Super Size Me Critic Reviews

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Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

A deliciously amusing socio-culinary prank.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

I don't usually make recommendations of this kind, but if you or your kids have gone to a burger joint in the last few weeks, you really do need to see this movie. Read the full review

USA Today | Claudia PuigAdd Critic to Favorites

Riveting and darkly comic Super Size Me is a whip-smart documentary.Read the full review

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

It’s one of the blackest comedies to hit the screen since Dr. Strangelove. Spurlock proves himself a supersize talent; he makes you choke on every laugh.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites

Spurlock's film proves yet again that the phrase "crowd-pleasing documentary" doesn't have to be an oxymoron.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

This is a compelling cautionary tale hot-wired to your gag reflex. Read the full review

Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites

Super-entertaining, super-disgusting documentary. Read the full review

Washington Post | Michael O'SullivanAdd Critic to Favorites

Super Size Me is an anti-junk-food screed that manages to entertain even as it informs and alarms.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

This is the documentary that caused a sensation at Sundance 2004 and allegedly inspired McDonald's to discontinue its "super size" promotions as a preemptive measure.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

A cautionary tale as well as an expose on the power of the American fast-food industry. That the documentary comes across as more than a sermon has a lot to do with Spurlock's personality, which is outgoing and instantly engaging. Read the full review

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