for them already and isn't relying on the movie to give them an idea of the effects such a bad diet can have on them. If they are, they are in for a very gross shock..! The film manages to successfully entertain, shock and educate all at the same time. The damage that can be done by a diet of just Big Macs and McMuffins in such a short space of time is staggering. Although presumably the movie was made primarily to entertain and make money, nonetheless Morgan Spurlock seems to have genuinely affected fast food culture. McDonald's especially have gone to a lot of trouble since the release of Super Size Me to show how healthy (some) of their food is.

Everybody should see this movie and everybody should have a copy of it in their DVD collection. It's essential viewing.

the dvd was alright it shows the side effect when a person eats too much fast food in 30 days ,. this is quite a good DVD

I'd really like to reiterate everything that has already been said in praise of this film. It is an excellent piece of modern art, informative, amusing, shocking and well scripted. What I value most from watching this film, is the insight it provided into what might be causing health problems within my life. Headaches, lethargy, sleep problems, headhaches, chest pains; to think all of these things could be caused not by something wrong with my body but by something wrong with my food, was one hell of an eye-opener. 5/5

Thought this film was going to be equally informative and funny, but was neither really. Literally was just a man eating mcdonalds. The obvious happened, which is just common sense really. There was no comical aspect to it, which I think it needed to make it watchable. I found it such a waste of time to watch that I turned it off before it finished. Definitely not one to watch.

I'm not sure about the tag of 'hilarious' - there was absolutely nothing funny about this film (unless you enjoy watching people be sick or looking at fatty insides!) As a documentary it was also incredibly pointless, as any sane person knows that eating 3 McDonald's a day is going to be bad! The whole film is spent watching someone eat Cheesburgers, and, hey presto, at the end, it turns out his health has deteriorated - who would have thought?!

It's....definitely worth a watch, and half the time thanking the heavens that you don't live in the US where the heart of the obesity epidemic remains. Though, I did recently read an article claiming that obesity is a symptom not the cause of diseases and that it is in fact a sign that your body can deal with excess fats. So Morgan's signs of discomfort might just be that he's not quite capable of dealing with fats. BUT it's a clear, clear. clear sign that fast food is not good. Very convincing documentary. Very well-planned. I especially liked the part where no one from McD's actually wanted to appear for an interview.

Entertaining. Spurling is an engaging and affectionate character and you can't help but root for him against the corporate suits. But his experiment is hardly a double blind randomized trial. You couldn't call it scientific. It barely raises awareness: we know the stuff is bad for us. But, all in all, it was a fun movie. Maybe 15 minutes too long.

very watchable and interesting film but would not necessarily want to watch it again... great for all fast food lovers!!!

Sometimes funny, sometimes discomfiting and sometimes downright worrying, Morgan Spurlock takes on a challenge that would turn most of our stomachs - to solely eat McDonalds for breakfast, lunch and dinner for thirty days. And he supersizes any meals he's asked to! Commence uber-eat fest! I mark the film down because the message is obvious: don't eat McDonalds every day or else you'll get fat, and unhealthy. He also overplays it at points, to drive it home. As well, the film is one big advert for McDonalds, even if it's not explicitly an endorsement. Whilst inevitably biased, as most documentaries are, it's still worth a watch, but was it worth going through all that to tell us what we already know?

perhaps I missed the point, this really is justa documentary of how a fella puts on weight by eating junk food - nothing else, just diet chat and weigh-ins. Be prepared to be disappointed.

This film put me off burgers, I haven't eaten any junk food since I watched it! It's certainly an eye opener, well worth watching if you eat junk food. ** Spoiler, don't read any further if you haven't seen the film ** When he eats his first burger and fries and his stomach's growling and he's belching and eventually throws up, is gross, and I can't believe they actually showed the sick!

For a start if you have any interest in eating too much or big business watch this film. Its a real eye-opener. It presents many important issues and certainly makes me think when i drive past a fast food joint now. What Morgan Spurlock and the film lack is something Michael Moore has in spades and thats Charisma. Morgan seems a nice guy but he doesn't really engage the viewer. But maybe thats just me. Good film but could have been better.

not at all what i was expecting rubbish

What a rubbish film - not worth watching! It was all rather stupid, as if anyone only eats Mcdonalds! Some people need to get a life. Not even slightly amusing.

we didnt realise it was a documentary, we thought it was a film so very dissapointed.

I have never been a huge junk food fan but after watching this I have vowed to try and not get sucked in to the junk food places of this world - it was not so much what it did to his body as I would never eat enough fast food for it to harm me in that way. It was what I was actually putting into my mouth, the amount of rubbish these foods are made with etc.

A very interesting documentary, with plenty of Americans being American thus making me laugh!

Watch, enjoy and BON APPETIT!

A very good informative documentary which makes some very important points on health and diet.

