Fresh
Forks Over Knives is a middling documentary but a magnificent indictment.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Forks Over Knives
Warning - This movie could save your life!
2011 · 1h 30m · PG
Documentary
Directed by
Lee Fulkerson
Overview
Examines the profound claim that most; if not all; of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled; or even reversed; by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods. The idea of food as medicine is put to the test. Cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-foods, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments - while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys are revealed.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
61%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Forks over Knives is tasty but somewhat undercooked.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
Movies are like food. There are popcorn pictures that entertain you and the spinach movies that are good for you. In more ways than one, Forks Over Knives is a spinach flick.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
A persuasive documentary on the health benefits of a whole-foods and plant-based diet.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Rotten
As it stands, "Forks" is an interesting and informative health lecture that's sandwiched into a dry, repetitive documentary.
Sean O'Connell, Washington Post
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