Rotten
Fixating on the fat rolls of underprivileged kids without mentioning class, the film is a more polished version of the greasy tale Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me told from the inside out.
Rob Nelson, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fed Up
Something happened 30 years ago...
2014 · 1h 35m · PG
Documentary
Directed by
Stephanie Soechtig
Overview
Fed Up blows the lid off everything we thought we knew about food and weight loss, revealing a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public, resulting in one of the largest health epidemics in history.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's a decent summary of the issue, taking square aim at corporations and politicians who have made it easy for the citizenry to stuff its collective face with junk food and, even more damaging, sugar.
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Director Stephanie Soechtig gathers activists, doctors, kids, lobbyists, parents, politicians, reporters and teachers -- all with different stakes.
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Expose against America's nutritional war on itself is informative, passionate, slightly regurgitated.
John Anderson, Newsday
Fresh
Thumbnail portraits of morbidly obese kids introduce a plaintive note to the argument, especially since, as the documentary notes, many school cafeterias are now indistinguishable from fast-food joints.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
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