Super Size Me
A mischievous personal experiment turns one man’s month of McDonald’s meals into an accessible warning about fast food, obesity, and corporate influence.
Overview
A daring exploration of fast food culture reveals the shocking truths behind our eating habits.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- provocative
- accessible
- discussion group viewing
- health awareness viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film entertaining and thought-provoking in its examination of fast food’s adverse health effects, while noting that its dramatic experiment is scientifically unrigorous.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Morgan Spurlock personally follows the month-long McDonald’s-only diet while tracking his physical and emotional changes.
Interviews and observations examine McDonald’s marketing, menu design, and the broader fast-food industry’s role in unhealthy eating.
Spurlock presents medical deterioration, expert commentary, and fast-food routines through an intentionally entertaining comic frame.
Doctors, nutritionists, exercise specialists, industry voices, and members of the public provide competing perspectives around Spurlock’s experiment.
Films like Super Size Me, and why
Food, Inc.
shares an entertaining, investigative documentary approach to exposing corporate practices and public health consequences
Fat Head
combines a provocative personal experiment with humorous advocacy about diet, consumer culture, and health
Fed Up
uses accessible humor and direct interviews to examine the social consequences of industrial food systems
The Corporation
features a filmmaker-driven investigation into corporate power, consumer behavior, and institutional responsibility
Movie Details
- Director
- Morgan Spurlock
- Release Date
- 2004-01-17
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (1835)
Cast
- Morgan Spurlock
- Daryl Isaacs
- Lisa Ganjhu
- Stephen Siegel
- Bridget Bennett
- Eric Rowley
- Mark Fenton
- Alexandra Jamieson
- John Banzhaf
- David Satcher
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Super Size Me about?
- A mischievous personal experiment turns one man’s month of McDonald’s meals into an accessible warning about fast food, obesity, and corporate influence.
- What is Super Size Me like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Super Size Me as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Super Size Me violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Super Size Me.
- What did critics think of Super Size Me?
- Critics broadly found the film entertaining and thought-provoking in its examination of fast food’s adverse health effects, while noting that its dramatic experiment is scientifically unrigorous.
- Which films are like Super Size Me?
- Films with a similar feel include Food, Inc., Fat Head, Fed Up, and The Corporation.
- How long is Super Size Me?
- Super Size Me runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch Super Size Me?
- In United States, Super Size Me streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
