America the Beautiful (2008) Critic Reviews

Mostly succeeds in unmasking the flaws of fetishizing skin-deep beauty.Read the full review

America the Beautiful carries a persuasive message, and is all the more effective because of the level tone that Roberts adopts.Read the full review

Wide-ranging educational documentary attaches itself to the rise and fall of a 12-year-old fashion model, and indeed, its sincere, cautionary tone seems best suited to younger auds and small screen exposure.Read the full review

With so many pointless detours ripping you away, the film feels as lamely digressive as the proverbial one-track guy whose head won't stop turning as each new temptation walks by.Read the full review

Roberts blunders amiably and cluelessly through his amateurish eyesore of a documentary on society's obsession with beauty, perpetually searching for a thesis that will transform a shambling mess of half-baked thoughts and pointless digressions into a real documentary.Read the full review