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All parent reviews for Super Size Me
Average rating based on 17 parent reviews:
- 35% say language is an issue
- 29% say there are positive messages
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Well, We watched this in biology. Our teacher would tell us "Earmuffs" when a swear was about to be uttered but none of us did it. I was laughing the whole time. This did show the negative effects of a mickey ds addiction and diet. Nothing a 12 year old cant handle. It is very educational.
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BORING BUT INTERISING
Ok interesting, kinda boring and the opperation scene isnt nearly as graphic as if you searched up brain surgeries n google images!!!
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When I mean "bad role models" I mean the McDonalds corporation itself not anyone else! Other wise, if you're not so worried about consumerism, all you need to worry about is the medical procedure.
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super size me "not"
not really approprite! plus the vomit yuck
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Good for 13 and up
Considering how awful the eating habits are of so many Americans, I think the iffy material is worth putting up with because of the educational value of the rest of the movie. Best viewed with your child so you can discuss the movie and get the most out of it.
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It's all about Nutrition, stupid!
I made my 11 year old neice watch this, even though I knew it would be a stretch for her. I wanted to scare her a bit more than anything. Americans have to wake up and get an education about the nutritional requirements of the human body. (God forgot to leave a User's Manual!) Max tries not to be too terribly slanted in his reporting, but it isn't hard to get the point that he is trying to make. You can't create a healthy body by eating sugar, flour, meat from large corporations who are more interested in making money than making you healthy. If you think your kids eat a lot of crap and you can't seem to figure out how to get the message across, start with this movie, then start slowing switching to your whole family to a vegan/raw diet. Do yourself and the rest of the world a favor.
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As if we didn't know
Sure- the fast food industry is out to make a buck, and I was never fooled that what they sold was 'health food', but I was appalled at the brand loyalty marketing to my kids. We are out of the drive through and back into the peanutbutter and jelly craze at this house! Great discussion for older kids!!! Watch it with them, and get active in your kitchen and community.
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Great Film!
Despite the disturbing scenes of operational procedures, language, sexual references (such as the impotence from Spurlock's 1-month McDiet and the magazine clips of models in revealing attire concealing an overweight teen one by one as she laments about how her weight reflected her self esteem, eg, that it makes her feel cruddy), and of course, the commercialism - and loads of it, this film is excellent for high schools who don't mind the iffy bits!
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Must Watch with Your Kids
I actually watched this with my almost-six year old. I didn't expect her to like it, but she was really engaged. We paused the movie constantly to explain things (like even the word obesity) and I was shocked she knew who Wendy was (we don't have a Wendy's here but turns out that finger press has made an impression).
As a family that does NOT eat at McDonalds, it reinforced my decision to keep her away from the crap (we do indulge occasionaly at BKing but it's rare). She was very interested in how sick it made his body and she did NOT see the surgery scene (frankly, neither did I - fast forward please). We have talked about it a lot since watching the movie.
If you can take the time, this is a great movie for discussion and reflection. I plan to watch it again with her in about a year.
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Disgustingly Fun!
This is a VERY educational movie, which may make people think it is boring, but it is very interesting and is hilarious! So it is a comeducational movie! There is some strong language, 1 F-Words, a couple of S-Words, and a few other minor words. There is one VERY disturbing graphic medical operation (shows stomach actually being cut open with knife, camera shoved in, and parts inside the body pulling parts away!) There is one reference to the positioning of a couple having sex, and there is a scene where a man wears nothing but a pair of underwear and then his penis is circled with a white circle and is talked about on screen as a maiin topic. A man is seen throwing up and then the camera zooms in on the vomit. I say PG material, but almost PG-13 material, BORDERLINE!
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Big Issues, but still a great movie
I know that is this a movie for everyone to enjoy, but do beware that this film has the f-word in it. There are also disgusting surgery scenes that may be unsettling.
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More Graphic than I thought...
I was shocked when they actually showed Morgan's rectal exam on the screen. Very little was covered by a thin black line, and the scene seemed to be included only for shock value. The language was much stronger than expected and even inlcuded one use of the F word. They also talk very graphically about the effect of having sex, and the word penis is used several times in reference to his sex life. However, not quite content with merely talking about his genitals, at the end of the movie, Morgan wears a speedo so tight in the front, you can actually see the defined shape of his penis. Aside from some iffy moments, however the film does get the message across.
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the earlier kids learn about nutrition the healthier they'll be.
Every afternoon kids are bombarded with perfectly happy, clean, ads for fast food and candy along with their cartoons. And it's slowly killing them.
Fast food nation is not always pleasant to watch. Some of the effects of eating fast food are quite gross. But the grossness is not gratuitous--it serves an important social message that our corporate culture has been trying to sweep under the mat for too long.
Only the prudest parent would be offended by the brief sexual references, which basically involve the protagonist's girlfriend briefly describing (in a normal and not overly graphic manner) how his poor health has impacted their sex life.
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Eye opener
There are some shocking parts in the movie such as him throwing up right after eating McDonald's, the changes in his body, how his body started getting addicted to McDonald’s food. I was shocked on how many people eat fast food almost daily. This is a very big eye opener on food itself, in schools and out. This is a movie I think everyone should watch. If children are going to watch this, there is a little swearing and talk about sex. You really need to have a strong stomach for this movie.
In the movie, almost day by day is shown and it shows how he and his body go through while eating three meals a day at McDonald’s for a whole month. He did go to different doctors to make sure he was healthy and get numbers to various things in his body. During the month, he went and had blood work and weight checked. At one time, the doctor told him he needed to quit eating McDonald’s because it was making his liver bad, it was like an alcoholic. After the month, he went and had all the tests again to show what the difference was from before the start until the end.
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