Super Size Me Review

Super-Size Me Review The name of the film we watched was called supersize me. It is a documentary about fast food and the effects it can have on someone if they don’t monitor how much they eat it. The documentary was directed and produced by Morgan Spurlock. The documentary also stared Alexandra Jamieson who was his girlfriend (now ex-wife) who is a vegan chef, author, and speaker. It also stars 3 physicians a personal trainer and a nutritionist. Morgan Spurlock decided to eat McDonalds for 30 days to show the world how bad it is for you. While doing this he went to a school to see how many unhealthy things the school sells to their students. He found that the juice that they sell has as much sugar as soda. Also he found that sometimes students bring their own lunch and still by things from the school. There was also a time when he wanted to test whether kids would recognize important people from history or Ronald McDonald. Although some kids did recognize some of the people the majority recognized Ronald more. On day 2 of his diet he got offered the supersize meal which was a double quarter pounder with fries and a coke. He then vomited half way through the meal. He also went to a number of McDonalds to see all of the nutritional facts of the food, but only a few McDonalds had them. While on his McDonalds diet he started to develop some serious health issues that were life threatening. The most powerful piece to me was when he visited the school. It was because the head of the cafeteria said that they serve juice that isn’t as bad as soda when it actually was. So the school was basically lying to the kids and their parents, when in reality the juice they serve is just as bad as soda. Also when he went to the back to the freezer and saw all the frozen food. The cook explained how it’s easier to just warm up the frozen food for the other cooks, and that no one was really willing to cook every day for the kids. People that watch this are supposed to completely stop eating fast food and drinking soda, juice, milkshakes, or at least not do it as much. That was the whole reason why the documentary was made. Although a lot of people did start to watch what they eat after the documentary came out. I never new fast food was this bad before I saw the film. It showed me how bad and life threatening it can be. It’s also scary how something that seems so harmless can be so bad for you. I thought the film was well done and that the amount of information that was put into was helpful and effective. I think that this film should be watched by all ages, because if children see this then they might be grossed out and no longer want to eat fast food, or at least not eat it as much. At the end of the documentary he lost all the weight which took him 14 months. Also his doctor told him not to eat fast food again for a whole year.