I am not a fan of documentaries; but this one held me spellbound the entire time. It was one of the most interesting things I have ever seen and I managed to learn a few things about McDonalds, food, and even myself. I have to admit that I did laugh out lound sometimes at the pure ridiculous nature of the human beast!

So what is so "groundbreaking" about eating soley McDonalds for an entire month and making an investigative film about it? Perhaps all the extra pounds you'll put on in the process! (Literally?)

Spurlock's film is both an original and shocking indictment. It examines not only the detrimental health effects of the American culture of fast food but all of the social issues and implications attached. We explore everything from the childhood obesity epidemic to the question of whether or not it's ethical for someone to sue McDonalds for "making" them fat.

This film is excellent for nutrition classes and should be viewed by families and teens everywhere. It is a strong precaution as to what a poor diet can do to one's health and how quickly such effects can surface.

Those of you who've read the book Fast Food Nation will connect well with this film.

I thought this movie was very interesting; I wasn't bored for a second, even though I think the guy's "project" was essentially meaningless and unfair. Some notes:

1. First of all, this isn't a "funny" movie. I don't know why, but for some reason I thought it was. No, you ain't gonna laugh.

2. Despite this being an indie film, the quality of the editing and the camerawork is much higher than I thought they were gonna be.

3. I also thought most of the movie would closely cover Spurlock's "experiment." That is indeed the organizing principle of the movie, but much of the "filler" consists of interviews with health officials and lawyers, health graphs and statistics, and general background material on the cause and effects of obesity in general. This was unexpected.

4. I thought the way Spurlock phrased a lot of his interview questions was just a way of "leading" responses, thereby rendering his "data" useless. An example of this would be when he asked everybody: "How often should one eat fast food." Should? Like it's positively healthy for you? Like it's an essential and irreplaceable part of one's diet? Not even McDonald's would have claimed that. A more neutral phrasing of this would have been: "How often do you think one can eat fast food and remain healthy?" There were a lot of subtle things like this in the film that stacked all the cards in Spurlock's favor.

However, Spurlock clearly lays those cards out for you, so neither he nor the movie can really be called dishonest.

In short, I recommend this film as being useful and entertaining (perhaps even harrowing) for virutally everyone -- unless you happen to own stock in McDonald's.

Michael Moore had nothing but good things to say about Morgan Spurlock's film and that should be taken as a positive note. For 96 minutes, the viewer is taken into Spurlock's analysis of `fast food' and although it is all what you would expect, it still has some gross surprises. The public has always held a fascination for people who subject themselves to being guinea pigs to prove a point and Spurlock proves his "theory" successfully. How many people slow down to see a car accident? It is entertaining with some obvious revelations that don't necessarily take away from the story. I doubt people will stop eating McDonald's food completely, but this is certainly a worthy documentary. The additional interview by Eric Schlosser, author of "Fast Food Nation" is a great extra. No story can be told perfectly without an additional perspective.

this Documentary was intersting but nobody is gonna grub on Mickey D's 3 meals a day for 30 days. that is a bit much. however the principal of the film was very accurate about the Manipulation&how the food can impact your Health from Physical to Mental. I don't eat Meat,but Dude's Girlfriend was a Royal Pain with some of those meals.Yikes!!!! still a interesting viewing that is a must see.