It is well worth watching although the documentary nature of the film may put some people off.

This movie is a eye opener for people who enjoy the un-delights of fast food. Morgan Spurlock is concise and witty in his narrative of the American Fast Food Industry and watching him go through the days was both eye-opening and nauseating.

You watch and feel every mouthful he takes.

Watch and learn from super-size me and they think everytime you eat any kind of fast food the damage it is doing to your body.

I went to see this at the cinema only because 'Collateral' was a sell out. Boy, what an engrossing film!!

It was very informative and made me change a few things about myself. Even though I don't really eat Macky D's I decided to become a vegetarian, but I don't know if anyone else did this......I felt the need to have a McDonalds and it tasted really really salty. Then I became a definite veggie after that!

I went out of the cinema and I saw a full carton of popcorn as well! The power of cinema!

See this film if you really want to diet!

I'm not sure how wise this guy was to put his body through that ordeal but as a film its excellent. Highlighting the role and power the American fastfood and in particular soft drinks industry has. The way that stuff thats bad for us is pushed on us through advertising and to our kids in particular.

I enjoyed every minute. Its not often you see a film thats as entertaining as it is informative. Makes Michael Moore look like an amateur freak show maker.

This is a great piece of factual film making. Witty, clever, scary, shocking and very entertaining. Although I'm sure he's only preaching to the converted, there's no way burger munchers are gonna take that much notice!

Highly reccomended!!

This film is absolutely astounding. I mean, we all know fast food is bad for you, but did you really ever believe it could be this bad? Every parent has a duty to watch this film as does every politician, in fact we all do - rent it now and never look back!

What seems any fast food junky's ideal month soon turns to a nightmare for this poor man. Amazingly the weight he picked up on his experiement took a year to lose! All in the name of entertainment.

This was brilliant. I'm not normally enamoured by documentary type films, but this had my attention from start to finish.

It was well put together and presented a pretty frightening picture of what junk food could do to you.

Scary!

Well, no surprise that McD's does not provide a well-balanced diet! Morgan Spurlock puts his health at risk to document how our bodies would be affected by eating every meal at the golden arches for a month. The doctors surprise and concern at how badly his body is affected is well put together, he gets 3 opinions not just one.

I kept wondering if he would take their advice and stop before the month was up...rent it to find out!

Interesting content, but very boring delivery.

It could be summed up in 10 minutes, without the repetitive viewing of a 'moaners' 30-day eating study.

This film has been talked about for ages so I finally decided to watch it.

Whilst it was shocking to see the effect of a pure McDonalds diet on a vegan man (especially the bit where it took him an hour to eat a Big Mac meal and he was physically sick!!), it didn't put me off eating McDonalds ever again - in fact, it did the opposite!? It made me crave a McDonalds and I had to go out and get one!!

Very interesting. Needs to taken with a pinch of salt as there is clearly an agenda here. If you like Michael Moores 'documentaries' then you will probably enjoy this film.

An interesting documentary looking at the danger sof fast food culture and the overconsumption of these nutritionally imbalanced foodstuffs. It looks at the physical damage that a constant diet of this food creates and provokes discussion on how we should be eating and how often we should be eating this damaging food. It sadly does little to address the problem people who feel the need to consume this food constantly, so it only looks at half the problem, but it's a good start. It tries to take a nutriotinal/scientific view at times, but a more scientific approach to the issue would have been appreciated, although maybe made a less interesting documentary. It'll be a month or two before I dare eat at a burger joint again...

Morgan Spurlock's expose on the fast food culture of the US is created in a mixture of styles between Dave Gorman and Michael Moore.

Eating nothing but McDonalds food for 30 days Spurlock looks at what effects it has on his body.

An interesting docu-film but the conclusion about the benefits of such food, which I am sure you can guess for yourself, is hardly groundbreaking.

Hmm, I wonder whether I'll have any side effects from eating MacDonalds for a whole month?

This is the sort of thing that I'd have switched off if I'd been watching it on TV. If you think that watching someone's repetitive food diary for a whole month then this is the film for you - oh yes, and he moans a lot too!

I think this film says more about the maker than company (McD). Common sense would have tell you that if you eat junk food on this scale you'll feel lethargic, depressed, pu on weight etc.

Boring.

It made me so hungry when I had my meal not so long ago but it was ok but I loved the opperation they did to a person who was not losing wait so they made his belly smaller and my mother new that they were going to do a opperation so she turned around and was not looking at it.

Didn't like this at all. It is more like a documentary than a film, I must have read the write up wrong. Don't watch unless you want to be disappointed, or you want info on Big Ms

I don't think I watched the whole thing.

This documentary was utter crud! The research was unrealistic and the results equally so. The guy was annoying and the fact that this documentary was made because 2 fat cows in the USA were suing McDonalds is ridiculous - espcially since they LOST their case! Just a couple of fat pigs looking for a scapegoat and $$$$, no doubt so they could go eat even more than usual!!!

