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I have recommended this documentary to all the women and most of the men I have talked to since I saw it. I went in thinking it was just going to confirm my opinions of media manipulation but realized that I have not been immune to media suggestion, either. Bravo to the man who put this together and had the courage to be one man hoping to make change for the better. I hope its out on video by
America the Beautiful should be seen by all women. It is mindboggling how the beauty and clothing industry is more concerned about making money in exchange for destroying the self-esteem of girls and women with subliminal messages.It needs to be addressed and change needs to happen immediately. You will be changed forever by the information provided in the movie. As Ghandi said so eloquently, "Be
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Village Voice
The scattershot America the Beautiful recapitulates vintage "Beauty Myth" trumpery. Full Review
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
Often insightful and more than a little depressing, this is a story that only gets uglier as it goes on. Full Review
Jeannette Catsoulis
The New York Times
Clueless, directionless and altogether pointless. Full Review
Leba Hertz
San Francisco Chronicle
Mostly succeeds in unmasking the flaws of fetishizing skin-deep beauty. Full Review
Nathan Rabin
The Onion A.V. Club
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. Full Review
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