America The Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments (2011)
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33% of critics liked it
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71% of users liked it
(45 ratings)
In an instant, 29 million Americans became fat, out of shape and dangerously obese... and they did it without taking a single bite of food. It was all the result of a decision to change the national standard for obesity. The question is "What was behind a ruling to declare so many people to be… More In an instant, 29 million Americans became fat, out of shape and dangerously obese... and they did it without taking a single bite of food. It was all the result of a decision to change the national standard for obesity. The question is "What was behind a ruling to declare so many people to be fat? Was it political, financial or for the good of humankind?" You'll find out that diet companies have raked in huge profits because of the new standards - guidelines the weight loss industry helped structure. The answer lies in a new film by award-winning director Darryl Roberts who, in a follow-up to America The Beautiful, examines the cause of our country's obsession with dieting. America The Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments also weighs in on the raging debate between doctors who say fat is healthy versus those who disagree. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Darryl Roberts, Michael Turner
- Genres
- Documentary, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 12, 2011 Limited
- Studio
- PMK*BNC
Critic Reviews
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Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Self-promoting physicians, shrinks, bureaucrats, and fashion models blather on about eating issues, yet Roberts glosses over the only real solution to weight gain: balanced nutrition combined with exercise.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
If you're trying to lose weight, this movie will probably not help you , but it reflects the stories of a lot of our lives.
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Mindy Farabee, Los Angeles Times
No doubt, we the people are due for some lifestyle changes, but the film glosses some of the trickier obstacles to better health.
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Andy Webster, New York Times
Self-serving exaltations underscore Mr. Roberts's, well, slender charisma. (His narration is strikingly wit-, humor- and charm-free.)
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Michelle Orange, Village Voice
A choppy, unfocused, intermittently compelling report on the tortured, fluctuating state of the national backside.
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Cast
- Darryl Roberts
- Deepak Chopra
- Christian Lander
- Evelyn Tribole
- Dr. Howard Shapiro
- Linda Bacon
- Kathleen Sebilius
- Timothy Dolan
- Paul Campos
- John Robinson
- David Satcher
- Carolyn Costin
- Bill Clinton
- Johnny Cooper
- Hatice Yarvuz
- Shana Marie
- Mehmet Ak
- Chan Hartman
- Alex Strauss
- Barry Norman
- Maria Rago
- Judith Stern
- Tom Hosler
- Dale Fortner
- Kevin Coughlin
- Mary Shedd
- Larry Hobson
- William J. Cooper
- Mickie Schlimgen
- Joy Nash
- Ragen Chastain
- Greg Critser
- Michele Gerren
- Michelle Obama
- Al Gore
- Anansa Sims
- Beverly Johnson
- Candi Dias
- Phyllis Klein
- Jen Shroyer
- Christy Magnani
- Madison Shroyer
- Bruce Magnani
- Tom Smith