He eats only Macdonalds for a month and feels ill.

Some sort of interesting bits at times and the nutritionalist is very easy on the eye.

Disappointing considering the hype. If you are struggling with a diet watch it. If not give it a miss.

An excellent documentary style film, which gives a hard and powerfull simulation of our junk food and covienience food society.

The effects of long term junk food in an over exaherated clinical trial was hard hitting and certain to make you change your fast food/eating out habbits.

You certainly won't want another fast food restraunt to venture into your sights or vacinity for the next fortnight after watching this DVD. As it happens I was a fast food junkie and I certainly don't want to end up like the DVD.

very boring and sick. Anyone will get ill if they eat a certain food for 4 weeks, so what is the point?

I don't know what I expected from this film. I mean, the concept isn't really ground breaking - you eat fast food, your gonna get fat. No surpise there.

What amazed me was the doctors who actually acted surprised when his blood pressure rose and waist line increased!!

Wouldn't bother watching again.

THIS WAS A VERY SLOW BORING MOVIE DID,T RATE IT AT ALL IT WAS LIKE DRAWING TEETH

A graphic look into the reality of what fast food does to the body if eaten excessivley.Found it intresting to watch and it opens your eyes alot.

Lighthearted look at over indulging in McDonalds fast food. The guy decides to eat nothing but McDonalds food for 30 days. He has three meals a day and over that period of time has to try everything on the menu. Funny in places and quite interesting, this film documentary takes a look at what continuous eating of junk food can do to your body. It didn't put me off eating the odd Mc Donalds like I thought it would, but it does scare you and the results are quite alarming. I enjoyed it and would recommend it for a rental.

we didnt realise it was a documentary, we thought it was a film so very dissapointed.

Thanks for the info, very informative.

I did like it that he had a chance to stand on the big stage and slate one of the multi nationals.

All in all a good watch, but it does go on to long and repeats the fact (of which any half wit is aware) that MCDONALDS ARE BAD FOR YOU... duh!

This docu-film was not what I was totally expecting.Apart from the spew there was plenty of information (however biased) in there. The health implications were shocking but I still fancied popping to Macky Dee's after I'd watched it!

So,112 people have rated this DVD at a 7 then, obviously the sun readership has picked up then! View an hour or so of this fool stuffing his face with rubbish we all know is bad for us & we the public pay to see him do it! I do wonder who is the bigger fool!

The film offers a fairly interesting stream of ideas, on topics such as what McNuggets are made of, how your vital organs may be affected by really excessive salt/sugar/saturated fat intake, the extent to which fast food is responsible for the growing obesity problem in America etc.

However the overwhelmingly dominant theme of the film is Morgan Spurlock's health, beginining to show signs of deteriorating after weeks of eating three big Macdonalds meals per day. You can't help feeling that this teaches you nothing and that therefore the whole project is boring and stupid, if not simply a form of profiteering by Spurlock and his celeb vegan chef wife.

It should be noted that the American underclass simply cannot afford to eat and feed their families three big Macdonald's meals a day, Spurlock does not back up his assertions about health effects by any kind of evidence and unfortunately he lacks any of what you might call the charisma that has made Michael Moore's name in documentary films.

Good eye opener; highlights the dangers of fast food and what it can do to you over the time. special features are good as well.

A graphic look into the reality of what fast food does to the body if eaten excessivley.Found it intresting to watch and it opens your eyes alot.

Morgan Spurlock seems to be saying that McDonalds = bad, illustrating this by eating three meals a day, for 30 days, from there. He consumes nothing that can't be obtained in McDonalds and displays a fondness for the greasier fare on the menu, and very soon he's feeling ill. Well hold the front page.

Rather than approach American obesity by asking, "Hey, Americans, why don't you eat less rubbish?", Spurlock opts for the easier, more obvious, idiot-pleasing demand: "Hey, McDonalds, stop tempting us with your wares." It stands to reason that he would. American filmgoers are his main market and he's hardly likely to find the favour he craves by pointing out their weaknesses. Only once does Super Size Me rise above drivel, when it tackles the issue of poor school meals. But poor school meals aren't as sensational as a vomiting Spurlock so we're soon back to the assault on McDonalds and his suffering body.

In light of the advice his team of physicians gave Spurlock early in the 30 day burgerthon - i.e. he was damaging his body quite severely - what is perhaps most interesting about Super Size Me is not the USA's weight problem, but the lengths one man will go to in order to make a few dollars and get famous.

P.S. Spurlock's girlfriend is vegan and she's so damn pale she's practically translucent. If there's a message at all in this film, I know what I think it is.

10 weeks after putting fries in a jar they stilll look as fresh as the day you bought them!!!!!