Super Size Me

New York filmmaker Morgan Spurlock picks up Michael Moore’s torch of proletarian advocacy and crisscrosses the country to examine the dietary and economic imprints the fast-food industry has chiseled into our daily lives. He spent an entire month eating from the McDonald’s menu while following four main rules: He would “super size" if asked, only consume what McDonald’s sells over the counter (including water), eat every item on the menu at least once and eat three meals a day. We watch him munch and slurp in Manhattan, California, Wisconsin and Texas in a scrappy but amateurish video diary that goes behind the headlines of his subject matter, uncovers numerous informational nuggets and addresses such issues as public-school lunch programs, while Spurlock, literally, nearly eats himself to death.