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Forks Over Knives

PG Released May 6, 2011 1h 36m Documentary List
59% Tomatometer 37 Reviews 79% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Researchers explore the possibility that people changing their diets from animal-based to plant-based can help eliminate or control diseases like cancer and diabetes.
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Rick Groen Globe and Mail Forks Over Knives is a middling documentary but a magnificent indictment. Rated: 3/4 May 20, 2011 Full Review Tom Long Detroit News Forks over Knives is tasty but somewhat undercooked. Rated: B- May 20, 2011 Full Review Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer Movies are like food. There are popcorn pictures that entertain you and the spinach movies that are good for you. In more ways than one, Forks Over Knives is a spinach flick. Rated: 3/4 May 19, 2011 Full Review Brian Costello Common Sense Media Engaging docu promotes a vegan diet in nonjudgmental way. Rated: 4/5 Jul 1, 2014 Full Review Chris Barsanti Filmcritic.com ...irritation at the film's artless repetition shades into worry over its cult-like monomania. Rated: 2/5 Aug 19, 2011 Full Review Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) I'm guessing that after every screening of "Forks Over Knives," the theater is littered with half-empty popcorn boxes and unfinished containers of soda. Rated: 2/4 Aug 17, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member It is a bit odd not to mention the ethics at all in a plant based documentary, but there's no wrong information and it should help a lot of people towards health. It just goes over a bunch of people and how they improved on a whole food plant based diet, it goes over how eating animal corpses is inherently unhealthy and how vegetables are inherently healthy. It showcases Campbell like a lot of documentaries and goes over the China study even more than most plant based documentaries I watched. I really need to read the China study. I don’t think this is specifically a vegan documentary as it exclusively focuses on the diet. I am starting to feel that plant based documentaries have a lot of the same information and it overlaps quite a lot, if only the general population watched even some of them, it is starting to not feel like such a task that should be daunting just from the sheer number of the documentaries I watched. You can watch at least one of them! Thanks! A lot of doctors that care about nutrition are old now and I suppose this is the sort of stuff you might care the most at an old age, but a lot of them are still attractive, just saying. I love how a lot of these old people become marathon runners in the documentaries, I really need to step up. I recommend watching a documentary on animal rights and ethics after this one like watch dominion if you haven’t already. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/17/24 Full Review Nikec N 100% must see! I believe everyone should watch this movie, and decide to have at least one or two days in the week without meat and daery Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/15/23 Full Review alex d Absolutely eye-opening documentary, but you have to go into it open-minded and positive and humble, but everyone should see this film! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member This is great foundational information for anyone focused on starting a plant-based diet. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Landon J Felt boring and nothing much different than I haven't already seen or heard before. It's a pro-vegan film and it relies heavily on hand picked "statistics" and graphs to support its position. My thoughts on diet is everything in moderation rather than going on extremes like vegan or keto or carnivore. One thing I noticed is fish are never ever brought up in these films. As well as something else very important......exercise!! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/03/21 Full Review Audience Member A good documentary with important informations about what humans should eat on a daily basis, and what not. I also recommend watching "Cowspiracy", "Seaspiracy", "The Game Changers", "What the Health" and "Dominion (2018)". It's time to act. Let's make this world a healthier & better place. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Researchers explore the possibility that people changing their diets from animal-based to plant-based can help eliminate or control diseases like cancer and diabetes.
Director
Lee Fulkerson
Producer
John Corry
Screenwriter
Lee Fulkerson
Distributor
Monica Beach Media
Production Co
Monica Beach Media
Rating
PG (Some Thematic Elements|Incidental Smoking)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 6, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2016
Runtime
1h 36m
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