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      Fed Up

      PG Released May 9, 2014 1h 32m Documentary List
      80% 70 Reviews Tomatometer 84% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and journalist Katie Couric investigate how the American food industry may be responsible for more sickness than previously realized. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 16 Buy Now

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      Compelling and troubling in equal measure, Fed Up is an advocacy documentary that earns its outrage.

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      brent g I found fault with some of the reasoning in this movie documentary, however despite that, it brings to light some important points. The star point of the movie is how it reveals the way that food product marketers have been shifting the blame for obesity to the consumer by claiming we aren't out there running off all these calories. They don't want to cut their sales and make less profit, so we're all supposed to spend countless hours in gyms and jogging to keep their stock holders rich. The fact is, the human body is so efficient, that it's almost impossible to burn calories like that, and we'd be out jogging for 5 hours a day. Nobody wants to live like that. I took issue with two points. First, the movie seems to suggest that the government can do any better than large corporations in fixing the obesity problem. I disagree. Governments can be just as corrupt and bribable as any corporation. Secondly, the analogy that (supposedly) governments were able to curb smoking (it's arguable if that was due to government action or merely more social awareness of health issues as medicine advanced) seems flawed to me. Comparing cigarette (or drug/alcohol addiction, even) with a person's ability to regulate food intake is a bad analogy. People can choose not to even start smoking or using substances; people cannot choose whether or not to start eating. It's much harder to regulate something that we already have to do (at least to some extent) than it is to regulate something we can choose to not even start, to stop doing for good, or that we can choose to completely avoid exposure to. If one could choose to permanently eliminate eating from their life like they can cigarettes, it's likely dieting would be a lot more successful, but unfortunately people can't seem to only eat one chip. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This alarming documentary updates and broadens the questionable food exposé in Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me" with further glimpsing on to the societal warnings regarding obesity albeit the questionable statistics and insights that only reflect the extent of the problem rather than accurately as criticized. (B) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review dave d Watched 'Fed Up' with the Wife who gets into movies like this and she wasn't impressed. She said there are plenty of films in this genre about the food industry and obesity and the inter lying issues and most were better. I, on the other hand enjoyed it and was horrified at many topics including Sugar. It's well made with credible talking heads and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There are a lot of stats in the documentary and good ideas, but to someone educated in this field like my wife it may be very surface. Wife: 5.0 Husband 8.4 Average Score: 6.7/10 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Sugar -- bad!!! (AP) Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review dan m Very informative documentary about the obesity problem in the US, scary and kinda depressing really. I had no idea all that added sugar was the main culprit behind it all, but there ya go. I've heard before that fast food is like an addictive drug and after watching this you can see why. No biased agenda here, just the facts. Sucks that fruits and veggies don't taste as good as Twinkies and In-N-Out, but that's just how it is I suppose. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review greg r Brilliant documentary about how we are all being tricked into eating deadly diets Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Emilly Prado Bitch Media Sadly, the benefits these families gained from being filmed for Fed Up - if there were any - seem lost as the film feels more exploitive more than revolutionary. Jan 21, 2021 Full Review Rob Nelson Minneapolis Star Tribune Fixating on the fat rolls of underprivileged kids without mentioning class, the film is a more polished version of the greasy tale Morgan Spurlock's Super Size Me told from the inside out. Oct 3, 2014 Full Review Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle It's a decent summary of the issue, taking square aim at corporations and politicians who have made it easy for the citizenry to stuff its collective face with junk food and, even more damaging, sugar. Rated: 3/4 May 29, 2014 Full Review Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com Valuable for both its message and its fervently researched filmmaking, Fed Up needs to be seen. Rated: 4/5 Nov 3, 2020 Full Review Frank Ochieng Popoptiq Fed Up is a documented food fight not to be missed. Soechtig's contemplative documentary will agree with your guilty pleasure-seeking taste buds. Rated: 3/4 Mar 1, 2019 Full Review Morgan Rojas Cinemacy The impact of this negligence surrounding the health and nutritional well-being of Americans is very well documented in the film Fed Up, which is sure to leave you second guessing your dietary habits. Mar 1, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Filmmaker Stephanie Soechtig and journalist Katie Couric investigate how the American food industry may be responsible for more sickness than previously realized.
      Director
      Stephanie Soechtig
      Producer
      Katie Couric, Laurie Lennard, Regina K. Scully, Heather Reisman, Michael Walrath, Michelle Walrath
      Screenwriter
      Stephanie Soechtig, Mark Monroe
      Distributor
      Radius TWC
      Production Co
      Atlas Films
      Rating
      PG (Thematic Elements|Smoking Images|Brief Mild Language)
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      May 9, 2014, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 2, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $1.5M
      Runtime
      1h 32m
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